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A quotation from Victor Hugo

Who is the father of privilege? Chance. And who is his son? Abuse.

[Quel est le père du privilège ? le hasard. Et quel est son fils ? l’abus.]


Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French writer, journalist, human rights activist, politician
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 8, ch. 7 (2.8.7) (1869) [tr. Phillips (1894)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/86217/

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🏴 "Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!" If you believe in self-organization and voluntary association, and if you think that #power corrupts, you might be an anarchist. 🤝 And these are principles "that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous", as #DavidGraeber stated in 2009. Read his full text, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist... 👉 theanarchistlibrary.org/librar… (Or listen to the audio: audibleanarchism.podbean.com/e…) #anarchism #anarchy

Are you an Anarchist? by David Graeber | Audible Anarchism

Full text Chances are you have already heard something about anarchists and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense.
audibleanarchism.podbean.com
#anarchism #anarchy #anarchist #power #davidgraeber

Recently I found that quite a few of my #Twitter and #Mastodon followers are working in high-performance #computing (HPC). At first I was surprised because I’m not a #HPC person, even if I love high performance computers. Then I realized that there are quite few overlaps, and one of my best friends is also deeply involved in HPC. My work, #logging, is also a fundamental part of HPC environments.

peter.czanik.hu/posts/hpc-and-…

@gabor_samu @faxmodem #POWER #ARM

HPC and me

Recently I found that quite a few of my Twitter and Mastodon followers are working in high-performance computing (HPC). At first I was surprised because I’m not a HPC person, even if I love high performance computers.
peter.czanik.hu
#mastodon #Twitter #ARM #computing #power #hpc #logging @faxmodem @Gábor SAMU

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