I liked this overview of Knuth's contributions to algorithms and computer science over at Quantum Zeitgeist; his approach to measuring performance is still the best we have for calculating actual quantum advantage.
[AFAIK Knuth is fine! This just showed up in my browsing today. -- ed.]
On Knuth giving up email back in 1990, before most of the world had even adopted it:
"The judgement embedded in it is that depth on one problem is worth more than responsiveness across many, which is an unusual position for a modern researcher to hold and an unusually well tested one."
@darkuncle Damn, that's interesting. However…
"Illustration: an AI-generated image of Donald Knuth, created for Quantum Zeitgeist. It is an artist's impression rather than a photograph."
Absolutely everything about this is wrong and my trust in this outlet immediately went poof.