What a wonderful Easter story. Glad to hear you‘re alive again.
Might want to mail the pope; maybe there’s some cross-advertising opportunity there. Their target audience is a bit different but they have enormous reach!
Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
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#142So grateful you're okay - this week's been rough enough without hearing of another hero's demise.
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
Classic Wikipedia. “I spoke with Cliff today; now I have to go discuss on the Talk page whether or not he’s dead.”
No original research please
Ah, but we could cite Cliff's Facebook page as evidence that he is disputing the reports of his own death. That's at least strong enough to put his earthly existence in the "debatable" column.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
Classic Wikipedia. “I spoke with Cliff today; now I have to go discuss on the Talk page whether or not he’s dead.”
No original research please
You laugh, but it's a real problem. In this case: a WP claim that Stoll was dead would quickly fall to the lack of reliable sources indicating his death; naturally, there's a WP policy for this.
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#145Thank you for the update, Cliff. I will update your Wikipedia page to show that your death is currently under dispute.
I've gone out of my way to not read my wikipedia page. Beyond this, there's a rule (suggestion??) that you not edit your own biographical page.
As a result, I have no idea whether things are right, wrong, misguided, or kflooey on that page. Anyone who wants to know details can simply stop over here for coffee and a chat.
Cheers, -Cliff
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#147Hi Cliff! Your book the Cuckoo's Egg got me both (more) into IT, as well as helped my English proficiency go from basic to proficient. Back when I was 12, I was checked out in school, and my English teacher noticed here in Belgium. He knew I was a bit of a nerd and into computers, and he recommended me your book, and in fact personally went to an English book store to buy it for me. And the rest is history.
Thanks Nova Hana! I'm tickled that my writing helped with your English ... I sure didn't intend to help anyone figure out the weirdness of this language. As I remember, I was trying to use the language of computer jocks & hackers simply because that's the easy way to get my ideas across.
Best wishes, -Cliff
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#148Everyone thinks this is funny and ignoring the fact that its a great showcase of how net negative and useless llms are to society.
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#149Dear Cliff, I'm sorry to hear that you must have died right after we visited you in May of 2024 [1]. But I'm glad that you've figured things out and that you are now alive again! I imagine that's a much better state of affairs for you. Here's to many more years of adventures and quilt making. Cheers! [1] https://daveschumaker.net/adventures-in-topology-the-cuckoos...
Writing from this side of death seems to be fairly easy, Dave.
Smiles, -Cliff (who just started designing a new quilt) PS - I quite remember your visit with your daughter a year or so ago)
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#150Dear Cliff, I'm terribly sorry to hear of your passing, but am pleased that you have since gotten better. Cheers!
Back from the dead, eh? Turns out it wasn't that bad of a passage...