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 252020
Computing
I did not write a program to generate this book; I am that program.
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.
Sep 102018
Once memory has been centralized it can be destroyed.
Apr 172018
Regressions Toward the Mean
5. John Podhoretz
4. Charlie Sheen / Emilio Estevez
3. The Rockefellers
2. The family business
1. The Kennedys
Jul 072017
Problem, n. In mathematics: A problem. In social science: A state of affairs with which one is unhappy.