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Dominique ⏚<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@alainmi11" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alainmi11</span></a></span> plus ancien, moins de bugs, TeX</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.zaclys.com/tags/TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zaclys.com/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.zaclys.com/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a></p>
Bundestag First Said Kontext<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a> tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 1. Sitzung des 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 25.03.2025 auf. Das Protokoll findet sich unter <a href="https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21001.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21</span><span class="invisible">001.pdf</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p>Yet another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Numberphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Numberphile</span></a> on stupidly big numbers:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_ZPdnHGzg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_ZPdnHGzg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>numbers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steinhaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinhaus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrahamsNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrahamsNumber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a><br>Part 2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwK4BgwzP8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ADwK4BgwzP8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Ah, yes, the noble pursuit of finding typos in the sacred texts of computer science 🤓. Our hero spends six whole minutes unraveling the mysteries of Knuth's misplaced variables, all to earn Monopoly money from the Bank of San Serriffe 💸. Next up: critiquing Shakespeare for dangling participles. 🎭<br><a href="https://glthr.com/discovering-errors-in-donald-knuths-taocp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">glthr.com/discovering-errors-i</span><span class="invisible">n-donald-knuths-taocp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typo</span></a>-hunting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a>-science <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literary</span></a>-critique <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/San" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>San</span></a>-Serriffe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Efexor Zolpidem :v_com:<p>Pensa em uma área tão """divertida""" que um cara publica um livro em 1968, e é obrigado a ficar voltando sempre pra atualizar a linguagem FICTÍCIA que inventou pra facilitar o livro. </p><p>e quando ele for plantado na terra, em algum momento alguém vai ter que DAR MANUTENÇÃO no livro pra atualizar a linguagem fictícia. </p><p><a href="https://ursal.zone/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knuth</span></a> <a href="https://ursal.zone/tags/taocp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taocp</span></a> </p><p>Bom demais.</p>
Kernel Comments<p>/* This implements the binary GCD algorithm. (Often attributed to Stein, but as Knuth has noted, appears in a first-century Chinese math text.) */</p><p><a href="https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.6/source/lib/math/gcd.c#L7-L8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12</span><span class="invisible">.6/source/lib/math/gcd.c#L7-L8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knuth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a></p>
meisterluk<p>Dear Donald Knuth!<br />Happy 87th birthday. Please keep your perseverance to work on <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TAOCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TAOCP</span></a> and stay healthy!<br />A fan.<br /><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knuth</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/donknuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donknuth</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/dek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dek</span></a></p>
theHigherGeometer<p>Both of these are via </p><p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/donald-knuths-2024-christmas-lecture-strong-memories/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewstack.io/donald-knuths-2</span><span class="invisible">024-christmas-lecture-strong-memories/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Knuth</span></a></p>
theHigherGeometer<p>This was recently sent off to the publisher, and will be landing within a couple of months: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 7: Constraint Satisfaction by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Knuth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.informit.com/store/art-of-computer-programming-volume-4-fascicle-7-constraint-9780135328248" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">informit.com/store/art-of-comp</span><span class="invisible">uter-programming-volume-4-fascicle-7-constraint-9780135328248</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TAoCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TAoCP</span></a></p>
meisterluk<p>Donald E. <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Knuth</span></a> — The Grapholinguistic Model of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeX</span></a> (interview) 2024-10-24 — “All Questions Answered”<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>Q: &quot;What will you do if you receive a bugreport coming from an AI? Will you pay the hexadecimal dollar and to whom?&quot; at mark 55:20 </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DonKnuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonKnuth</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
meisterluk<p>Donald E. <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Knuth</span></a> — The Grapholinguistic Model of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeX</span></a> (interview) 2024-10-24 — “All Questions Answered”<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>&quot;If some illness hits me, I am not gonna be angry about it. I will be thankful for all the good health I had. And while I stay healthy. I am gonna do my best to continue producing more of TAOCP […]&quot; at mark 53:30 </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DonKnuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonKnuth</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
ConTeXt group<p>Donald E. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a>. — The Grapholinguistic Model of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeX</span></a> (interview) — “All Questions Answered”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TVSuM84SS3</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>Talk given at the Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century Conference, on October 24th, 2024. <a href="https://grafematik2024.sciencesconf.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grafematik2024.sciencesconf.or</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/donald_knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donald_knuth</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TeXConTeXt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXConTeXt</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
