Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 40

Applications of power, we have to remember it is there to notice how awesome it is!

Quotient of a subgroup H of G by a normal subgroup of the subgroup H.

That normal subgroup does not have have to be a normal subgroup of G.

As an overkill example, the happy family are subquotients of the monster group, but the monster group is simple.

This game (1 or 2, can't remember) made an impression on Ciro Santilli for some reason.

Only many many years after playing it, after Ciro started getting more interested, did he learn that it was actually an adaptation of the Chinese mega-classic Water Margin.

"Suikoden" is the actual Japenese transliteration for the Chinese name of the original Water Margin novel.

Yet another case of Chinese thing better known in the West as Japanese.

The game puts great emphasis on the concept of the 108 Stars of Destiny, which never left Ciro's mind: making 108 allies, the main collectible of the game, allows you to make a more powerful alliance, and unlock better endings.

Another notable reference is in Lost Horse LLC, MacKenzie Bezos's charity instrument.

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Ciro Santilli is just too old to understand what the point of that website is compared to Twitter. There must be one, right?

Also, it is impossible to use it on the browser without a cell phone, similar critique as Section "Messaging software that force you to have a mobile phone" but a bit more aggravating, because, well, you would expect creators want people to see their stuff on a browser unlike private messages?

Uses the name of the current Linux user to login without a password.

Mentioned e.g. at:

These are two conflicting constraints:

Some good insights on the earlier history of the industry at: The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray by Charles J. Murray (1997).

Good publication.