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Dang. It's either that or a whole tonne of French mathematicians. Good work!
by tel 19y ago
Dang. It's either that or a whole tonne of French mathematicians. Good work!
- raganwald 19y agoI can't take too much credit. I bit on the story hook, line and sinker. I started to write a comment saying in essence, "So what if Paul is writing under a nom de plume, there are good reasons for doing so..." One of the good examples that came immediately to mind was Richard Gabriel. So I Googled "Worse Is Better" and copied that exact paragraph to insert as a quotation to support my point. Then I read what I had just pasted and the light went on...
- tel 19y agoOh, let me tell you the lead-up there is perfect—serendipitous or otherwise. I had a smooth transition: "Really? That seems pretty interes---- oh man, brilliant!"