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Ask HN: Any good Technical books with hilarious presentation?

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Post by themantri » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 7:41 PM UTC

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Post by phren0logy » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:04 PM UTC

If your taste in humor trends toward the absurdist, check out anything by _why the lucky stiff.

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Post by gtirloni » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 9:43 PM UTC

The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes

https://www.cncf.io/the-childrens-illustrated-guide-to-kuber...

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Post by htk » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC

“If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript”

Different and lighthearted enough for me to recommend.

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Post by HAL9OOO » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 12:34 PM UTC

https://www.amazon.com/Grokking-Algorithms-illustrated-progr...

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Post by macando » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 12:59 PM UTC

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

https://poignant.guide

Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!

http://learnyouahaskell.com/

Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Design-Patterns-Brain-Frie...

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Post by frompdx » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 4:11 PM UTC

HAL9OOO wrote: post #5

https://www.amazon.com/Grokking-Algorithms-illustrated-progr...

Great recommendation. Just a good book all around. The illustrations make subject matter accessible to many.

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Post by frompdx » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 4:13 PM UTC

Hilarious might be a stretch, but Starting Forth by Leo Brodie is definitely amusing and prompted a chuckle or two. You can read it for free online. I was lucky enough to track down a second hand copy. It is out of print sadly.

https://www.forth.com/starting-forth/

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Post by kleer001 » Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 7:17 PM UTC

I'm a fan of http://www.lisperati.com/

And

Land of Lisp: also by Conrad Barski

Even though, I bet like others, I have yet to finish it :(

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