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

[2]: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2213858&WT....

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

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.

> 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" ...

I don't know, he was a co-founder of computer science.

yeah cuz tyler is the authority on this matter

he has "a wonderful secretary who looks at the incoming mail"