“Efficiency of computation is not the same as efficiency of understanding.”
#Knuth #ConcreteMathematics

Ah, yes, the noble pursuit of finding typos in the sacred texts of computer science . Our hero spends six whole minutes unraveling the mysteries of Knuth's misplaced variables, all to earn Monopoly money from the Bank of San Serriffe . Next up: critiquing Shakespeare for dangling participles.
https://glthr.com/discovering-errors-in-donald-knuths-taocp #typo-hunting #computer-science #Knuth #humor #literary-critique #San-Serriffe #HackerNews #ngated

I’ve always enjoyed reading Donald Knuth but listening to him in https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/donald-knuth somehow doesn’t sit well. #knuth #tex #numberphile

“The success of open source code is perhaps the only thing in the computer field that hasn’t surprised me during the past several decades.” #Knuth

https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856

If I'm really committed to the fact that there is no such thing as actual infinity - and I am: https://www.wisdomneverdies.com/blog/no-infinity -
then there are no actual irrational numbers. By Kronecker's Theorem then, all apparently chaotic behavior is ultimately periodic. An interesting corollary

Up and Atom has a nice video on number systems, and I was particularly intrigued to learn of number systems with imaginary or complex bases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS40jPaogM4&t=508s

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex-base_system for more of the mathematical nitty-gritty if you’re so inclined

Die Stanford University hat alle Christmas-Vorlesungen von Professor Donald Ervin #Knuth auf Youtube zur Verfügung gestellt und in einer Playlist organisiert. Dazu gibt es noch 22 Videos aus der Aha-Serie, in der Knuth über mathematische Problemlösung spricht.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rOAvKVR_dyCigSBMcYjevYB&cbrd=1

Donald E. #Knuth hat vor kurzem eine Weihnachtsvorlesung gehalten. Das ist eine Art Fortsetzung der Dancing-Links-Serie und heißt »Dancing Cells«. Weitere Infos und einen Link zum Mitschnitt findet ihr auf
https://online.stanford.edu/donald-e-knuth-lectures

in other news, this arrived today!

@nix

[1/2] A bit techy, but relevant to writers in all fields.

In the 1970s, computer scientist #DonaldKnuth was unhappy with the quality of the #typesetting for his books. Being #Knuth, he wrote a new programming language to do the job on the computer. This is #TeX, the programme, pronounced "tek" or "tech". An active community develops user-friendly higher-level packages, called #TeXLaTeX.

There are free implementations for most environments. On Windows I use the #MikTex app.

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Lesens- und bedenkenswert, werte @ARDde Führungskräfte:
@KaiGniffke @ARD_Presse #buhrow NDR-Intendant #Knuth @AdrianFeuerbach

Wenn letztlich nicht mehr Fakten den Inhalt bestimmen, muss reagiert werden. Entspricht nicht journalistischer #Sorgfaltspflicht

#Atomausstieg
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RT @Volksverpetzer
Zum #Atomausstieg legen sich gar Öffentlich-Rechtliche ordentlich ins Zeug, Fakes über #Atomkraft zu verbreiten. Mehrere ARD-Dokus voller…
https://twitter.com/Volksverpetzer/status/1647152225687416832

When Knuth says he

"is strongly opposed to the policy of granting software patents for trivial solutions that should be obvious". (Wikipedia)

that raises the bar quite a bit.

Donald Knuth: It's really important to be precise, here's 391 pages on sorting.

Also Donald Knuth: H places the float at precisely the location in the LaTeX code. This is somewhat equivalent to h!.

Wer schon lange mit der Anschaffung von Donald #Knuth|s "The Art of Computer Programming" (#TAOCP) liebäugelt, sollte hier zuschlagen: Am 21. Oktober erscheinen alle 5 bisher fertigen Bände (1-3, 4A, 4B) im Bundle zu einem sehr günstigen Preis. https://amzn.to/3QULdF0

#Versuch einer #Protestbewegung: #Herstellung von #Intentionalität #zukünftig​er #Handlungsweise eines #Regierungschef​s durch #Emotionalisierung;

#Maßnahme​n: #Hungerstreik; #Gespräch

#soziale #Bewegung

#Zeit, 18.11.21, #Politik, S.7 Hannah #Knuth, Anna #Mayr - #Gegen die #Wand

I dreamt that I worked at the #TUGraz and Donald #Knuth was visiting for a talk and I was his local chairman where I could ask him anything.