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They were part of the problem, even though they never actively did bad things to people. They just benefited from all the bad things that had been done.”
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“Message reads: 'Houston, be advised: Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“The purpose of process is communication. If there are five people in your company, you don’t need process, because you can just talk to each other.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
“Building and maintaining consensus while collaborating is the hardest part of building software.”
― Agile Data Science: Building Data Analytics Applications with Hadoop
― Agile Data Science: Building Data Analytics Applications with Hadoop
“It is critical not only which book you read, but equally so, which book you choose NOT to read. Every time you read the right book, it puts you a little bit ahead of the game.”
― Effortless Reading: The Simple Way to Read and Guarantee Remarkable Results
― Effortless Reading: The Simple Way to Read and Guarantee Remarkable Results
TechLore
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Lore is a body of traditions and knowledge held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. Tech culture is a trad ...more
SICP
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— last activity Apr 20, 2017 12:04PM
Reading and discussing Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Free online version https://github.com/sarabander/sicp-pdf
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