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"Alice send the following marbles: Red, Green, Green, Red, Green, Red, Red–No, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, No. This translates to: nothing there, rock ahead, turn right, nothing there, rock ahead, turn left, nothing there." Futurama had this figured out: "One beep for yes, two beeps for no." "Beep-beep" "That means double yes!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKxgg4yPxs
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Thank you so much! I finished about 10k words while on paternity leave (mostly during nap time). Releasing early was mostly a choice to help motivate me. As well as to get early feedback and proofreaders.
Well done Seth. I hope you see it through. Writing in this area goes stale suprisingly quickly so fresh takes are always welcome. It looks like this could be pitched at 400 undergrad ""basic coms and nets" (what's missing is a great text at 300 foundation level that doesn't need too much math). You can still sell a lot of print books with the pdf free online, so I hope that works out well for you.
>It looks like this could be pitched at 400 undergrad ""basic coms and nets"
400 level undergrad is about the level of detail I'm aiming for (eventually). I've been using one of my old undergrad networking textbooks to do sanity checks.
>You can still sell a lot of print books with the pdf free online, so I hope that works out well for you.
Here's hoping!
I remember there was a good article on the theory, especially the rewind part.
"Alice send the following marbles: Red, Green, Green, Red, Green, Red, Red–No, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, No. This translates to: nothing there, rock ahead, turn right, nothing there, rock ahead, turn left, nothing there." Futurama had this figured out: "One beep for yes, two beeps for no." "Beep-beep" "That means double yes!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKxgg4yPxs
P.S. Second typo! s/send/sends/
Looks great, the author really isn't kidding with the "from scratch" title. The xkcd-style stick figures are particularly appreciated as a form of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Love the drawings!
Love the drawings!
Thank you! I've had a lot of fun doing them. Many of them were done on my iPad one handed (very slowly) while holding the new baby in the other arm.
P.S. Scott Adams has talked about using the same technique for the Dilbert comics.
I think a table of contents is warranted. Even if it just for 3 or 4 chapters.
One callout: a table of contents is needed for the online version. One that links directly to the chapters. And if one exists, it needs to be easier to find because I couldn't locate it.