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the final boss after you clear Donald Knuth (hexbear.net)
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3062545

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good scientists copy, great scientists steal.

Just ask ~~Tesla~~ Edison!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Edison is known as a businessman, not as a scientist though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

True but then again that's the point: he stole some fame as a scientist. Or at least as an "inventor".

~~Great businessmen always steal, they don't have the ethics to do actual work~~