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Having some fun looking at the international math olympiad questions historically: https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx but dang they're hard! |
Having some fun looking at the international math olympiad questions historically: https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx but dang they're hard! |
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Also this is poetic, from the Happy Hacking keyboard design philosophy: |
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> Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. When America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces. |
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Revision as of 03:13, 26 December 2023
Having some fun looking at the international math olympiad questions historically: https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx but dang they're hard!
Also this is poetic, from the Happy Hacking keyboard design philosophy:
> Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. When America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces.