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“I feel scalded inside. Like, third-degree burns. But no one can see them. (Fliss talking about her divorce.)”

Work

This book delves into the emotional and psychological dynamics of a newlywed couple during their wedding night, offering a nuanced look at the beginning of a marital journey. more

Author

Sophie Kinsella

Sophie Kinsella is a renowned British author, born on December 12, 1969. Her works are known for their humorous and light-hearted style, which has won the hearts of readers. Her most famous series includes 'Shopaholic' series. more

“Unix is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture. It is our Gilgamesh epic: a living body of narrative that many people know by heart, and tell over and over again—making their own personal embellishments whenever it strikes their fancy. The bad embellishments are shouted down, the good ones picked up by others, polished, improved, and, over time, incorporated into the story. […] Thus Unix has slowly accreted around a simple kernel and acquired a kind of complexity and asymmetry about it that is organic, like the roots of a tree, or the branchings of a coronary artery. Understanding it is more like anatomy than physics.”

Culture Computer Science Computers Unix Hacker Folklore

Author:Neal Stephenson

“I'm proud of it. Apart from marking the first occasion when I used my talent on behalf of other people without being asked and without caring whether I was rewarded--which was a major breakthrough in itself--the job was a pure masterpiece. Working on it, I realized in my guts how an artist or an author can get high on the creative act. The poker who wrote Precipice's original tapeworm was pretty good, but you could theoretically have killed it without shutting down the net--that is, at the cost of losing thirty or forty billion bits of data. Which I gather they were just about prepared to do when I showed up. But mine...Ho, no! That, I cross my heart, cannot be killed without DISMANTLING the net.”

Computer Programming Computers Hacking Hackers Hacktivism Hacker Folklore First Hacktivist

Book:The Shockwave Rider

Source: The Shockwave Rider

“Religion isn't the opium of the people, it's the hypocrisy.”

Religion

Book:Zori 2ª Parte

Source: Zori 2ª Parte

“Diffie was one of a legion of bright young men who, were it not for the Vietnam War, would probably not have considered the idea of military-funded basic research. But it seemed like a reasonable compromise when facing the equally dismal alternatives of being shipped to Indochina, fleeing to Canada, or going to jail.”