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I found the origin of that second Grant quote, and well as a boatload of other very interesting facts which one is quite unlikely to get from Google or AI these days, in "The Democ…

I believe one of the main goals of whatever shadowy organizations are behind the "standards committee" is to sabotage the language to help clear the way for Rust. If these people r…

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> The slave aristocracy of the Confederate States of America And the northern states--they had slaves too. Ulysses S. Grant, when asked why he didn't free his slaves until some tim…

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What?

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Yes, I remember feeling that way in 1995-2005 about Microsoft. Imagine my surprise to learn that people still to this day trust and believe in Microsoft.

Yes, it is much easier to ignore the unelected bureaucrats than to jump through their ridiculous hoops.

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