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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hostux.social/users/danmcd/statuses/116059596358121208">Dan McDonald (danmcd@hostux.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Feb-2026 05:54:40 JST</a><a href="https://hostux.social/@danmcd" title="danmcd@hostux.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/105968-48-20250909064719.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Dan McDonald" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Dan McDonald</a></section><article><p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116059547013986933" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116059547013986933</a></p><p>Work vs. author: Computer Science edition.</p><p>Gelernter was one of the co-authors of LINDA, and its name-origin gets grosser with modern context.</p><p>I cited LINDA as an undergraduate for a paper in a grad-level Parallel Algorithms class (Fall 1990). I took this class because I wanted to understand parallelism concepts for my neck of the woods (OS &amp; Networking).</p><p>I also learned about threads (via Mach) reading up for this paper. I had no idea that lower-cost SMP was coming very soon to the masses.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6149276#notice-12112671">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-02-13T05:54:40+09:00" title="Friday, 13-Feb-2026 05:54:40 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hostux.social/@danmcd/116059596358121208" rel="external" title="Sent from hostux.social via ActivityPub">hostux.social</a></span></span><a href="https://hostux.social/@danmcd/116059596358121208">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116059547013986933Work">Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield@mastodon.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Matthew Sheffield</span></div></header><div>David Gelernter, a creationist computer scientist who has long been a disgrace to Yale University, has been suspended for referring to an undergraduate student as a "v small goodlooking blonde" in a job recommendation to Jeffrey Epstein. After the message was exposed, Gelernter said he was "very glad" to have written it.Gelernter had also had the student stay in his home multiple times. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/2026/02/11/professors-epstein-files-begin-face-consequences</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Dan McDonald (danmcd@hostux.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Feb-2026 05:54:40 JST Dan McDonald
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116059547013986933
Work vs. author: Computer Science edition.
Gelernter was one of the co-authors of LINDA, and its name-origin gets grosser with modern context.
I cited LINDA as an undergraduate for a paper in a grad-level Parallel Algorithms class (Fall 1990). I took this class because I wanted to understand parallelism concepts for my neck of the woods (OS & Networking).
I also learned about threads (via Mach) reading up for this paper. I had no idea that lower-cost SMP was coming very soon to the masses.
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  David Gelernter, a creationist computer scientist who has long been a disgrace to Yale University, has been suspended for referring to an undergraduate student as a "v small goodlooking blonde" in a job recommendation to Jeffrey Epstein. After the message was exposed, Gelernter said he was "very glad" to have written it. Gelernter had also had the student stay in his home multiple times. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/2026/02/11/professors-epstein-files-begin-face-consequences

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