Ask HN: What are your favorite books? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by selmat » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 6:28 AM UTC

solipsism wrote: post #15

selmat wrote: post #8

1. https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Techniques-Models-Computer-P... 2. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Concepts-MIT-Press/dp/026263... 3. https://www.amazon.com/Gödel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0...

Is it a HN feature that cuts off long URLs unless you click Reply to isolate the comment? Actually even after isolating the comment the URLs are cut off (but not quite as short). Highly annoying. You should edit and put the titles before the links.

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[1] Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (MIT Press) - URL: https://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Techniques-Models-Computer-P...

[2] The Big Book of Concepts (MIT Press) - URL: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Concepts-MIT-Press/dp/026263...

[3] Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - URL: https://www.amazon.com/Gödel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0...

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by jimmywanger » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 6:30 AM UTC

Try

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. A great book about time dilation and Vietnam.

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. A book about water rights in the south west that I can think of.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by dome82 » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 8:56 AM UTC

- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by Irvine

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by homingbrain » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 9:02 AM UTC

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Also, strangely enough (not being a Harry Potter fan), I immensely enjoyed Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by personomas » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 9:11 AM UTC

The Holy Bible :)

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by e19293001 » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 10:25 AM UTC

From my favorite author Anthony J. Dos Reis[0]

If you want to learn assembly language, computer architecture and C++ all at the same time: Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and Java , Course Technology, 2004 [1]

If you want to learn how to write compilers, context free grammars, regular expressions and implement grep: Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc, IEEE/Wiley, 2012 [2]

If you want to learn functional programming, lambda calculus and LISP: An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus by Greg Michaelson [3]

My programming skills had grown dramatically with this books. I would wholeheartedly recommend the books mentioned above for those who are interested to learn.

[0] - http://cs.newpaltz.edu/~dosreist/

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Computer-Architectu...

[2] - https://www.amazon.com/Compiler-Construction-Using-Java-Java...

[3] - https://www.cs.rochester.edu/~brown/173/readings/LCBook.pdf - https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Functional-Programming-C...

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by discordance » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 11:18 AM UTC

Alan Kay's reading list: http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by samblr » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 12:03 PM UTC

ruler88 wrote: post #10

the hard thing about hard things - Ben is an amazing story teller, very personable, and great lessons

This book was good - amazing story teller. Takes through highs and lows of his journey - feels like you are watching him in a boxing ring. Message: Persevere.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by galaktor » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC

The field guide to understanding human error

by Sidney Dekker

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite books?

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Post by gardano » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

throwaway26960 wrote: post #14

The Inner Game of Tennis Think And Grow Rich - I based my cover letter off of some of the concepts in this book and it has worked remarkably well.

Back when I was still a student (of music), I read The Inner Game of Tennis and found it to be incredibly useful!

I also recommend it.