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Young people should not be allowed to be that clever!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Unfortunately, young people are the only ones who are that clever. 
Arthur C Clarke considered any physical scientist over 30 :elderly". By that standard, I am superannuated. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Well, yes, Rimbaud never banged out a decent line of verse past the age of 19 and most of us can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that we haven't done so, either.
Ah, youth! I remember it in parts. It was definitely wasted on me when I was young.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I think Andrew Wiles was 30+ when he cracked the holy grail of mathematics.
FLT. Fermat's last theorem
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Arthur C Clarke considered any physical scientist over 30 :elderly"
Sure, but he changed his mind when he reached 31.
A lot of young people say a lot of stupid things. Strangely, that doesn't mean they should be quoted as trusted sources.
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Two points:
- Arthur C Clarke was never a physical scientist (or any sort of scientist)
- He said that when he himself was well over 30
His observation was, for the most part, accurate. That does not mean that physical scientists over the age of 30 can do no useful work. For example, they can expand on the brilliant idea they had when they were younger, as many scientists have been known to do.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Did you think through that utter garbage, before you let it spew out of your mouth.
Here's two points right back atcha:
0. You don't become less intelligent or creative, as you get older. The very idea that you do is utterly ridiculous. Who would have thought that there could be cretins who think that the brain stops working at 30?
1. You gain knowledge and experience as you get older, so you can put your undiminished intelligence to even greater practical use.
Please do not reply if you are going to continue to make ageist statements. You have already pissed me off enough with the ones you have made.
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For some things, knowledge is the best
For other things, wisdom
I think the best is the mix, young people with the knowledge and the ability to learn fast and grown people with the wisdom and the ability to keep focus in what is important.
If the members are really willing to learn from each other, such a team can do almost anything
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yup.
Her and Elizabeth Holmes: absolute geniuses.
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When I was a kid, I dug a hole in the yard and painted it black. I just never took a picture of it.
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Often I see developers debating using String vs. string as if it’s a simple style decision. How about sTRing?
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Every chance I get, i use
string g . that way people can tell me my variable names are a bit skimpy, and my code style is quite revealing.
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I've always used string because it's an intrinsic type, in C#, like int is. I was always suspicious of using String, because it's a class.
But, now, due to the article, I have even more and better ammunition than just my suspicions.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Open source projects that want to emulate Linux's long-term success should heed wise counsel from Linux's creator. 1: Make a decent copy of MINIX 2: "Give it away, give it away, give it away now"
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The article says: the open source development model. While that model isn't a guarantee of long-term success, it does offer a clear path for improving technology with the least amount of friction
Sa hwa?
I've obviously been mooching around on a different Internet than the one the article writer's on.
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Me think we could double that 25 years of future - if only Linus would left us alone...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I'm still not ready to give up on MINIX - as soon as I get a replacement 51/4" floppy reader that works...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The study looked at more than 1,500 hotels across 54 countries. Except the ones in Vegas, because what happens there...
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So it's safer to follow the example of millions of other people, and sleep on the streets.
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Emojicode is an open-source,
full-blown programming language
consisting of emojis. 
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I couldn't even classify that one as a fun waste of time. Unless it's a lame April Fool's joke I just don't understand how this is inventive, funny or interesting.
Still: good conversation fodder.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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