Learn to learn
Hit the nail on the head. So lets drop this obsession with learning to say “hello world” (or some more complicated version of essentially the same) in every programming language one can name. (On a...
View ArticleBy three methods we may learn wisdom
First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. - Conficius (I loved the quote. As seen in Up the Yangtze)
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Some of my favorites found here. Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems – Jamie Zawinski Always code as if the guy who...
View ArticleJ.K.R. on failure
From the commencement address she gave at Harvard in 2008. Inspiring: http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination So why do I talk about the benefits...
View ArticleGreat quote from Alexander Pope
I just read this in High Exposure (David Breashears): A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking...
View ArticleAbout complaining
Complaining is like a drug. We get addicted to the euphoria of self importance, but inevitably it leaves us unfulfilled. Full article
View ArticleLogical
“You cannot use logic to talk someone out of a position they did not use logic to adopt”
View ArticleThe easy road
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. H. Pointcaré
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