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Taking the opportunity to post the video of Knuth mishearing the question "What makes a good teacher?" as "What makes a good T-shirt?" at my uni.

https://youtu.be/74BfHoE66rc?t=42m17s

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What a wonderful and genuine human being! It helps explain why his books are so incredibly humane while remaining deep on a very broad topic. Thanks for sharing. ️

I wish the guy would have let him answer as to what the CompSci equivalent of that T-Shirt is.

A few years ago, while doing a bit of a family history research project (Knuth was my father's PhD advisor at Stanford), I stumbled across a rather awesome t-shirt design. May I humbly submit "Knuth is my homeboy" as my entry to the CompSci t-shirt contest. (not my own design, to be clear, I just came across it on the internet)

https://geekz.co.uk/shop/store/show/knuth-tshirt.html

And here is a shot of the recursive shirt in action: https://laughingsquid.com/jacob-appelbaum-donald-knuth-demon...

Right? Because of that interruption we never get to have Don Knuth approved compsci T-shirts. Think before you act!

Is there any way we could ask him? I don't wear Compsci T-shirts but I would wear a Don Knuth-designed one.

The word he used was "a t-shirt that would be an _analog_."

That is so cool! He really liked the question!

I lived in Sweden for a while, Swedes are very proficient in English. Yet, they almost always pronounce ch as sh. They even have TV ads that make fun of this.

Reminds me of this ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR0lWICH3rY

"Mayday! ... We're sinking! We're sinking!"

"What are you sinking about?"

It took me the longest time before I understood that ad, since the sheep speaks fluent "American".

While on pronounciation topics, how does one pronounce "Knuth"? Is the k silent like in "know"?

Edit: According to Wikipedia it is kə-NOOTH.

That's funny. This is the best thing I've ever found on HN. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing this. Definitely made my day :D

I want that T-shirt now!

Reminds me a bit of Professor Neutron (Bob Newhart) in the Big Bang Theory!

that's my favorite gag from the Firefly tv show.

Simon: Are you Alliance?

Early: Am I a lion?

Simon: What?

Early: I don't think of myself as a lion. You might as well though, I have a mighty roar.

Simon: I said "Alliance."

Early: Oh, I thought...

Simon: No, I was...

Early: That's weird.

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