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Re:Donald Knuth on work habits, problem solving, and happine... by fossuser on Monday May 23, 2022 @04:18PM (#31484313)
Related to your higher type of engineer: http://employees.oneonta.edu/blechmjb/JBpages/m360/Professio...

It’s a good short story if you’ve got 20min.

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Re:Donald Knuth on work habits, problem solving, and happine... by jwogrady on Monday May 23, 2022 @09:24PM (#31486972)
Excellent suggestion. I enjoyed it. Just one question. How the hell does anyone read all that in 20 minutes?
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Re:Donald Knuth on work habits, problem solving, and happine... by fossuser on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:19AM (#31493246)
Maybe 40min? It's been a long time since I've read it.
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