• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Oh he’s the one who recommended a grad student to Epstien because she was a “v[ery] small goodlooking blonde”. Apparently he also opposes women in the workforce.

    I feel little sympathy for him

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    In the 1980s, Gelernter made seminal contributions to the field of parallel computation, specifically the tuple space coordination model, as embodied by the Linda programming system he and Nicholas Carriero designed (which he named for Linda Lovelace, the lead actress in the porn movie Deep Throat, mocking the naming of the programming language Ada in tribute to the scientist and first attributed computer programmer, Ada Lovelace).

    Imagining the smug little chortle he must make every time he delivers that punchline…

  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Man this just makes me womder what could have been. Could he have got bombs over to that island? Made everyone open them all at once around a dinner table?

    Rest in Power, Uncle Ted