| ▲ | pixelmonkey 5 hours 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 | ||||||||
| ▲ | atmosx 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
At 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 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Knuth is such a wonderful guy, his books are amazing | ||||||||
| ▲ | nicbou 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
What a clever sentence! | ||||||||
| ▲ | j45 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
In that case, emails like IM's can be batched together during a 30 minute block twice a day. | ||||||||
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