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The “revving up,” the “working up.” Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Jan 11

    Feynman on his first day at a new job: > That sounds like a bunch of baloney. Give me something real to do. goalspic.twitter.com/T7RohQ8wxK

    11:22 AM - 11 Jan 2019
    • 11 Retweets
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    • Joseph Philleo Pat Migliaccio Colin Barnes M Grrl Sar Haribhakti 𝙱𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 BB Soona Amhaz Patrick Renschler
    5 replies 11 retweets 81 likes
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      2. nicole‏ @nwilliams030 Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        Accidentally wearing a v appropriate T-shirt to read this tweet inpic.twitter.com/36A87tu17h

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jan 11
        Replying to @nwilliams030

        wow what the heck nicole

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. nicole‏ @nwilliams030 Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        *me explaining how this moment came into existence*pic.twitter.com/z4GfVUAipE

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. John Backus‏ @backus Jan 11
        Replying to @nwilliams030

        Next time I buffer some tweets I'll give you a heads up and we can do this all again

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        I reread this essay / talk often. I like this bit too (sexism aside):pic.twitter.com/pPcbyDTmyL

        3 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jan 11
        Replying to @michael_nielsen

        Love it. This is my first read through thanks to @posobin's "HN Classics" :) http://posobin.com/hn_classics/ 

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. आशीष‏ @AshishPandey Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        Where is this from, please? Link? Thank you.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jan 11
        Replying to @AshishPandey

        http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/ …

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. आशीष‏ @AshishPandey Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        Thank you again.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. 𝙱𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜‏ @ben_mathes Jan 11
        Replying to @backus

        The high-agency mind behind that is fascinating. Just seems born with fewer of the normal, received cultural guardrails.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. visakan veerasamy‏ @visakanv Jan 11
        Replying to @ben_mathes @backus

        Gotta give Melville Feynman some creditpic.twitter.com/KVHOSPaWqT

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Peter Wang‏ @pwang Jan 12
        Replying to @backus

        Lol and that's why he never made a bunch of money

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. James Cham  ✍🏻‏ @jamescham Jan 12
        Replying to @pwang @backus

        And probably why he contributed so much!

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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