My aim is not small, simple code, but rather code that I can change when I learn new things.

— David Farley, Modern Software Engineering

Solitude is a good, and very different from loneliness.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from those who are struggling. Instead, “disciplined” people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control. In other words, they spend less time in tempting situations.

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

“machines can never make mistakes. ”Errors of conclusion can only arise when some meaning is attached to the output signals from the machine.

— Douglas R Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett, The Mind’s I

If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind