Two archetypes of people capture my imagination. They could be placed on two ends of a spectrum. The first is the polymath—a person who has done a whole bunch of things to remarkable effect. By the standards of modernity, they have lived many lives. To throw out a bunch
This is three: 3 This is \(\frac{1}{3}\): 0.333... π is approximately but not exactly 3.1415 in Hindu-Arabic numerals. <!--more--> π is transcendental which means π cannot be the solution of any polynomial equation. we cannot add and multiply real numbers in any combination to
<!--more--> Transcript from EWD 1308-11, by Edsger W Dijkstra: Finally a short story for the record. Finally a short story for the record. In 1968, the Communications of the ACM published a text of mine under the title "The goto statement considered harmful", which in later
Opened and tried a new coffee today: Blue Tokai’s Sampigehoney. Love the name of that estate. <!--more--> This is the first time I’m buying coffee from BT, because of my handwavy anti-mainstream bias. But the experience all the way from order to cup has been fantastic.
It's an opinion that sounds unreasonable with insufficient context, but depending on a conditional or added context, makes sense. I've liked documenting these as they bring out nuances that are often missed by human brains which are fond of rigidly identifying with labels or fixed arrangements.