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Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by Groxx »

This really needs a persistent website of some kind somewhere. Otherwise this is practically doomed to obscurity in a week or so.

Unless this sort of thing is better suited to being highly temporary, with new ones spawning whenever someone gets the itch? I don't see how, but I may not be thinking of something.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by silentbicycle »

Groxx wrote: post #51

This really needs a persistent website of some kind somewhere. Otherwise this is practically doomed to obscurity in a week or so. Unless this sort of thing is better suited to being highly temporary, with new ones spawning whenever someone gets the itch? I don't see how, but I may not be thinking of something.

There's already bookmooch, bookcrossing, etc. Unfortunately, when bookmooch released an open search API, people strip-mined collections for anything they could re-sell for profit on amazon. It needs to be handled very carefully.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by silentbicycle »

Mod_daniel wrote: post #48

Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation; Hopcroft Ullmann (the cinderella book), Object Oriented Python; Goldwasser Letscher, An Introduction to Database Systems; Date, C Programming A Modern Approach; K.N King, Mastering Algorithms with C Loudon, Computer Logic Designs and Applications; Hsu. Live in Chicago, happy to help.

I already have my own copy, but the Date - Introduction to Database Systems book is quite good. I hope somebody trades you something worthwhile. :)

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by mr_twj »

Groxx wrote: post #51

This really needs a persistent website of some kind somewhere. Otherwise this is practically doomed to obscurity in a week or so. Unless this sort of thing is better suited to being highly temporary, with new ones spawning whenever someone gets the itch? I don't see how, but I may not be thinking of something.

I have a little hobby swap site that I could quickly convert into an unofficial HN book/thing swap. I would be glad to release the source if necessary so others could improve upon it, seeing that there are a few things I haven't had time to finish. Let me know HN, this seems to be a common enough thing for a dedicated solution.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by silentbicycle »

djacobs wrote: post #41

I have been eyeing SICP and the Norvig AI books at the bookstore for about 3 months now. If anyone has one of these and is interested in any of the following, I'd love to trade: - Artificial Minds - Scientific Integrity - Pragmatic Version Control Using Git - Thinking with Type (First Edition)

While it's not exactly the same as _Pragmatic Version Control Using Git_, _Pro Git_ (http://progit.org/book/) is available free online.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by p206 »

glork wrote: post #34

I've got a relatively new Wicket in Action (Apache Wicket), Code Complete, and Rapid Development. I'd trade for some web programming books (CSS/JS/RoR). Mid-atlantic USA.

I am interested in code complete. I have "The Rails Way" by Fernandez and/or "Rails Recipes" by Fowler.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by silentbicycle »

fogus wrote: post #31

- I have an extra copy of Goldberg's "Smalltalk80 the Language and its implementation" (HC) - Also of the XINU Kernel osdev book (HC) - A copy of "House of Leaves" (HC)

Could I get the House of Leaves off you? :) I've got a lot of old Lisp etc. books, I could probably find something worth a trade. Contact info in my profile, and I'm in Michigan.

Re: Gift HN: Book Giveaway/Exchange

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Post by p206 »

num1 wrote: post #36
p206 wrote: post #21

I am willing to trade or give away Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier.

I would love to accept it, would you like to trade for Rework, Just for Fun, Getting Real, or any of my numerous books on Java/Linux/C/Game development/AI/3D game development?

Sounds good. How about an AI introductory book, if you have any?
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