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Offtopic, but is it just me who struggles to treat seriously any post that has "I used GPT" somewhere in the beginning? This one actually isn't a good example, since I "feel" it's kinda reliable for the task, and may only produce slight false-negatives, which isn't that bad, and I don't see any other plausible way to parse HN comments for books anyway. But I'm noticing lately that I'm half-consciously slightly annoye…
history rhymes
More accurately, this could be titled "most frequently mentioned books in replies to 'Ask HN' posts that have 'book' in their title". (Like "Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34439828 and "Ask HN: What are the most eye-opening textbooks you have ever read?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35929112 and "Ask HN: Sci-Fi Book Recommendations" https:/…
How to win friends... Is an awful book and I'm tired of seeing it.
The story is told backwards in time, which may take some getting used to, but it's a great read.
Web version: https://libcom.org/article/modern-anarchism-part-1-anarchist... // https://libcom.org/article/modern-anarchism-part-2-anarchy
It's nice to see Blindsight by Peter Watts on the list. Superb "hard sci-fi" book that includes a bibliography of real world publications that justify/motivate the flights of imagination. The story is told backwards in time, which may take some getting used to, but it's a great read.
I don't recall it being told backwards in time, or at least in a way that was confusing. Might need to revisit it.
The (semi?)sequel Echopraxia didn't quite grab me as much, and I think the concepts were a bit 'higher' and so my level of intellect got a bit left behind - which I'm also finding with Accelerando by Charles Stross (still enjoying it, but there are parts that lose me), which is highly respected on HN.
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To be honest, my gut feeling is that it's a cynical observation and mediocre perspective on life in general.. removes some human qualities in life. That said: 1) adult life is often a swamp 2) not knowing how to play the game can harm you 3) often, cynicism wins over good hearted values for tons of simple reasons..
He goes on to say “Success is owed to personality and the ability to lead people -the person who has technical ability plus the ability to express ideas, assume leadership and to arouse enthusiasm among people” Not sure how that’s cynical maybe mediocre or trite but it was insightful to me as a programmer focused on code and less on people.