hey, we are seeing what trying to build a "utopia" through technological process looks like. We need more good lawyers and politicians so that the rules of the game help guide us to the right path.
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
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DivineDev@piefed.social · 46 pts · 24d
Honorable mention: German Hacker, who is, sadly, a politician.
vrek@programming.dev · 21 pts · 24d
Is he or is it just social engineering to get enough votes so he can get into the system?
Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 24d
Same thing, isn't it?
vrek@programming.dev · 12 pts · 24d
Thinking of it, politician is basically a professional social engineer
vanillama@programming.dev · 3 pts · 24d
Always probing how much we can take, too
vrek@programming.dev · 5 pts · 24d
Any politician who proposes probing is not getting my vote
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 24d
That's what he wants us to think. On the forums he is G3rM4n_h4CK3r_11!
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 23d
hey, we are seeing what trying to build a "utopia" through technological process looks like. We need more good lawyers and politicians so that the rules of the game help guide us to the right path.
folekaule@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 24d
Throwing one in for Niklaus Wirth because he said:
vrek@programming.dev · 11 pts · 24d
Lol, as an American in my head I initially pronounced it worth
squaresinger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 24d
Amazing quote!
Probably the closest way to pronounce the name as an American would be "Virt", with "i" pronounced as in "will".
artifex@piefed.zip · 26 pts · 24d
My vote: Moxie Marlinspike
vrek@programming.dev · 6 pts · 24d
Marlinspike is an awesome name too
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 2 pts · 24d
The fish or the tool, either way it is.
vrek@programming.dev · 2 pts · 24d
Hope his first son's name is Max
pelya@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 23d
Browse Linux credits for some funky names. My favorite is Jos Vos.
alcea@feddit.org · 9 pts · 24d
There is only one valid answer: Matt Blaze
vrek@programming.dev · 4 pts · 24d
Blaze is a bad ass name too, not sure it measures up to godbolt but still amazing
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 23d
Ada Lovelace
vrek@programming.dev · 3 pts · 23d
She's a great engineer but do you think she preferred velvet or lace?
thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 24d
Someone I seen awhile ago is named Cody. Does that fit?
vrek@programming.dev · 4 pts · 24d
Only if he was a coder... If he was a programmer no
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 23d
Me.