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Claude Shannon was the Fabrice Bellard of his time (or is it the other way around?). If he were around today, his projects would constantly be on HN. I am curi
by mmastrac 2y ago
Claude Shannon was the Fabrice Bellard of his time (or is it the other way around?). If he were around today, his projects would constantly be on HN.
I am curious to know if there's a gene for these incredibly driven, very intelligent people that also _finish projects_.
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- Sesse__ 2y agoOne of my lecturers at university (in information theory) once talked about the conference where he had met Shannon. Shannon was already a legend, and didn't show himself much, so there was a lot of whispering, and someone figured out it would be nice to have him deliver a speech at the dinner. The room was buzzing with anticipation when Shannon got up from his chair; what wisdom would he impart upon the crowd? “I haven't prepared anything to say. But I could always juggle a bit.” So he took out five balls and showed off his juggling. And that was that :-) (Interestingly, said lecturer also mentioned this Roman numeral computer; this is the only time I've seen an actual picture of it!)