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semimythical autonomous magistrate-executioner,
This is a great example of the eye catching stream of words so common in Gibson's work. But it's not always quality.
“It has to become second nature, for a programmer, to notice when a concept is begging to be abstracted into a new word.”
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“Please, Oh please, publish me in your collection of self-referential sentences!”
― Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
― Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
“Higher-order functions allow us to abstract over actions, not just values.”
― Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming
― Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
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“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should write.”
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Brian’s 2025 Year in Books
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