Avicebron 10 hours ago

The Night Watch... https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1311_05-08_mickens.pdf is one of my all time favorite pieces of internet writing

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  • rubenflamshep 7 hours ago

    Can you believe there are people out there who haven't read this yet? I can, because one of them was me. This was incredible.

    > A systems programmer will know what to do when society breaks down, because the systems programmer already lives in a world without law.

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    • nemosaltat 7 hours ago

      Me also, I found Mickens through his Harvard Tenure post, but somehow just found Night's Watch today.

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  • bloaf 4 hours ago

    "I have no tools because I've destroyed my tools with my tools" is a phrase I think to myself at least weekly.

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nemosaltat 10 hours ago

Your theories on Muppet physiology are childish and naïve, and I viciously refute them in my upcoming article “Parasitic Infections of Muppet Gastrointestinal Hand Holes.”

[0] https://mickens.seas.harvard.edu/tenure-announcement-april-2...

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cushychicken 10 hours ago

Mickens is a rare combination of bright, engaging, and absolutely hysterical.

I hope I get to meet him someday.

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  • bigstrat2003 5 hours ago

    Same. No idea how that could ever happen but it would make my year. Mickens is a treasure.

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