Re: What is a genius programmer ... Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions ...
Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 17:03:46 +0800
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On 04/08/2026 1:58 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > On 8/4/2026 5:15 AM, John McCue wrote: >> >> Of course: >> >> https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html >> >> But to me, someone who gets it done the way the >> user wants it the first time and quickly. > > > Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, > Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date: Cringely, Robert > X.: 9780887308550: Amazon.com: Books > <https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Empires-Silicon-Millions-Competition/ > dp/0887308554> > > Thank you for that book recommendation. I'll probably read it some time in the future. Tsundoku is a thing that happens in my library too, so I have no idea when I'll read it. That said, I'm reading a lot of my backlog such as Appel's compiler book in C. I also don't date. The reason being, I'm in a happy relationship, and only date my gf. Therefore, there's no causation between programming skill and failure to be a decent human being. Despite all the corre- lation that points to the contrary. -- Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/ I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social