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- Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) http://danweinreb.org/blog/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 61 comments
- Why did Symbolics fail? http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 13 comments
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- Why Did Symbolics Fail? https://web.archive.org/web/20080614223925/http:/dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 2 comments historical , lisp , practices
- Why Did Symbolics Fail? (Dan Weinreb, 2007) https://web.archive.org/web/20080614223925/http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com:80/2007/11/16/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 4 comments lisp
- Docker Toolbox fails to create symbolic link. https://github.com/docker/toolbox/issues/619#issuecomment-282591417 4 comments docker
- Why did Symbolics fail? http://danweinreb.org/blog/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 25 comments programming
- More about Why Symbolics Failed http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/15/ 12 comments programming
- Why did Symbolics fail? http://dlweinreb.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 34 comments programming
- Adding a new crate fails tests and changes behaviors, despite not even importing and using the crate symbols. https://lib.rs/zstd 4 comments rust
- Can symbolic AI make up for ML failings? https://www.oxfordsemantic.tech/blog/chatgpts-snow-white-problem-the-danger-of-common-knowledge 4 comments semanticweb
- Senate approves symbolic criticism of Trump’s tariffs following failed efforts to block them https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-symbolic-rebuke-senate-votes-to-seek-congressional-role-in-president-trumps-tariff-decisions/2018/07/11/def7d556-851a-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.1e6eea252b0a 6 comments politics
- Senate approves symbolic criticism of Trump’s tariffs following failed efforts to block them https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/11/senate-approves-symbolic-criticism-of-trumps-tariffs-following-failed-efforts-to-block-them/ 5 comments politics
- Why did Symbolics fail? (x-post /r/programming) http://danweinreb.org/blog/why-did-symbolics-fail/ 3 comments lisp
- Merkaartor fails to start because of symbol lookup error https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/6q2to3/merkaartor_fails_to_start_because_of_symbol/ 4 comments archlinux
- Idaho giant salamander fails again to become state symbol http://www.jrn.com/kivitv/news/idaho-giant-salamander-fails-again-to-become-state-symbol-289056151.html 3 comments nottheonion
- Obama fails to deliver on solar panels for the White House. The symbolism is telling. http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/promises-promises-wh-solar-983021.html 76 comments politics
- Unicode Character 'DOES NOT SUCCEED' (U+2281) ⊁. I suggest this be known as the Fail symbol and be interchangeable with the expression 'fail.' http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2281/index.htm 51 comments reddit.com
- Trump and McConnell Are Building the Most Visible Symbol of a Failed State: The terrifying threat of the Supreme Court losing its legitimacy. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/supreme-court-legitimacy-crisis-rbg-amy-coney-barrett.html 581 comments politics
- Wason Card Selection Task - shows that most people fail to grasp even the most basic symbolic logic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wason_selection_task 9 comments philosophy
- A Brooklyn house trashed by Occupy Wall Street is a symbol of a movement that failed to capitalize on public anger http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/how_occupy_went_wrong_pbpckjgxqg1fiu4d7vdefi 30 comments politics
- Donny van de Beek is one of the many symbols of years of failed recruitment at #MUFC. One of Ineos' biggest and most immediate challenges will be to eradicte the endless transfer mishaps https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/12/19/sir-jim-ratcliffe-manchester-united-no-donny-van-de-beek/ 12 comments soccer
- Spanish government fails to remove single Franco-era symbol in five years http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/10/inenglish/1489148919_666672.html 11 comments europe
- IL Governor Rauner Gets $750,000 Tax Break, Proposes Slashing Services to Middle Class and Poor: "...[H]e could easily become the national symbol of the trickle down economic theory that has failed to produce benefits for everyday Americans..." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/il-governor-rauner-gets-7_b_6742500.html 1313 comments politics
- Political behavior is shaped by beliefs that are false and goals so impractical as to be unobtainable. But the symbolism has consequences because it inspires feel-good agendas that elected leaders are expected to achieve. When they predictably fail, popular disillusion deepens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-scoring-points-in-washington-has-trumped-governing/2014/11/16/886e2cd4-6c1f-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html 9 comments politics
- If Hillary fails, it's her and her coterie's failure. While Obama aims to transcend race, Hillary often aims to use gender to her advantage, or to excuse mistakes. She's not a symbol of feminism. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/opinion/13dowd.html?em&ex=1203138000&en=f2c6671058dafa64&ei=5087%0A 58 comments politics