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Sadly he's not some kind of local hero. The area much prefers sports to academics. I studied CS there for undergrad and knew of him but rarely heard his name me
by kleebeesh 5y ago
Sadly he's not some kind of local hero. The area much prefers sports to academics. I studied CS there for undergrad and knew of him but rarely heard his name mentioned or celebrated.
- oefrha 4y agoI mean, if you asked random passersby in Stanford (my alma mater) about Donald Knuth, 4 out of 5 wouldn’t have heard of him. Or 9 out of 10, more pessimistically. Approximately nowhere are academics hailed as local heroes.