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because of course cancer does not give a shit whether you are a good person. Biology has no moral compass. It does not punish the evil and reward the good. It doesn’t even know about evil and good.
“Message reads: 'Houston, be advised: Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“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
“Because the process of innovation often relies heavily on the combining and recombining of previous innovations, the broader and deeper the pool of accessible ideas and individuals, the more opportunities there are for innovation.”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
“When significant numbers of people see their standards of living fall despite an ever-growing economic pie, it threatens the social contract of the economy and even the social fabric of society.”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
“I understood Mark’s coldness: This company was his baby, and he had always been in control of it and, while we worked there, of us. It must be strange to see your dependents—people whose careers you have made possible, even as their long hours of work have helped your company prosper—asserting independence.”
― The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network
― The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network
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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Reading and discussing Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Free online version https://github.com/sarabander/sicp-pdf
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