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johnwbyrd | 7 years ago | on: The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software ever written

That is an utterly braindead assertion.

I wrote the quoted article about Stuxnet. And I've helped write multiple operating systems.

Your argument not an argument. It's just a random assertion with no technical knowledge of either Stuxnet or how to write an operating system.

Stuxnet specifically took advantage of Windows's lack of sophistication in order to replicate.

johnwbyrd | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why do you guys work so much?

I've heard it said, "We work eighty hours a week so we don't have to work forty hours a week." Me, I do it because I have a particular vision, and I think that the world would be better off if that vision actually existed. Can't do that while working for a bank.

johnwbyrd | 11 years ago | on: Facebook's std::vector optimization

Show me a programmer who is trying to reoptimize the STL, and I'll show you a programmer who is about to be laid off.

The guy who tried this at EA didn't last long there.

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