Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
09/12/2022
Simplicity is important because it enables locality. Locality in our code is what keeps systems loosely coupled, enabling us to deliver features faster. Teams can quickly and independently develop, test, and deploy value to customers.
— Gene Kim, The Unicorn Project
09/11/2022
Each of the postmodern principles and themes has a kernel of truth and points to a problem that needs to be dealt with, but none of these problems are effectively addressed by postmodernism.
— Helen Pluckrose and James A. Lindsay, Cynical Theories
09/10/2022
…in the end programming is a craft you have to perfect by plying it.
— Peter Seibel, Coders at Work
09/09/2022
There is no reason to expect a generic AI to be motivated by love or hate or pride or other such common human sentiments: these complex adaptations would require deliberate expensive effort to recreate in AIs.
— Superintelligence, Nick Bostrom
09/08/2022
Why did desktop computers take over? Mainly because they had better software. And the reason microcomputer software was better was that it could be written by small companies.
— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters
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