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Eric S. Raymond, an Uncommon card
Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Eric S. Raymond quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eric S. Raymond card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He wrote a ______ for the Roguelike game NetHack.
Answer
guidebook. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. From the Eric S. Raymond article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the ____s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary.
Answer
1990s. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary. From the Eric S. Raymond article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack.
- In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eric S. Raymond article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Eric S. Raymond
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Eric S. Raymond (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Erc_S_Raymond_and_company.jpg : jerone2 derivative work: Bilby ( talk ), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
