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  1. Next

    Message to a former student

    Know your place
    in the world and
    evaluate yourself fairly,

    • not in terms of your naïve ideals of your own youth,
    • nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher’s ideals are.

    Best of luck and happiness.
    Sincerely,
    Richard P. Feynman.

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  2. Prepare

    Take it small and easy
    pack it light and simple,
    oh it may never be used
    but has already served it's purpose.

    Trim the worry list
    and have comfort in it's sight,
    for you will sleep good tonight.

    Walk these steps
    up another story,
    filled with chapters
    for your tower …

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  3. Solve

    We cannot solve our problems
    with the same thinking that created them
    — Einstein

    -- Don Cohoon

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  5. Better

    Advice to become Better, by Carl Sagan

    • Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the “facts.”

    • Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.

    • Arguments from authority carry little weight — “authorities” have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in …

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  6. Programming

    Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming

    Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try to second guess and put in a speed hack until you've proven that's where the bottleneck is.

    Rule 2. Measure. Don't tune …

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  7. Best

    I did the best I could at the time with the knowledge that I had. Now, I’ll do better.

    -- Don Cohoon

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  8. Play

    We Should Play

    Play requires you to ditch the limiting, binary way we think about our feelings, Mr. Harry added. In other words, we have to let go of the idea that we can’t feel both playful in the moment and anxious about the state of the world. The …

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  9. Dave

    Gotta love Dave. All these years, what a talker. http://scripting.com/

    As you get older and see your friends of 30, 40, even 50 years -- you realize how silly this all is. I see them and I see an old person, but I know who they are inside. The …

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