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Re: What are you reading?

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Post by kallistec » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:21 AM UTC

The correct question is, "what are you reading _for_?" and the answer is "I'm reading 'Hee Haw: The Book.'"

Actually, it's "Matrix Methods in Data Mining and Pattern Recognition." Two years ago I would have torn through the math but now I'm, uh, less smart.

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by roryokane » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:21 AM UTC

I'm reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson for the third time, and understanding it more than the second time. It has wonderful technical digressions that seem aimed precisely at geeks/hackers. In fact, on the the main characters is a programmer, and another is a code-breaker in the military who sees an opportunity for geeky analysis in everything he sees. (There are also many accounts of military battles from a soldier's point of view to break the talking up.)

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by windsurfer » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:22 AM UTC

1. The Mythical Man Month (Some interesting essays, some dated)

2. The Art of Agile Development (First agile book to read, certainly interesting)

3. Object Oriented Perl (Very interesting stuff... I've read it a few times but keep flipping open to chapters and being in awe of the cleverness of the author)

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by bigwill » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:25 AM UTC

McMafia by Misha Glenny. Interesting read on globalization and organized crime as circumstances have materialized since the end of the Cold War.

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by navshaikh » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:25 AM UTC

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent...

The Design of Everyday Things http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/d...

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by 83457 » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:25 AM UTC

IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation

Imitation of Life: How Biology Is Inspiring Computing

Programming in Python 3

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by GotToStartup » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:28 AM UTC

C# in Depth: What you need to master C# 2 and 3 & Introduction to Algorithms

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by GVRV » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:28 AM UTC

Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by kleevr » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:30 AM UTC

Currently reading: "infinite jest" (wallace) "how to rock climb" (john long)

On deck for winter: "god created the integers" (hawking) "critique of pure reason" (kant) "illuminatus trilogy" "a brief history of technology" (up to 1900)

Re: What are you reading?

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Post by Simucal » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 2:32 AM UTC

"Anathem", by Neal Stephenson.

Don't be put off by its size, the book is great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathem