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Good on you, every idiot can count to one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar#Fairchild_Semiconductor_(1963%E2%80%931965) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B

by rrss 7y ago

Good on you, every idiot can count to one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar#Fairchild_Semiconductor_(1963%E2%80%931965) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar#Fairchild_Semicondu...

danharaj 7y ago
What?
- rrss 7y ago
  Famous (in certain circles) quote attributed to Bob Widlar, a legendary analog designer who didn't think much of digital designers.
  - danharaj 7y ago
    Cute snark ayaya :^)
markrages 7y ago
This audience is software developers. They will not have an appreciation for Widlar's genius.
- sumnole 7y ago
  Where do all the EEs hang out?
philiplu 7y ago
Thanks for the link. I’ve never heard of Wildar before; what an amazing character. Someone had a lot of fun writing that Wikipedia article: “However, the story about Widlar bringing a goat to trim the lawn in front of his office, retold by The New York Times after his death,[14] was incorrect.[19] It was a sheep, not a goat;[68] Widlar brought her in his Mercedes-Benz convertible for just one day, which included a photo op for the local journalists.[19] According to Pease, Widlar abandoned her in the nearest bar;[19] according to Lojek the sheep was ‘mysteriously stolen’.[68]”