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Re: (next Rich)

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Post by mattdeboard » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:36 PM UTC

culi wrote: post #46

jonahbenton wrote: post #16

The word congratulations came into English from Latin, where it was formed by combining prefix com-, meaning with, to gratulari, meaning "give thanks" or "show joy." Gratulari is derived from gratus, as is gratitude. Gratus means "pleasing," "thankful." Having only had the good fortune to meet you in person a few times: Congratulations, Rich. You have my deepest gratitude. It fills me with great joy to know you are t…

thanks for the lesson etymonline

Go watch the classic Simple Made Easy and you'll understand the comment.

https://youtu.be/SxdOUGdseq4

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by WinLychee » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:36 PM UTC

Thanks a ton Rich, Clojure is a real breath of fresh air in programming languages. I hope it continues to influence progamming for years to come, looking forward to seeing what you come up with in the future!

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by nordsieck » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:37 PM UTC

culi wrote: post #46

jonahbenton wrote: post #16

The word congratulations came into English from Latin, where it was formed by combining prefix com-, meaning with, to gratulari, meaning "give thanks" or "show joy." Gratulari is derived from gratus, as is gratitude. Gratus means "pleasing," "thankful." Having only had the good fortune to meet you in person a few times: Congratulations, Rich. You have my deepest gratitude. It fills me with great joy to know you are t…

thanks for the lesson etymonline

> thanks for the lesson etymonline

Perhaps you've never listened to a Rich Hickey talk before but he's notorious for riffing on the meaning of words.

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by seabass-labrax » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:44 PM UTC

adamgravitis wrote: post #36

Orig article has lowercase ‘n’ in ‘next’, which makes more sense…

Agreed; this is a reference to the 'next' function in the Clojure language. @dang, please could you change the title? Thank you.

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by err4nt » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:48 PM UTC

Congrats Rich, and thanks for everything you've done, including being in inspiration for so many!

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by hk__2 » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:49 PM UTC

Meta: title should be "(next Rich)", not "(Next Rich)"

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by javajosh » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

Congrats Rich! You've been a big inspiration to go off and try new things, and to not be afraid to explain and explore the nuanced underpinnings of your design.

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by jdminhbg » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

hk__2 wrote: post #56

Meta: title should be "(next Rich)", not "(Next Rich)"

HN autocapitalizes the first letter, so dang or another mod would have to fix this manually.

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by josefrichter » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:57 PM UTC

I’m a designer and barely ever write production-grade code (coz I suck at it), but Rich has been my inspiration for years and I shared his talks available online across pretty much all design teams I’ve ever worked with, because they’re just full of invaluable experience and wisdom. Excited about Clojure future!

Re: (next Rich)

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Post by fndex » Fri, Aug 04, 2023, 4:58 PM UTC

deltree7 wrote: post #25

May have to do with https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NU?p=NU and vesting periods :) A true computing thought leader. All the best Rich. My only complaint about you was not open-sourcing datomic and making it free for developers.

https://blog.datomic.com/2023/04/datomic-is-free.html