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Amazing, a Nobel Prize in Engineering!. Strange times indeed.

Please, please, please remember to install some fire suppression!

Thank you, Larry!

Federico Tomassetti is also good. Check out his blog: https://tomassetti.me/blog/

We all see the writer in you, wanting to get out! It's nice to be able to convey your feelings to your audience through writing, but great writers go further. The world needs great…

The "creative" part is all decisions to be made before coding: architecture, design, modularization, algorithms, APIs, etc. If I am in charge of those decisions, I can use Perl to …

To know more about creators and their tools, I recommend: - "Programming is (should be) fun!", by Gerald Jay Sussman. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2MYzvQ1v8Ww - "On Writing", by S…

There are two types of programming, and each has its own definition of "relevant": new programming, with its preference for ready-made components to reduce complexity, and old-time…

I'm not against limits in programming languages. They help to reduce the complexity that have to be managed. Limited languages are suitable for those that are willing to manage onl…

The case for Perl is just that it has no limits. You will never run out of tool if you go with Perl. That is what, I believe, makes the investment worthwhile. Why Perl gets such a …

For tips, commentary and insight about visiting Madrid, and the rest of Spain, this Youtube channel [0] is a gold mine. James and Yoly really enjoy living here in Madrid, and they …

This Asianometry video [0] explains why it is so difficult to develop and market new planes. tl;dr The main obstacles are supply chain inefficiencies and that no one buys planes th…

I am glad I was able to help you. If you like "The Secrets of Consulting", the next one for you should be "Exploring requirements: quality before design", by Gause & Weinberg. What…

Quite difficult to be like you. In any case, much obliged to you, sir!

For freelancers who want to improve (it was my case years ago), the best book is "The Secrets of Consulting", by Gerald Weinberg. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566213.The_Sec…

We can learn from failures if we really want. For example, see https://www.failory.com

I meant what was shown in this movie [0]. In a nutshell, the ability to remain calm when the unexpected happens, to try to solve the problem, or at least to not make it worse. [0] …

Exactly this. Either they have the right stuff, or they don't.

Just one of dozens of amazing passages in this book (page 48): > " ... its density was a little better than that of the other acid, and it was magnificently hypergolic with many fu…

I always debug with printf for the clear benefits you mention, and I happen to know another one. Because I am commited to the Way of Printf, I have seen myself anticipating where p…

You noticed the conceptual integrity of the systems, as described by Fred Brooks in The Mythical Man-Month . From Chapter 4: > "I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most…

There are more anecdotes about Dijkstra in this collection of testimonials written by his friends, colleagues, and students: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03392 . These are some of my…

That parameterization exists, of course, but are you ready to consider the possibility that it might be unknowable?

I am glad you found it useful!