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I know this adds nothing to the otherwise technical and scientific discussions that are the mainstay of HN except to demonstrate what an amazing free associatio
by travisgriggs 4y ago
I know this adds nothing to the otherwise technical and scientific discussions that are the mainstay of HN except to demonstrate what an amazing free association/pattern matching machine the human brain is:
I read the title, skimmed the article, now I’m listening to ABBAs Waterloo on repeat.
- bombcar 4y agoI went to Stonewall Jackson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QQI6lb_Hg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QQI6lb_Hg Also interesting to think of names that have become "things" - Waterloo "To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult" or Hindeberg, Titanic, etc.
- dhosek 4y agoI immediately thought of the Waterloo C compiler that was available for VM/CMS back in the 80s (there were other Waterloo compilers as well, but that was the only one that I ever used).
- bsg75 4y agohttps://github.com/open-watcom https://github.com/open-watcom
- s1artibartfast 4y agoAnd I am listening to the Elliot Smith Cover of Waterloo Sunset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRY2Vx44DE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRY2Vx44DE