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Pierrick@pierrick
Started to read Snow Crash and I can’t believe it was written in 1992. “Software comes out of factories, and hackers are, to a greater or lesser extent, assembly-line workers. Worse yet, they may become managers who never get to write any code themselves.” He definitely understood how the industry would evolve.
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7/16/2023
moreReese@morereese
Stephenson was/is on a different level. Fun fact: he coined the term “metaverse” https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-neal-stephenson-named-the-metaverse-now-hes-building-it/
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7/17/2023
misha de ridder 🪨@mdr
love it predicts unchecked growth of pizza delivery services 🍕😁
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7/19/2023
Joshua Miller@joshmiller
The parallels between the librarian and how ChatGPT et al. are programmed to respond are eerie.