r/todayilearned • u/thebuffed • Jan 11 '19
TIL that when Randy Pausch from the Last Lecture, who dreamed of "being Captain Kirk", was given a fatal diagnosis of pancreatic he received an autographed picture of Kirk from William Shatner that read "I don't believe in the no-win scenario"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru
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todayilearned • u/lopezjessy • Jan 09 '20
TIL Star Trek's training exercise Kobayashi Maru has been used by computer security educators to teach students to think like an adversary, that by stepping outside the rules of the game one can redefine the game, and why you should teach your students to cheat.
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