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Considering the age of this list, would it not be a terrible idea to create a new one using HN suggestions. Or maybe a much better idea, throw together a website where people can add books (using amazon metadata) and then up vote (or down vote) them so we can build a list of the most important books for hackers to read.
Considering the age of this list, would it not be a terrible idea to create a new one using HN suggestions. Or maybe a much better idea, throw together a website where people can add books (using amazon metadata) and then up vote (or down vote) them so we can build a list of the most important books for hackers to read.
You mean something like this: http://www.hackernewsers.com/books.html ? ;-)
Edit: I do still think an up/down vote system to build a Top Hacker News suggested books, could be really cool to see
Considering the age of this list, would it not be a terrible idea to create a new one using HN suggestions. Or maybe a much better idea, throw together a website where people can add books (using amazon metadata) and then up vote (or down vote) them so we can build a list of the most important books for hackers to read.
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You mean something like this: http://www.hackernewsers.com/books.html ? ;-)
I was just waiting for a link like that, I was sure someone had already done this Edit: I do still think an up/down vote system to build a Top Hacker News suggested books, could be really cool to see
[1] https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinato...
Considering the age of this list, would it not be a terrible idea to create a new one using HN suggestions. Or maybe a much better idea, throw together a website where people can add books (using amazon metadata) and then up vote (or down vote) them so we can build a list of the most important books for hackers to read.
The problem with the upvote/downvote mechanism for things like books is that popular books tend to get voted higher than better, less popular books. If only 5 people have heard of a book, but they all think it's amazing, it should probably be around equal or higher than a book that a hundred people read and all thought was okay.
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The problem with the upvote/downvote mechanism for things like books is that popular books tend to get voted higher than better, less popular books. If only 5 people have heard of a book, but they all think it's amazing, it should probably be around equal or higher than a book that a hundred people read and all thought was okay.
Come on we have an entire community of math and computer science wizards here, I think heuristics like that can be quite easily written. Especially using a tab for "Popular Books" and another "Highly Rated"
Considering the age of this list, would it not be a terrible idea to create a new one using HN suggestions. Or maybe a much better idea, throw together a website where people can add books (using amazon metadata) and then up vote (or down vote) them so we can build a list of the most important books for hackers to read.