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.
04/26/2022
…the complaint that some very successful apps are “bloated” fails to recognize that while it may be true that only 20% of an app’s functionality is essential, that 20% may be different for different users.
— Daniel Jackson, The Essence of Software
04/25/2022
Happy people live in the present; those with meaningful lives have a narrative about their past and a plan for the future.
— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now
04/24/2022
Bad visions treat technical sophistication as a self-justifying raison d’être–a view that is never shared by your company’s leadership.
— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer
04/23/2022
If “that which exists” was created, it must have been created from something either “that is” or “that is not”. Nothing can be created from something “that is not”, because there is nothing there. But if “that which exists” was created from something “that is” it means that “that which exists” already existed. Therefore, “that which exists” was never created. QED.
— Haim Shapira, Eight Lessons on Infinity
04/22/2022
Everything can be seen directly except the eye through which we see.
— E. F. Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed
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