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The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)

The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)

Posted May 18, 2012 8:05 UTC (Fri) by rwst (guest, #84121)
In reply to: The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian) by josh
Parent article: The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)

And I thought it was also the nerd's reaction in the moment all the shiny application software gets brittle when the underlying library's major number changes. Oh well...

I can respect Doctorow's position because many of his geeks don't even know about really geeky things, like, gene transcription and translation, purine biosynthesis and enzymatic activity. Which matters much more when you get old.


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