“Since the time of Cain and Abel, family disputes have been marked by the irrational and impulsive decision of those involved, the fierce battles which ensue, and the senseless destruction they cause,”
― The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
― The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
“Look well at this, and speak no towering word yourself against the gods, nor walk too grandly because your hand is weightier than another’s, 130 or your great wealth deeper founded. One short day inclines the balance of all human things to sink or rise again. Know that the gods love men of steady sense and hate the wicked.”
― Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers
― Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers
“In debugging, errors are seen not as false but as fixable. This is a state of mind that makes it easy to learn from .6 Multiple passes also brought a new feel for the complexity of design decisions.”
― Simulation and Its Discontents
― Simulation and Its Discontents
“ODYSSEUS I cannot recommend a rigid spirit.”
― Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers
― Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers
“Transparency once meant being able to "open the hood" to see how things worked. Now, with the Macintosh meaning of transparency dominant in the computer culture, it means quite the opposite: being able to use a program without knowing how it works.”
― Simulation and Its Discontents
― Simulation and Its Discontents
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