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		jlongr 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How has mathematics gotten so abstract? >he's nerd-famous enough to not warrant an introduction What is nerd-famous supposed to be. He's at the center of some subjective in-group that exists in your head?

TZubiri 24 days ago | [–]

To be fair, we are on hacker news. I did once use on of his programs, American Fuzzy Lopper (fake advertisement lawsuit incoming if its not american). So he is not nobody apparently

wizzwizz4 24 days ago | [–]

He wrote the American Fuzzy Lop fuzzer, which was extremely influential – pretty much put fuzzing on the map.

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