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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.

09/20/2020

Today, programmer aptitude testing is a dead issue (or so I hope). If this chapter had any part in killing this ridiculous practice, then I take pride in having done my job. Yes, intelligence is a factor in programming success—people with an IQ less than 50 are probably not going to create operating systems (although they might design new languages—the Devil made me say that).

— Gerald Weinberg, The Psychology of Computer Programming

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09/19/2020

LTP is a process that increases the efficiency of synaptic transmission, which is now widely believed to be the neural basis of most, if not all, forms of learning and memory.

— Moheb Costandi, Neuroplaticity

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