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Just learned about a woman in computer science history: Elizabeth Fong. She spent her career at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and is mentioned as attending data standardization meetings in RFC-316 (1972). She was heavily involved in the effort to standardize SQL in the 1980s.

Here's a 2014 interview with her:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLUm3vst87g&feature=youtu.be

And a brief autobiographical sketch on being awarded for 48 years of service at NIST:

https://medium.com/@usnistgov/cant-stop-computing-nist-dean-of-staff-elizabeth-fong-ddc550781c26

I'm hungry. It's irritating.

— Meng Akmamustuth, hammerer

pretty sure that insisting you're not a furry is step one of becoming a furry

I'm not a furry btw

i will never not refer to the cover you place on a keyboard to prevent crumbs from getting under the keys as a "keyboard condom"

Wrote up a review of Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, "Talking to Strangers." This is why I don't read self-help Ted Talk esque books anymore.

#malcolmgladwell #bookreview #writing #books
https://johnpierremaeli.com/malcolm-gladwell-talking-to-strangers-whitewashing/

anything helps it's just so much to deal with just before thanksgiving/christmas when i already put 300+ in and y'all know how hospitals can be please boost/make this gain traction thank you

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cashapp: $mercurythedragon
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Isaac Asimov would fuckin strangle Elon Musk to death.

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reminder:

replace all advertisements with public art exhibitions tbh

steam is discontinuing the Controller it seems, so they're fireselling them at $5 a pop.

FOSS drivers in linux already so you don't have to worry about them stopping working next month or whatever.

Boost for your friends to get in on some cool HID devices.

info on why sociopath is an outdated as fuck term:

a sensationalist hack psychologist in the 80s used the term sociopath to justify the death penalty in cases where insanity would provide a stay of execution

the term is much older than the 80s, and has been used in more legitimate contexts. but robert hare is the guy who invented the "sociopath checklist," which was a huge hit in a courtroom setting, and subsequently in a lot of yellow journalism and IDTV "documentaries."