This post is a response to Jeff Atwood’s post/question on Should Competent Programmers be "Mathematically Inclined"?.
I originally intended to just comment that piece, but the sheer amount of comments made me realize that no-one would actually read it anyway. So I might as well write a response in my own blog which about as many [...]
A few days ago, I a girl caught my attention on the tram. Now, a lot of girls catch my attention, but this time it wasn’t actually the girl herself but her shoulder bag which caught my attention. It happened to have a print which I thought was pretty funny.
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I have realized that some people are smarter than I am. It is a painful realization but I just can’t ignore the evidence any longer. Allow me to explain.
I often get inspiration to write posts from reading books or blogs by really smart people. Thus, I often refer to people who are smarter than me. [...]