I love the talk! But I do feel something critical is missing. You can not talk about semi-conductors without at least mentioning Walter Schottky (but I think that doesn't fit the narrative because he was a German).
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Anecdote: In 2022, while visiting San Francisco, I had the chance to explore the campus. Wandering through the quiet, empty halls of the summer buildings, I was just about to leave when I unexpectedly came across Knuth's office [1]. I had to do a double take—it was surprisingly small for someone of his stature. Yet, in a way, it felt perfectly fitting, a reflection of his unassuming nature.
Great, I am gonna watch this. Hopefully this video also explains what the name 'Netscape' means or implies or is based on. Because I've always found it kind of striking that the name has the same letters (and sort of sounds) like 'NCSA' where Mosaic was originally developed, that seems like more than a coincidence?
Does anyone know what the name 'Netscape' means or implies or is based on?
It's kind of striking that the name has the same letters (and in the same order) as NSCA where Mosaic was originally developed, that seems like more than a coincidence?
And it is not so much WHAT he explained but HOW he explained it, what really made it stick. It was his sheer unbridled genuine enthusiasm that put him on the map for me.
Related: for the Knuth fans, a Knuth Podcast [1] from a series of earlier lectures [2] 'Donald Knuth Lectures on Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About'
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