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It's sad to see that despite Alan Kay's lamentations, not a single comment mentions Doug Englebart or the fireflies to be found. Especially on a forum for a st
by AlchemistCamp 3y ago
It's sad to see that despite Alan Kay's lamentations, not a single comment mentions Doug Englebart or the fireflies to be found.
Especially on a forum for a startup accelerator, it seems like that should have been the most intriguing part of the talk.
- kragen 3y agoi'm not quite sure what he meant by the fireflies, but i did comment a bit on work (largely led by kay) on, in a significant sense, continuing engelbart's efforts, and on interesting new areas to explore https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618408 and on interesting new things in formal methods in particular: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39622073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39622073