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Making Nested Parens with My Homeboy, Donald Knuth
- icey 18y agoOn one hand... digg. On the other... Knuth. Talk about being torn.
- biohacker42 18y agoI have to go with Knuth here, if you know who the old guy in the picture is, you're OK with me.
- icey 18y agoYeah, I upvoted it, but I honestly think it was the most difficult decision I've had to make this week.
- dangoldin 18y agoYou could have not voted.
- comatose_kid 18y agoThat, my friend, is also a decision.
- dangoldin 18y agoTrue. But I doubt people vote on everything posted here so it seems to me that the non voting is the default behavior (to me at least). It seems the decision is to first decide whether to vote or not, and then if you decided to vote to choose whether to vote up or down. This probably happens instantaneously so they feel like one decision.
- unalone 18y agoIt's a slippery slope, my friend.
- greyman 18y agoAs someone wrote under the flickr image, "Perhaps the best comp sci picture of all time." For some hard to explain reason, the photo is just awesome.
- edw519 18y agoIf the Knuth image on his tshirt is also making parens with his hands, then you have an infinite recursion and will eventually run out of mammary.
- jd 18y agoI wonder how many people who wear Knuth t-shirts have actually read any of his books.
- jmatt 18y agoAnd out of those that have read his books, how many would be wearing a t-shirt of him. And out of those, how many would ask him to take a picture like that!
- jmatt 18y agoThat is a classic cs picture! On a somewhat related tangent - There was a recent series of interviews of Knuth in the CACM. They were an interesting and entertaining read. Actually ever since the ACM redid the CACM it's been relatively interesting and relevant.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoThe CACM interview was actually a transcription of a small selection of the autobiographical videos Knuth recorded for the "People's Archive" at http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/6895/ http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/6895/ If you liked the selections, you should really hear the rest-- some fascinating material. Also: I completely agree about the revamped CACM-- it's quickly become my favorite tree-based magazine.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoBest. Picture. Ever. I just got my "certificate of deposit" from the Bank of San Seriffe today, and was going to post it, but it feels like it would be an anti-climax in comparison.
- socratees 18y agothe other side of knuth. so knuthsome.
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- tlrobinson 18y agoNice, though I prefer the Objective-C (and J) bracket gang sign: http://log.scifihifi.com/post/37683353/me-throwing-the-objective-c-square-bracket-gang http://log.scifihifi.com/post/37683353/me-throwing-the-objec... (that's not me)
- tlrobinson 18y agoIn my search for better pictures, I came across this... http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/05/29/geek-gang-signs/ http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/05/29/geek-gang-signs/
- dschoon 18y agoHacker Culture: Taking itself only seriously enough to look ridiculous.