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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 20:38:35 +0000
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On 08/02/2025 19:41, Physfitfreak wrote:
> On 2/8/25 1:28 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 08/02/2025 18:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> My university computer science courses left me quite disillusioned.
>>> Between my second and third years I managed to land a summer job
>>> programming in a small shop in the real world.  For my third year
>>> I arranged my schedule so that I had Thursdays off, and continued
>>> to work at my part-time programming job.  There was no fourth year -
>>> I dropped out and went full-time, and have been programming ever since.
>>>
>> Yeah. You don't need a degree in hydraulics to fix a kitchen sink drain.
>>
> 
> 
> Especially if you have no need in the world above fucking a maid you 
> married to, watching some TV commercials for information, and joining a 
> government political party.
> 
> Bozos' place is not in universities. Be the Sheep you are and live so, 
> and everything will go fine from there for you.
> 
> 
It has been my experience that the real sheep have (minor) university 
degrees, but think they are simply too smart to be part of the herd.
We call them 'useful idiots'

They can be steered using their vanity and outsized self eteem
-- 
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the 
very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift