Re:Against Best Practices
by ben_w on Monday November 18, 2024 @06:32AM
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That good?
I think we're more like Pythagoras: some useful theory about numbers, taken way too far and became an actual religion[0] listening to the Delphic[1] Oracle[2].
[0] Tabs or spaces? Vi or emacs? Is the singularity the rapture of the nerds, with Roko's Basalisk as the devil and ${insert name here according to personal taste} as the antichrist? SOLID or move fast and break things?
I think we're more like Pythagoras: some useful theory about numbers, taken way too far and became an actual religion[0] listening to the Delphic[1] Oracle[2].
[0] Tabs or spaces? Vi or emacs? Is the singularity the rapture of the nerds, with Roko's Basalisk as the devil and ${insert name here according to personal taste} as the antichrist? SOLID or move fast and break things?
vs. really a real religion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism
[1] Not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(software)
but rather https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi
[2] Not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation
but rather https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle