It is a world of men who look like Unix system administrators, without the Unix system administration skills.
Aug 262020
Computing
I did not write a program to generate this book; I am that program.
Jul 232020
Dr. Seuss names his creatures Thing 1 and Thing 2 to signify that they are not distinct in any important way; statistics names its errors Type 1 and Type 2 to signify that they are.
Jun 082020
As computers become more skilled at imitating human beings, so must we.
May 252020
My father’s two fundamental rules for computer programming were Optimize Later and Optimize Never; and this, like so much advice about programming, also goes for life.
May 202020
Local maxima are the root of all mediocrity.
May 122020
Three’s a crowd — in love, in war, in software development.
Jan 212020
The neuroses of the village can now be disseminated with the speed and efficiency of an advanced civilization.
Nov 212019
It is a mild defect of computers that they imitate humans imperfectly, and a grave defect of humans that they cannot imitate computers at all.
Oct 182019
Writing and computer programming are usually done worse when they are done for money.
Oct 172018
We used to suspect that our friends and neighbors were mad, and now, thanks to modern technology, we know they are.