ThierryStoehr<p>[2+1 great news] The recording of the Christmas Lecture by Professor Donald <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a>, given on Thursday, December 5th, 2024, is... available online!<br>Thanks to the Stanford Online team! :-)<br>And Donald Knuth, at the beginning (at 02:00):<br>-said he sent the content of...<br>-fascicule 7, volume 4 of "The Art of Computer Programming" (short <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/format" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>format</span></a>, "TAOCP", a masterpiece) ;<br>-release on February, 3rd, 2025 ;<br>-the cover is shown!<br><a href="https://online.stanford.edu/donald-e-knuth-lectures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">online.stanford.edu/donald-e-k</span><span class="invisible">nuth-lectures</span></a></p>
ThierryStoehr<p>La conférence de Noël de Donald <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a> en anglais, sera diffusée au <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/format" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>format</span></a> video en ligne ce jeudi 5 décembre à 17h00, heure de Californie (Stanford).<br>Mise à jour IMPORTANTE : donc il sera 02h00 le vendredi 6 décembre, heure en France !<br>Son titre est "Strong Components and Weak Components. Il suffit d'écrire pour obtenir le lien. Détails en anglais :<br><a href="https://framapiaf.org/deck/@ThierryStoehr/113556848560585391" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">framapiaf.org/deck/@ThierrySto</span><span class="invisible">ehr/113556848560585391</span></a></p>
ThierryStoehr<p>[Christmas Lecture 2024] On Thursday, December 5th, 2024, Dr Donald Knuth will give his annual Christmas Lecture!<br>Title: "Strong Components and Weak Components"<br>Place: Huang Engineering Center's NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford campus, at 5:00 pm.<br>Source: page "Computer Musings", by Donald <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knuth</span></a> at <a href="https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/musings.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~k</span><span class="invisible">nuth/musings.html</span></a><br>And it will be possible to follow the lecture with a livestream!<br>Registration: <a href="https://learn.stanford.edu/DonKnuthXmas-2024-Registration.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">learn.stanford.edu/DonKnuthXma</span><span class="invisible">s-2024-Registration.html</span></a><br>Thanks to the Stanford Online team! :-)</p>
Nuits de Chine<p>A l'attention des (La)TeX-ophiles ou Knuth-ophiles. Je donne plusieurs livres de Knuth : Concrete Mathematics, Art of computer prgramming vol. 3, TeX : the program, Computer Modern Typefaces, The LaTeX book et TeX and Metafont. Drux des luvres sont dédicacés par Knuth himself (Tex the progam et ComputercModern Typefaces). <br>Si ca vous interesse... <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/tex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knuth</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@palmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palmin</span></a></span> </p><p>Interesting juxtaposition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sudoku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudoku</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a>. Remarkable how the order is completely reversed in the modern programmers' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hierarchyOfNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchyOfNeeds</span></a> —</p><p>1. Get paid for computer programming</p><p>2. Even make your programs do useful work — May be sudoku grid from a dependency graph qualifies</p><p>3. Embrace <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiterateProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiterateProgramming</span></a> —Make well-written programs FUN to read. </p><p>No <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a>, but my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swift</span></a> toolchain does supports <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> in code comments to capture joy for posterity</p><p><a href="https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/lp.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~k</span><span class="invisible">nuth/lp.html</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@palmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palmin</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>[<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a> asserts <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/programs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programs</span></a> can be pleasing to write, to read, and can serve humanity whilst incidentally making money.]</p></blockquote><p>The reality is rarely this. Most programs grow into monsters as you add features sales wants and don't always benefit the end user. The foundation of a three story house is different from a building designed with one floor, but time constraints get in the way of planning and doing it right. You get an unstable remudddle. Most programs aren't pleasing to read, aren't pleasing to write due to constraints, and in the end don't fully serve the slice of humanity they target. They make money though. I wonder what <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> search looks like on the inside...</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retired</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Programmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programmer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a></p>
Bharath M. Palavalli<p>I’ve always enjoyed reading Donald Knuth but listening to him in <a href="https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/donald-knuth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">numberphile.com/podcast/donald</span><span class="invisible">-knuth</span></a> somehow doesn’t sit well. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knuth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/numberphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>numberphile</span></a></p>
IT Fossil<p>So it's been a heck of a day and I decided to fill another precious few hours by crafting yet another delightful rant on the disgraceful state of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> industry for your viewing pleasure.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><a href="https://itfossil.com/posts/2024/7/optimizing-all-the-wrong-things/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itfossil.com/posts/2024/7/opti</span><span class="invisible">mizing-all-the-wrong-things/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PrematureOptimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrematureOptimization</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knuth</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SCRUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCRUM</span></a></p>
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