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Re:Helping my students overcome command-line bullshittery by fidotron on Friday October 10, 2014 @12:04PM (#8438443)
You need to say hello to the canonical example Dijkstra, where arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras, to steal from Alan Kay.

Dijkstra famously observed that computer science is as much the study of computers as astronomy is of telescopes.

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Re:Helping my students overcome command-line bullshittery by pyre on Friday October 10, 2014 @12:13PM (#8438526)
That explains why NASA (and other agencies) always seem to have so many issues with unit conversions. It's all just Measurement Bullshitery that they shouldn't have to deal with! /s
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Re:Helping my students overcome command-line bullshittery by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Friday October 10, 2014 @01:10PM (#8438878)
If only that were a good comparison. Measurement is so much better than say autoconf.
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