something absolutely indispensable or essential
Optimization is the altar where maintainability is sacrificed
– Fluent Python
(This book is so good)
Success
“Success isn’t about being the best. It’s about always getting better.”
Thank God
“Thank God I’m untouched” – Tsar Alexander II in response to a bomb blowing up near his carriage.
“It is too soon to thank God” – Hryniewiecki who threw another bomb at the Tsar, killing him.
Mathematics
Mathematics is suffering – Professor Healey
Emerson
Reading
“Let’s go read!” – Brighten
I’m so proud.
The Feynman Algorithm
- Write down the problem.
- Think real hard.
- Write down the solution.
Oscar Wilde
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
May It Never Come
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists’ war,
World War II was the physicists’ war,
World War III (may it never come) will be the mathematicians’ war.