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95 points atomicnature | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.236s | source
1. graycat ◴[] No.45080766[source]
(1) Didn't see anything on the math of probability or stochastic processes, e.g., nothing from Dynkin, Neveu, Breiman, etc.

(2) That it's important to study carefully that computing is about "switches" is something like knowing the details of the amazing work in the chemistry of rubber tires is crucial for truck driving or we should all early in our education achieve good mastery of each of the proteins in our DNA.

(3) After working through all those books, cancelling nearly everything else in life for some years, just what is the result, the payoff, the reason? Academic research or something in the mainstream economy, technology, etc.?