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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:48PM (#25750467)
A form of ostracism, you mean?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism

Re:Introduction to Ada on Thursday September 03, 2020 @03:15PM (#24367653)
The point of using the end statements is to make sure the programmer knows which clause is being closed.
Re:The Two Middle Classes on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:49AM (#22463904)
Pish. It's mostly based on an article by Thomas Piketty, which is linked.

Piketty may be many things, but right wing is not one of them.

> Look, there’s a machine in our pockets that allows us to take a thousand photos a day, access the world’s information, and do things we never could have dreamed of in the past

None of these things originated in Silicon Valley.

An oversimplification perhaps:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valladolid_debate

Not that practice matched theory but...

Considering the family tree of the Ptolemies, I think we have a good idea
Re:The curious star appeal of Jordan Peterson on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:09AM (#16193815)
Foucault's argument and its less literate successors (eg the one about the master's house and tools) are ultimately reactionary and quietist. Not to mention historically nonsenical, but that never got in Michel's way when he was on a rhetorical roll.

Forget Foucault (h/t Baudrillard)

Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum on Monday October 17, 2016 @08:31AM (#12724427)
Repeatedly telling someone that they are annoying is in itself quite annoying.

Any examples of your own lisp systems?