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there is one important aspect of "quality" that leads to all other: quality is achieved at global maximum. A lot of engineering methodology is focused finding a
by entropy_ai 9y ago
there is one important aspect of "quality" that leads to all other: quality is achieved at global maximum. A lot of engineering methodology is focused finding a local maximum.
- contingencies 9y agoGreat summary! Added to https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup as 'Entropy's Edict'. (FYI: Passed over "Jobs' Jib", though it really does seem to shortcut the average serenade of the Steve Jobs worshipper with a concise and clear, engineer-comprehensible explanation of his management style! Hehehe.)
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- sago 9y agoUnfortunately, for even highly simplified idealised problem spaces of only moderate complexity, the best algorithm would take longer than the life of the universe to find the global maximum. Worse, for most of them, even if I gave you the global maximum solution, it would take you longer than the life of the universe to verify that. Or, put another way, actually producing something before the heat-death of the universe is, imho, a prerequisite for quality.
- contingencies 9y agoGreat artists ship.
- troymc 9y agoVan Gogh was a great artist, but he sold almost none of his paintings. One source: https://www.thoughtco.com/van-gogh-sold-only-one-painting-4050008 https://www.thoughtco.com/van-gogh-sold-only-one-painting-40...
- contingencies 9y agoI believe that ship in this context means to complete, not to market successfully and close a deal which presents a different set of challenges.