"A Vulnerable System: The History of Information Security in the Computer Age" oder "Active Measures: A History of Disinformation" weil es gut recherchierte und relevante Sachbücher sind zu Themen zu denen es sonst wenig gibt.

Rob Inglis Version von "The Hobbit", weil es das beste Hörbuch ist. Stimmung: Großvater erzählt seinen Enkeln mit Pfeife in der Hand mit Gesang, Gedichten und Humor.

It certainly was a life lesson to realise how hard it is to convince people about "obvious" things. And now I see it everywhere and do not wonder anymore when studies show that internal projects fail much more often than partnerships with startups.

fortune.com/2025/08/18/m...

Hm, I am getting used to thinking that things are possible and then reality gets in the way.

But yes, often enough because people tell me that things are impossible and it is so hard to convince people to try.

archive.org/details/dli.... it’s heavy, but fascinating.

There is fascinatingly a lot more one can do with divergent series. Not only „Euler-style“ but also with formal post-Weierstraß definitions.

bookstore.ams.org/CHEL-334-S/ as one example, just maybe not en vogue much as a topic anymore.

For everything online at least. I believe this will lead to physical meetings and spaces becoming more relevant again. Being there physically and having to spend time then makes the difference. Kind of a proof of work.

5 ninja turtles and there is a shade of blue. That certainly is an interesting and original interpretation. Do they have names?

If you can‘t make it good, make it look good.

You can call it cynical. I would like to call it programmatic optimism.