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Whatever I do, I try to do it in a way that has some elegance;  I try to create something that I think is beautiful.  Instead of just getting a job done, I prefer to do my work in a way that pleases me in as many senses as possible.
    —    Donald E. Knuth
From his book:  “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
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2011 I Grok Elegance
Standing Relish

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Have any of you ever been to a convention of English professors?  Do you know that they actually read their papers to each other, word for word, relishing each and every literary nuance?  It blew my mind when I first learned that — because of course computer scientist do the opposite, we always just stand up and talk.
    —    Donald E. Knuth
From his book:  “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
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On This Day In:
2022 Do People Know What You Stand For?
2021 The Republican Party Can Survive Trumpism (If It Wants To)
Don’t You Ever Ask Them Why
2020 Art Work
One Person (Republican) Can Make A Majority
2019 Hopefully, Closer To Noon
Can You See The Bottom?
2018 Stock Market Sets Another Record Under #DumbDonald
#LyingDonald: About That Special Prosecutor Testimony
2017 We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
2016 But You Have To Learn It Feels Good
2015 Never Stop
2014 Caution
2013 Treat Her Like A Lady
2012 Build New Worlds
2011 I Grok Elegance
Standing Relish

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