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Dijkstra said: “Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”

PAUL FORD • Paul Ford: What Is Code? | Bloomberg

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From one of my favorite Hacker News comments ever, by @Jonathan_Blow: https://t.co/uJgib4x6El

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You and Your Research

Richard W. Hamming's lecture emphasizes the importance of pursuing significant research, setting high personal goals, and fostering confidence, creativity, and dedication to achieve excellence in one's career and contributions.

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Friendly reminder about this post by the creator of Ruby on Rails. https://t.co/cYVHsuSKGV

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"I am most engaged when working on hard problems that I have not yet wrapped my brain around." --Andrew Kelley (he creates Zig) Even though I'm not as based and cracked as him, I'd say this is a good description of what motivates me. https://t.co/LASMJL0cvy

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Unintuitive fact of engineering: Big teams (>8 people) ship less than small teams. Not only less per capita—less overall! A big team that is not a fractal of small teams will lose. David vs Goliath is real. Managers and investors—understand this before asking to... See more

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In 1956, 26-year-old Edsger Dijkstra invented a classic path-finding algorithm while out with his fiancée at a café in Amsterdam. It all happened in his head: “Without pencil and paper you are almost forced to avoid all avoidable complexities,” he said. https://t.co/hvFDiI6wy5 https://t.co/Pw4sBeo4NE

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Jim Simons: "My algorithm has always been: you get smart people together and you give them a lot of freedom. Create an atmosphere where everyone talks to everyone else. Provide the best infrastructure. And make everyone partners. That was the model that we used in Renaissance." https://t.co/SQnivhQlET

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