• V0ldek@awful.systems
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      7 months ago

      Give Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie billions of dollars

      I mean, if we took all net worth of Sam Altman and split it between these two guys who at least benefited humanity with their work we’d get at least a step closer to justice in the universe.

      Getting a Turing award: $1M

      Dropping out of Stanford to work on something unironically called “Loopt”: Priceless