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Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by toby »

codypo wrote: post #9

The Programming Collective Intelligence book on sale here is wonderful! If you want to build software that does something intelligent thanks to the mining of a tremendous set of data (think recommendation engine, price models, content classification, search engine, etc) and you're not sure where to start, start with this book. Not being a CS academic, it's hard to find useful, non-trivial introductions that I can und…

Thanks! I'm the author of this book, and it always makes me so happy whenever I read a comment like this on HN :)

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by mattwdelong »

honopu wrote: post #20
Goosey wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find that I simply can't use ebooks. Sitting and reading on a computer monitor for long periods of time is just too much strain on my eyes. Funny enough that I don't have as much issue coding all day or reading hackernews.. but if I sit and try to read multi-page articles or ebooks it just seems impossible to do if it isn't on paper. This is the one thing that tempts me into a Kindle. I wouldn't want to replace my…

Try rotating one of your monitors either by buying a mount from monoprice or going to home depot and hacking something together(i did the latter) reading pdfs and ebooks has been way better, I considered(and had purchased) an ipad to read on, i couldn't justify the larger kindle price. Rotating my monitor for $13(though it is fixed, but reversible(with a screwdriver) made it much easier to live with. http://imgur.com…

Could you explain what exactly you hacked together to rotate your monitor like that? I was thinking of purchasing a dual monitor mount that allows this configuration, but would rather hack something together for the time being.

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

mattwdelong wrote: post #13

Wait, are these just ebooks or does this stand for the print copy as well? Oddly, the receipt doesn't specify at checkout. *Edit: Just confirmed, it`s for ebooks only.

Ouch, thanks for mentioning this! I was about to buy 3 without even noticing. I really prefer paper books personally; I'm not sure I'm going to buy as much now.

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

gomer wrote: post #4
thibaut_barrere wrote: post #2

I bought and read the one on MongoDB which is really great (concise read, to the point, and a learned a lot too). I am currently reading the NLP one and it's a great read too. Can anyone give reviews on the other ones (for instance the one on data analysis) ?

I bought and read the Collective Intelligence one and enjoyed it. It's a good read.

+1 - I actually already own this one and find it's great as well.

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by Nogwater »

codypo wrote: post #9

The Programming Collective Intelligence book on sale here is wonderful! If you want to build software that does something intelligent thanks to the mining of a tremendous set of data (think recommendation engine, price models, content classification, search engine, etc) and you're not sure where to start, start with this book. Not being a CS academic, it's hard to find useful, non-trivial introductions that I can und…

I agree that PCI is a great introduction to the field. If you're not sure which tool to use to solve a problem, it's great for pointing you in the right direction. Just a word of warning (@toby, correct me if I'm wrong), but most of the examples are just to give you the idea and to get you started, but aren't expected to work at scale. I'd love to see a followup book on "Optimizing Collective Intelligence".

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by itg »

codypo wrote: post #9

The Programming Collective Intelligence book on sale here is wonderful! If you want to build software that does something intelligent thanks to the mining of a tremendous set of data (think recommendation engine, price models, content classification, search engine, etc) and you're not sure where to start, start with this book. Not being a CS academic, it's hard to find useful, non-trivial introductions that I can und…

This will be extremely helpful while reading the book. I hope there will be an updated version in the future, one of the best introductory books I found on this subject.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/errataunconfirmed.csp?isbn=978059...

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by honopu »

mattwdelong wrote: post #22
honopu wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try rotating one of your monitors either by buying a mount from monoprice or going to home depot and hacking something together(i did the latter) reading pdfs and ebooks has been way better, I considered(and had purchased) an ipad to read on, i couldn't justify the larger kindle price. Rotating my monitor for $13(though it is fixed, but reversible(with a screwdriver) made it much easier to live with. http://imgur.com…

Could you explain what exactly you hacked together to rotate your monitor like that? I was thinking of purchasing a dual monitor mount that allows this configuration, but would rather hack something together for the time being.

Sure, I purchased a bag of #8-32 x 1/2" zinc slot headed bolts, they included the nuts as well.

I also purchased 30 #8 washers(wasn't sure how many i'd need to get the vesa threaded holes tight with the 1/2" long bolt.)

I also purchased a flat 1/8" thick 2" wide by 36" piece of aluminum. I cut it into 3 pieces, used two, drilled 4 holes in each, made those holes slightly larger than the bolt (for wiggle room before tightening down as i didn't measure as well as I should have). I used aluminum even though it was more expensive vs steel because I know drilling steel is a pain in the ass.

I used a piece of paper for the vesa mount hole template, I took the sheet of paper, aligned the center of two vesa mount holes with one of the edges of the paper and marked those with a line (intersect the holes with the edge of the paper and the two lines, that make sense?), the other two i just used a pencil and poked a hole through while laying the paper on the monitor back. I again used the slightly larger drill bit so I didn't have to be ultra precise.

Since I didn't modify the stand at all I can always go back to the standard orientation, it'd take maybe 3 minutes to put it back. Using my method I retained the default stand and have some tilt capability as well.

My marvel of human engineering(the back of the monitor w/ the aluminum attached) http://imgur.com/ZeHvP.jpg

edit: fixed unclosed parenthesis

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by 3pt14159 »

brisance wrote: post #15
3pt14159 wrote: post #7

Has anyone read "Data Analysis with Open Source Tools"? http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596802356/ I can't seem to look through the book, not even at Amazon, which I like to do before buying something.

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9781449389802?portal=oreilly...

Perfect! Thank you very much!

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

#29

Post by chewbranca »

Goosey wrote: post #18
askedrelic wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ebooks :( For personal use, this would be fine, but it's much easier to share paper books at work.

I find that I simply can't use ebooks. Sitting and reading on a computer monitor for long periods of time is just too much strain on my eyes. Funny enough that I don't have as much issue coding all day or reading hackernews.. but if I sit and try to read multi-page articles or ebooks it just seems impossible to do if it isn't on paper. This is the one thing that tempts me into a Kindle. I wouldn't want to replace my…

Same here, I can spend all day working on a computer, but reading on a computer monitor tires my eyes out. I picked up the new standard size kindle, and while it does not do well at all with pdfs, it does a great job with ebooks. The Oreilly ebooks can be downloaded directly in mobi format, so they work very well with the kindle. Overall I've been very happy with reading ebooks on the kindle, and with the $139 price tag, you really can't go wrong. I'm still looking for a good pdf device, but unfortunately the ipad is the best device I've seen yet for pdfs, but its price tag is way too high for me. The ipad does a surprisingly good job of zooming in on columns, something I haven't seen anything else handle well.

Re: O'Reilly discounts: machine learning, nltk, hadoop, sql, nosql, aws and appeng

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Post by ludwigvan »

Good discount. Also follow http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/ebookdealoftheday where they discount 50% of a different book everyday.

But still, don't you think the ebooks should be priced way lower? Maybe they are expensive b/c they are drm-free. I know the fixed costs probably cost a lot, and I wonder how much printing a book costs for publishers.

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