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Randy is Currently Reading

Randy is currently reading

No Life Forsaken (Witness, #2)

by Steven Erikson (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fantasy, owned-pbook, currently-reading

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Oct 27, 2026 04:44PM

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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor (Princeton Science Library)

by J.E. Gordon

bookshelves: currently-reading, engineering

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Oct 07, 2026 02:50PM

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Shroud

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: sci-fi, currently-reading

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Sep 27, 2026 05:53PM

Randy’s Quotes

“Design cannot rescue failed content.”
― Edward R. Tufte

tags: design

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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“We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.”
― Roger Penrose, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

tags: consciousness, mathematics, physics, science

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“What about confusing clutter? Information overload? Doesn't data have to be "boiled down" and "simplified"? These common questions miss the point, for the quantity of detail is an issue completely separate from the difficulty of reading. Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”
― Edward R. Tufte, Envisioning Information

tags: design

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