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If you know.. Software Design for Flexibility: How to Avoid Programming Yourself into a Corner by Chris Hanson and Gerald Jay Sussman https://archive.org/details/software-design-fo…

See also: Data-Oriented Programming: Reduce software complexity by Yehonathan Sharvit https://www.manning.com/books/data-oriented-programming and from SICP : 2.4.3 Data-Directed Pr…

the JavaScript edition: https://sicp.sourceacademy.org/

Yes. It's important to leave room on the shelf for yet another copy of the next edition of Computers for Seniors for Dummies: https://linkencore.iii.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb5157…

Sad times. This place and the owners are great.

Oh, no! Tragedy! Ada's is closing in June! https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/capitol-hil...

I remember some great tech bookshops of yore. Computer Literacy [0] for one. Seattle has Ada's Technical Books [1]. If I buy a new book I want to buy it from such an independent sh…

The considerate professors would use titles from Dover Books with supplemental reading: https://store.doverpublications.com/pages/math-science On the order of $10 each - small pape…

As the top poster said: Use it or lose it. Request physical copies of books you want to read, and that you think are beneficial to the community. And check them out from time to ti…

I can't remember the number of times and ways I've tried to get them to re-acquire it. Maybe we should organize a good old sit-in? https://mtpfriends.bigcartel.com/product/what-s-m…

Books like these approach $100 new. That's a lot of money for someone in high school.

Great source for cheap, DRM free e-books: https://www.humblebundle.com/books (Particularly from O'Reilly, No Starch, Manning, ... )

¿por qué no los dos? I buy lots of used books, and also access e-books (sometimes the same books). Mostly I enjoy e-books for use with text-to-speech. If I'm reading a book, I usua…

That's why it's great that SFPL purchases such a wide variety of books. You can't ILL something if nobody has it. When I was a teen I got my local library to acquire copies of a nu…

Yes. I've found criteria for new books at public libraries to be very limiting. They usually will only acquire newly published books (published within a year or so). But they do ge…

People, ask your local library to join LINK+ and to purchase great books! Ask how to submit 'Purchase Requests'. LINK+ is open to libraries (public and private) in California and N…

https://csul.iii.com/screens/members.html Alameda County Library Alameda Free Library Alliant International University - San Francisco Alliant International University - Fresno All…

LINK+ is a union catalog of contributed holdings from participating libraries in California. Patrons from member libraries request an item not available in their own library and it…

The O’Reilly for Public Libraries Complete subscription includes more than 43,000 books and 30,000 hours of video in areas such as information technology and software; business; di…

San Francisco Public Library [0] is the best resource for readers in California. Of all the libraries in the state, I've found they are the most likely to acquire new titles, and o…

Agreed. I grew up having a lot of books around, mostly non-fiction, mostly from library book sales, garage sales, and used bookstores. There is a magnetic pull to a large well sort…