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“A mathematician is not a man who can readily manipulate figures; often he cannot,” Bush wrote. “He is primarily an individual who is skilled in the use of symbolic logic on a high plane, and especially he is a man of intuitive judgment.”
“Lagniappe, usually attributed to the French of New Orleans, in fact originated among the Kechuan Indians of Peru as yapa. The Spanish adopted it as ñapa. The French then took it from the Spanish and we from the French.”
― Made in America
― Made in America
“Bullies drive witnesses and bystanders out of their jobs, just as they do to “firsthand” victims. Research”
― The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
― The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
“As much as I believe in tolerance and fairness, I have never lost a wink of sleep about being unapologetically intolerant of anyone who refuses to show respect for those around them.”
― The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
― The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
“We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads, - and then we can hardly see anything else.”
― Autumnal Tints
― Autumnal Tints
“Gen. Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff[1] from 1857 until his retirement in 1888, often related a story to junior members of his staff that described the essence of the German system of command. Following a battle, Prince Frederick Karl took a major aside and proceeded to reprimand the young officer for a tactical mistake. The major responded that he was following an order issued to him from a superior officer, which constituted the word of the king himself. The prince responded in kind, “‘His Majesty made you a major because he believed you would know when not to obey his orders.’”[2]”
― Auftragstaktik: The Basis For Modern Military Command
― Auftragstaktik: The Basis For Modern Military Command
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Hans’s 2025 Year in Books
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