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.
07/26/2024
Looking down into the bits, lesser engineers with larger egos might attempt to show off, to infuse the mechanism with art, to create some wonder of engineering, a gold inlaid, filigreed marvel of complexity. The inner strength of Heart’s team was its restraint, its maturity. This was no place for signature craftsmanship.
— Matthew Lyon and Katie Hafner, Where Wizards Stay Up Late
07/25/2024
Large companies were originally skeptical about using open source software. Who would fix the bugs? This is somewhat ludicrous; if you’ve ever reported a bug to Microsoft, Apple, or any other large company, you know how much attention it gets.
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
07/24/2024
If we rely on cosmic blasts of cleverness to solve our problems, we’ll be waiting for eons. To get anything done, we need to convert the mystical into the mechanical, the fluid into the fixed, the ineffable into the plainly effable.
— Ben Orlin, Change Is the Only Constant
07/23/2024
…if you ever you find yourself thinking, “But you can’t prove me wrong.” If you’re going to ignore a probabilistic counterargument, why not ignore a proof, too?
— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind
07/22/2024
What is man? A bridge between the ape and the Superman — a bridge over an abyss.
— F.W. Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
1907 post articles, 382 pages.