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There's an old Rob Pike talk where he asks the audience: "So how many of you are familiar with the work of Michael Jackson" Most of the crowd raises their hand
by donatj 5y ago
There's an old Rob Pike talk where he asks the audience:
"So how many of you are familiar with the work of Michael Jackson"
Most of the crowd raises their hand to which he replies
"Really? Quite a few! Well as you know, Michael Jackson developed Jackson Structural Programming".
He was seemingly unaware of the popstar of the same name.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxaD_trXwRE&t=44s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxaD_trXwRE&t=44s
- butterisgood 5y agoAlso the beer hunter. http://www.beerhunter.com/ http://www.beerhunter.com/
- azinman2 5y agoMichael Jordan is the name of a famous AI/ML researcher. What I love is they’re both tops of their careers.
- elwell 5y agoI fairly certain he was telling a joke. Hence the "well as you know" lead in.
- LukeShu 5y agoIt's been a long time since I watched that talk, but I seem to remember that about 40 minutes in he has a moment where he remembers that there's another Michael Jackson and apologizes for the confusion.