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hi Michael, On Sat, 27 May 2023 08:50:23 +0100 Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote: > > > > I have a hypothesis that such wilfully-ignorant, non-geeky, non-hackery, > > people are becoming less influential, less attractive, and rarer: > > > > I recall a brilliant young musician who took over directing an amateur choir > at the age of 22. Three years later, when he moved on to higher things, he > talked at his leaving party about what he had learnt: "I came here thinking > that if someone didn't know what a hemiola was, he must be stupid. Then I > realised he was a professor of theoretical physics." > > It's not that people are stupid, it's that they are expert in a different > domain; and some of them are rightly impatient of the hoops we expect them to > jump through to use the tools we provide. > I think computers [incl portable devices], the internet, and web 1.0/web 2.0/social media/etc. are essential for everyone that wants2matter. and that means knowing english, python3, and XML/XHTML5/HTML5. While I market myself as a "humorist, writer, and software geek" [ https://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/#who_are_you ], I accumulated a lot of polymathy knowledge and memes, which is useful for my work, but which I think isnt a "must-know". E.g: perl5/CPAN, Hebrew, C/POSIX, cmake, or many quotations I like. > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/New-versions-of-the-GPL/ Learn Perl from “Learning Perl in 24 Minutes Unleashed, in a Nutshell for Dummies.” — based on Shlomi Fish and f00li5h on #perl Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply .
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