Join Notes
A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
Quine’s problem is related to his finding difficulty in translating statements between languages, simply because one could interpret any sentence in an infinity of ways. (Note here that someone splitting hairs could find a self-canceling aspect to Quine’s own writing. I wonder how he expects us to understand this very point in a noninfinity of ways).
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I made like 600 liters of water from MDV fuel. I could take baths and still have plenty left over. NASA, however, is absolutely shitting itself. They see the water reclaimer as a critical survival element. There’s no backup, and they think I’ll die instantly without it. To them, equipment failure is terrifying. To me, it’s “Tuesday.”
Concurrency is a decoupling strategy. It helps us decouple what gets done from when it gets done.
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
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