I was a twenty-seven-year-old college dropout before I finally met some real mathematicians and found that those people don’t even give a shit about calculus.
Neal Stephenson: Termination Shock
I was a twenty-seven-year-old college dropout before I finally met some real mathematicians and found that those people don’t even give a shit about calculus.
Neal Stephenson: Termination Shock
It's far from obvious what's obvious.
Wählen muss sein. Auch wenn's schwer fällt.
I’m a practitioner. I’m off to write programs with any excuse or activity.
"There's only zero of you," said the Queen of the Ants. In ant arithmetic, there are only two numbers: Zero, which means anything less than a million, and Some. "You can't cooperate, so even if you were King, the title would be meaningless."
Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age
Die Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Schprooch, ass gwehnlich yuscht Deitsch heesst unnich die Pennsilfaanisch Deitsche, awwer aa Pennsylvania German odder Pennsylvania Dutch genennt watt in Englisch, iss en Schprooch, ass gschwetzt watt bei verleicht 300,000 Leit in meh wie 20 Schteets in die USA un in Ontario (Kanadaa).
Wikipedia in Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch: Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch