From 51687ba9e5a961c9059bd91e17311a623c9986a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thedro Neely Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:28:24 -0400 Subject: generators/fortune: Add quotes seen last week --- generators/fortune/quotes.fortune | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'generators') diff --git a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune index 28877cd..a6e03a5 100644 --- a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune +++ b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune @@ -588,7 +588,12 @@ inversion. Reed’s Law: The utility of large networks, particularly social networks, scales exponentially with the size of the network. % -Premature optimization is the root of all evil. — Donald Knuth +We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: +premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up +our opportunities in that critical 3%. A good programmer will not be +lulled into complacency by such reasoning, he will be wise to look +carefully at the critical code; but only after that code has been +identified. — Donald Knuth, Structured Programming with Go To Statements % The Pareto Principle: Most things in life are not distributed evenly. % @@ -2535,8 +2540,8 @@ PeerTube: A free and open-source decentralized self-hosted federated video platf % Mastodon: A free and open-source self-hosted social networking service. % -The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. -― Jeff Hammerbacher +The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people +click ads. That sucks. ― Jeff Hammerbacher % We can’t both be right. % @@ -3257,3 +3262,75 @@ NP: Non—deterministic Polynomial Time. % Dead Internet Theory: All content on the Internet will eventually be generated by bots with artificial intelligence. +% +The bit will flip. +% +The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence +that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce +them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; +whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. An +individual in a crowd is a grain of sand amid other grains of sand, which +the wind stirs up at will. — Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: A Study of the +Popular Mind +% +Vote for Nobody. +Nobody will keep election promises. +Nobody will listen to your concerns. +Nobody will help the poor and unemployed. +Nobody cares! +Nobody tells the truth. +If Nobody is elected, things will be better for everyone. +— A mural in Guelph, Ontario +% +Join our community to see this answer! +% +Yama: becoming mindful. +% +You must update now. +% +Update now to send and receive messages. +% +Just World Fallacy: A flawed belief that the world +is fair and just. +% +Are we the bad guys? +% +The greatest remedy for anger is delay. +% +One small step for man, one giant stumble for mankind. +% +You will soon forget this. +% +It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice. +% +The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well +to his going. — Proverbs +% +All possibility of understanding is rooted in the ability to say no. +— Susan Sontag +% +As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing. +% +Don’t confuse things that need action with those that take care of themselves. +% +A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest +in students. — John Ciardi +% +The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us +nothing. — Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) +% +Adding features does not necessarily increase functionality — it just +makes the manuals thicker. +% +The only thing humans are equal in is death. — Johan Liebert, +Naoki Urasawa’s Monster +% +No two persons ever read the same book. — Edmund Wilson +% +You have mail. +% +Human Nature: A walking contradiction. +% +No skin in this game. +% +Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -- cgit v1.2.3