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One of my favorite facts about Knuth is how rarely he checks email! https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2008/07/17/bonus-post-how-the-worlds-most-famous-computer-s

• ipnon 4y ago
  Fast responses to email was just cited as a key factor in founder success in Cowen's "Talent". He quoted Altman, who apparently ran some rudimentary data analysis based on his own emails while working at Y Combinator. Obviously Knuth is not successful as a founder.
  • Laakeri 4y ago
    I don't know, he was a co-founder of computer science.
  • lnwlebjel 4y ago
    > He quoted Altman, who apparently ran some rudimentary data analysis based on his own emails while working at Y Combinator. ... which would mean "Fast responses to email from YC Partners was just cited as a key factor in founder success" ...
  • hamiltonians 4y ago
    yeah cuz tyler is the authority on this matter
• cato_the_elder 4y ago
  My favorite Knuth fact is that he thinks P = NP. [1][2] That's a very contrarian view. [1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDTOs8MgQfg https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDTOs8MgQfg [2]: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2213858&WT.mc_id=Author_Knuth_20Questions https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2213858&WT....
  • klenwell 4y ago
    That's interesting. But my favorite Knuth fact remains the fact that he published his first technical paper in Mad Magazine.[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351772
• nooorofe 4y ago
  he has "a wonderful secretary who looks at the incoming mail"