rbanffy

✨ Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.

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I have used their mechanical pencils throughout college. Absolutely perfect engineering.
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It also brings me memories of Japanese calligraphic art and the careful use of various sizes, shapes and textures for brushes, where even the smudges and splatters are deliberate.
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You can easily do that at airshows as well.
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> If the former, it’s another signal of the decay of modern science.

I'd say the incentives are misaligned.

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