# Donald Knuth
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Donald Ervin Knuth ( kə-NOOTH; born January 10, 1938) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science.
Cupertino's King Makers | Coder Radio 344
The gangs all together and cover your poignant feedback right out of the gate. Then we jump into the psychological trap of freelancing, and imagine a world where app stores are a true level playing field.
Plus some really fun picks, a bit of hoopla, and more.
Special Guest: Wes Payne.
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DTF:HN for May 21, 2026
Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 21, 2026. Featuring: Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results, Show HN: Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK, An OpenAI model has disproved a central conj…
The Sampo — Virtual Intelligence as Amplifier Podcast
The Sampo — Virtual Intelligence as Amplifier
A framework for using AI as an amplifier — and for recognizing when it becomes a flattery engine. The episode opens with the February 2026 collaboration between Donald Knuth, Filip Stappers, and Claude Opus 4.6 that solved an open problem in combinatori…
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – InsideTracker: https://i…
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth is one of the greatest and most impactful computer scientists and mathematicians ever. He is the recipient in 1974 of the Turing Award, considered the Nobel Prize of computing. He is the author of the multi-volume work, the magnum opus, The Art of Computer Programming. He made several …
HS083: Why Protocols Fail: Russ White’s Perspective on Effective Architecture
Network veteran Russ White joins the Heavy Strategy team for a rousing discussion on why protocols fail, how much complexity is too much, why “premature optimization is the root of all evil” (Donald Knuth) and why architects should always remember to think about state. Episode Guest: Russ White, Se…
020 - It's Just A Model - Noesis
It's Just a Model is a biweekly conversation with Ron and Peet on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design, philosophy and behaviour.
Your hosts are Ron Kersic and Peet Sneekes.
In this podcast, we’ll be talking about the good, the bad and the interesting, all wrapped into an informal, unscript…
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – InsideTracker: https://i…
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth is one of the greatest and most impactful computer scientists and mathematicians ever. He is the recipient in 1974 of the Turing Award, considered the Nobel Prize of computing. He is the author of the multi-volume work, the magnum opus, The Art of Computer Programming. He made several …
Deep Work In 26 Min
hours of real focus that beat a distracted 10-hour day. Deep Work, by Cal Newport (2016), reframed: your attention is the last scarce skill, and you give it away for free. Four rules, each with its own schedule: work deeply (with 4 schedules to actually keep — monastic, bimodal, rhythmic, journalis…
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