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I really like "Reading Tip #1" in the "Links 2013" page, reproduced below: It's tempting to judge what you read: I agree with these statements, and I disagree with those. However, a great thinker who has spent decades on an unusual line of thought cannot induce their context into your head in a few pages. It’s almost certainly the case that you don’t fully understand their statements. Instead, you can say: I have now…
Also, if you ever need to give a gift, http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Turing-Omnibus-Excursions/dp/0...
I wrote a script[0] to create the list for amazon links at least:
# Script redacted - I think HN isn't happy
# with my scraping. Fair enough.
[0] Using the `mojo` cli tool for ad-hoc HTML parsing from http://mojolicio.us/
Literature is notably absent...
Undoubtedly these excellent books call for a unique presentation. I, however, would like to see simple text-only list companion to go along with it. Turns out, this is not just a matter of grep'ing through the source: the only actual "text" are the link URLs. I wrote a script[0] to create the list for amazon links at least: # Script redacted - I think HN isn't happy # with my scraping. Fair enough. The list contains…
The 'unique presentation' also seems to mean no alt-text (bad) and no title-text (disappointing)...
[0]: http://pastebin.com/9NKtqJSw
Edit: Added a little more[1]. Maybe someone else will add some while I go write an exam :)
Why is he using links to Amazon? Any reason why Amazon is preferred over other book stores? Is he getting an money from Amazon? How about supporting smaller local book stores, instead of making billionaires richer?
As for the idea of supporting large corporations vs. local stores, it's a complicated economic argument. I don't really know enough to say which is better for the society, but I'll just note that Amazon seems to be a very customer-centric company, and their size and talent lets them innovate in ways that small stores can't, thus benefiting the customer.
Undoubtedly these excellent books call for a unique presentation. I, however, would like to see simple text-only list companion to go along with it. Turns out, this is not just a matter of grep'ing through the source: the only actual "text" are the link URLs. I wrote a script[0] to create the list for amazon links at least: # Script redacted - I think HN isn't happy # with my scraping. Fair enough. The list contains…
Here's the beginning of the list[0] ('Design' and 'Engineering') in plain text (Markdown), using the "I can just type it out faster than I can try to parse it" approach. I'll do more later, maybe. The 'unique presentation' also seems to mean no alt-text (bad) and no title-text (disappointing)... [0]: http://pastebin.com/9NKtqJSw Edit: Added a little more[1]. Maybe someone else will add some while I go write an exam :…
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>> Any reason why Amazon is preferred over other book stores? Personally, for the reviews, the price and the very fast workflow from "What's this book about, is it good?" to "It's on its way". >> Is he getting an money from Amazon? Hopefully.. why not? >> How about supporting smaller local book stores, instead of making billionaires richer? In my book stores, there are unfortunately very few books about business and…
There are community sites for reviews. I have several books stores in my town where I can order these books. Even online. No need to support ONE particular book store.
Why is he using links to Amazon? Any reason why Amazon is preferred over other book stores? Is he getting an money from Amazon? How about supporting smaller local book stores, instead of making billionaires richer?
If you're going to link to something (which is a reasonable thing to do), you have to pick one and exclude the rest. So regardless of who he links to, you could make the same argument you're making (Why this over that? Is he being paid to promote?). As for the idea of supporting large corporations vs. local stores, it's a complicated economic argument. I don't really know enough to say which is better for the society…
Isn't Amazon is a tax avoider, union hostile and privacy hostile company?