A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history -- with the possible exceptions of hand guns and tequila.
Do not use humans for jobs computers can do better — this is a waste of human energy and creativity, the only real resource on this planet, and demeans the human spirit.
A computer is like a mischievous genie. It will give you exactly what you ask for, but not always what you want.
That’s what’s cool about working with computers. They don’t argue, they remember everything, and they don’t drink all your beer.
(...) Thinking this way will teach you two things about computers: One, there’s no magic, no matter how much it looks like there is. There’s just work to make things look like magic. And two, it’s crazy in there.
Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
Machines should work. People should think.
