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.
04/13/2022
Nowadays, however, economic class is barely mentioned unless combined “intersectionally” with some other form of marginalized identity. It is therefore no surprise that many working-class and poor people often feel profoundly alienated from today’s left—Marxists rightly identify it as having adopted very bourgeois concerns.
— Helen Pluckrose and James A. Lindsay, Cynical Theories
04/12/2022
A lot of the downside of frameworks can be avoided by applying them selectively to solve difficult problems without looking for a one-size-fits-all solution.
— Eric Evans, Domain-Driven Design
04/11/2022
There is really only one way to implement locks, but there are many ways to present them to programs.
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
04/10/2022
Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.
— Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt,The Haystack Syndrome
04/09/2022
…one of the most common ways people retreat from boldness or defer work/thinking is by calling for research…
— David Komlos and David Benjamin, Cracking Complexity
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