redundantia

where i write notes to myself

Mar 11

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“Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer.” Marvin Minsky

Mar 4
“Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.” Brian Kernighan

Mar 3
“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.” Alan Kay

Mar 2
“We call ourselves Homo sapiens–man the wise–because our intelligence is so important to us. For thousands of years, we have tried to understand how we think: that is, how a mere handful of matter can perceive, understand, predict, and manipulate a world far larger and more complicated than itself.” Stuart J. Russell

Mar 1
“If you don’t fail at least 90 percent of the time, you’re not aiming high enough.” Alan Kay

Feb 28
“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.” Edsger W. Dijskstra

Feb 27

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