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Jan. 30, 2021
Opportunity
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Knocked, you weren’t in. Opportunity
Nov. 15, 2020
Correct English
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? Clarence Darrow
Jun. 6, 2020
Maths is simple
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If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. John von Neumann
May. 22, 2020
On writing blog posts
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Was talking recently with a friend about how hard it is to write blog posts and give talks these days. The longer you’re in the tech industry the more your opinions end up being “well it depends” and “I’m not sure”. These don’t quite make for good blog posts, hah. Was talking recently with a friend about how hard it is to write blog posts and give talks these days.
Mar. 7, 2020
Opinion
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Reason never changed a man’s opinion which by reason he never acquired. Mark Twain
Jan. 21, 2017
Peter's principle
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I’m sure you have heard about Peter’s principle, if not the name then the principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. and the corollary: In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. But what struck me recently is that I didn’t know how old this principle was. It was first published in 1969!
Nov. 6, 2016
Hofstadter's Law
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It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach in An Eternal Golden Braid

— `If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'
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