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“Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes l
by pixelmonkey 8mo ago
“Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.”
-Donald Knuth
- j45 8mo agoIn that case, emails like IM's can be batched together during a 30 minute block twice a day.
- shepherdjerred 8mo agoThat’s what he does except it’s every 6 mo https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html
- atmosx 8mo agoAt that time made sense. It’s clear what he is trying to say: “I won’t engage every excited programmer who wants to know this or that via email, like others tend to do even for little things”. In 2026 email is the most time-respecting communication medium other than a classic, physical letter.
- mghackerlady 8mo agoKnuth is such a wonderful guy, his books are amazing
- nicbou 8mo agoWhat a clever sentence!