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A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

Update: 2024-01-161
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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.html

On Amazon - https://amzn.to/4aUkkeT

3:16 (book) - https://amzn.to/4aRs9lH

Knuth’s questions for Chat GPT - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt

Knuth videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLfLjzHzmFO6T8jCZdipvQc

Brady’s video on John 3:16 from his Bibledex series - https://youtu.be/ZJjFebPW5b8

Ziegler’s Giant Bar - https://www.halfnuts.net/products/an-original-ziegler-giant-bar?variant=55664909259

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A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

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