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Cited as an excellent look at Knuth's thinking and working style, and as a likely source for quotes about his habits.
Lex Fridman interviews Donald Knuth about algorithms, complexity, The Art of Computer Programming, and his work habits. The conversation covers his approach to verifying algorithms and how he organises his time.
“It's fascinating to learn how much energy he still spends at verifying and investigating each aspect of newly published algorithms.” (HN, 2020)
Lex Fridman had an interesting interview with Don Knuth close to his 82nd birthday[0]. It's fascinating to learn how much energy he still spends at verifying and investigating each aspect of newly published algorithms. E-mail would probably cut away too much time from what he considers more important. [0]: [this video]
Knuth on verifying new algorithms and avoiding email
He mentions (and shows) a favorite paper tablet he uses with very finely ruled lines. He found it in Canada about 40 years ago while visiting his sister. Anybody know who makes his tablets? discussion here: [this video]
Knuth shows his favorite finely ruled paper tablet
probably the Lex Fridman podcast interviews: [this video] [link] the second one is definitely where the last paragraph in the article is from. Weird that the interview is dated 2021-09-09 and the post is 2020-04-30?
Lex Fridman interviews with Knuth as likely source of article quote
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