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A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth
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54 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2024
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Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”.Don Knuth’s homepage - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/The Art of Computer Programming (books) - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.htmlOn Amazon - https://amzn.to/4aUkkeT3:16 (book) - https://amzn.to/4aRs9lHKnuth’s questions for Chat GPT - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txtKnuth videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLfLjzHzmFO6T8jCZdipvQcBrady’s video on John 3:16 from his Bibledex series - https://youtu.be/ZJjFebPW5b8Ziegler’s Giant Bar - https://www.halfnuts.net/products/an-original-ziegler-giant-bar?variant=55664909259Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetWe also work with the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute - https://www.slmath.org You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphileHere are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
Released:
Jan 16, 2024
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