← Back to context Comment by vkou 2 years ago And which category of important-enough-to-be-historic contributions has he made? 3 comments vkou Reply skyyler 2 years ago Take a moment to reflect on what you're doing right now.You're turning a celebration of life for a _very_ recently departed figure into a pissing contest.Extremely distasteful. vkou 2 years ago I think you're misunderstanding the direction and intent of this subthread.You're right that talking about Jobs is off-topic, though. mdp2021 2 years ago «Contributions», debatable; «value», debatable; "impact", cannot be ignored.It is probably best if we stick to Doug Lenat and postpone the meta to a more neutral occasion: Doug Lenat has just died.
skyyler 2 years ago Take a moment to reflect on what you're doing right now.You're turning a celebration of life for a _very_ recently departed figure into a pissing contest.Extremely distasteful. vkou 2 years ago I think you're misunderstanding the direction and intent of this subthread.You're right that talking about Jobs is off-topic, though.
vkou 2 years ago I think you're misunderstanding the direction and intent of this subthread.You're right that talking about Jobs is off-topic, though.
mdp2021 2 years ago «Contributions», debatable; «value», debatable; "impact", cannot be ignored.It is probably best if we stick to Doug Lenat and postpone the meta to a more neutral occasion: Doug Lenat has just died.
Take a moment to reflect on what you're doing right now.
You're turning a celebration of life for a _very_ recently departed figure into a pissing contest.
Extremely distasteful.
I think you're misunderstanding the direction and intent of this subthread.
You're right that talking about Jobs is off-topic, though.
«Contributions», debatable; «value», debatable; "impact", cannot be ignored.
It is probably best if we stick to Doug Lenat and postpone the meta to a more neutral occasion: Doug Lenat has just died.