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.
09/19/2020
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
09/18/2020
…like the Spanish Inquisition, no one really expects floating point.
— Peter Seibel, Coders at Work
09/17/2020
Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892–1980), used a similar technique to include a secret message on her husband’s tombstone. (https://elonka.com/friedman/FriedmanTombstone.pdf)
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
09/16/2020
The rush to employ machine intelligence, however, mimics the “What can possibly go wrong?” philosophy that already pervades the computer security world.
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
09/15/2020
…three critical differences between programming and software engineering: time, scale, and the trade-offs at play.
— Titus Winters, Tom Manschreck and Hyrum Wright, Software Engineering at Google
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