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Trump.
(Not really. I'm just testing the latest upgrade of Godwin's law)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No, you are just cross-site posting again.
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No politicians!
...and yes, Hitler counts as a politician.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Indeed. Back in the day, I would have killed for a Rockman.
This space for rent
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An entire company - the ARIETE company of World War II.
"Enemy tanks broke through south of Ariete Division. Thus, Ariete surrounded, located 5 kilometers north-west of Bir-el-Abd. Ariete tanks are fighting."
— Ariete Division's last radio message
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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"They have us surrounded - those poor bastards".
Is that from them? Not sure if even a real quote, but it's been around for a long, long time.
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No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC.
Ariete (and Folgore) companies are quite famous between people fond of Italian armed forces because they fought bravely and valiantly despite the terrible situation of the army and the desperate numerical inferiority they were in. Both of these companies got commendation from the Allies for the valor AND for the problems they caused, sometimes holding a position only with guts and grit until they were completely wiped out, buying precious time for the Axis forces (whebn they were our allies) to evacuate or reinforce.
For many people they are a symbol of courage and determination, not linked to any political connotation (as it is for me, I don't have any nazi or fascist sympathy).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: No, that should be from the Easy Company, 101st Airbourne Division, IIRC.
Is it? I must've watched HBO's Band of Brothers (whose story is centered around the 101st) at least half a dozen times, and I can't recollect anyone saying that in the series. Or maybe I've read it in Stephen Ambrose's book (on which the series is based).
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Don't do heroes but admiration for SH and SW
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Who, or what, do you mean by SH and SW?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Super Lloyd wrote: most underrated
He was a Nobel prize winner, I think he rated pretty well.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Everybody is like Tesla is the best, Einstein is the best!
Nobody (I mean no laymen) ever invoke the name of Landau.. 
Yet, when I studied physics, there was always a Landau theorem about whatever topic we were studying! 
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I wonder how different the world would be if people like Landau were thought of as celebrities?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Partial list.
Alan Turing, Dennis Ritchie, Tim Berners-Lee
Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Dali
Ozu, Kurosawa, Leone, Chaplin, Fellini, Tarkovsky, Truffaut, Godard, Bresson, Kiarostami, Ray, Ghatak
Eisner, Moore, Miller, Tezuka
Logan & Batman
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my two sons... 
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Simples. The Medici family of Florence, who funded the greatest advances in art, science and humanism ever seen, that ultimately led to Western civilisation.
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Reading the title of the post, Dr. Stephen Hawking comes to mind.
Another despite being a legend is Atlas the titan.
His endurance inspires me to get through tough times.
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Wozniak is cool and he actually stood against what iCrap nowadays is. Example: Back then, he fought for expansion slots unlike nowadays "Just buy the more expensive option".
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Historical figures:
Julius Caesar, Winston Churchill
Biblical figures:
Abraham, Moses, Daniel
Scientists:
Galileo, Newton, Marie Curie, Richard Feynman
Engineers:
The anonymous engineers who invented the Greek steam engines, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Hans Rosling.
Factfulness (the book)[^]
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates
There are quite some people that needs to read this book.
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Carlo & The Klingons. 
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I have many heroes.
Here are my top 5
Johannes Gutenberg - Without him a book was un-affordable.
Aaron Swartz - A genius and hacktivist. Murdered by the US government. You will be missed.![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Alan Turing - A great mind and treated so wrong by the UK government. 
Steven Hawking - The genius of all mankind and a great sense of humor. Big Bang Theory is not as funny without you. 
Unknown - The inventor of the number zero, the basis of all computer code.![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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