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For anyone who hasn’t stumbled upon it, this is an amazing read. Donald Knuth - The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves - https://yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yaksha
by macintux 3y ago
For anyone who hasn’t stumbled upon it, this is an amazing read.
Donald Knuth - The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves
- https://yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yakshaves/ https://yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yakshaves/
Discussions:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861678
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15733381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15733381
- Beldin 3y agoFrom the "TeX -yak shaves": > The Moral of the Story Whenever you feel like “can’t we just replace this whole thing, it can’t be so hard” when handling TeX, don’t forget... To bring a razor.