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rhdoenges on Oct 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On

John McCarthy was an excellent example of a tie-wearing hacker: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/jmcbw.jpg

(that is, incidentally, my favorite photo ever)

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