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It is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature
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Eric S. Raymond
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: December 4
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Eric Steven Raymond
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And for any agents or proxy of the regime interested in asking me questions face to face, I've got some bullets slathered in pork fat to make you feel extra special welcome.
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Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter.
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