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Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python

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Re: Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python

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  - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou
  - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker
  - The Magicians by Lev Grossman
  - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
  - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
  - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling
  - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  - Deep Work by Cal Newport
  - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
  - The Phoenix Project by D.M. Cain
  - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
  - Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Tia T. Farmer
  - Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
  - Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
  - Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
  - Linear Algebra by Jim Hefferon
  - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
  - Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
  - Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  - Atomic Habits by James Clear
Most are about self improvement...i wonder if this bias says something about those who recommended the books. Was hoping for some new fiction books to put on my audiobook list.

Re: Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python

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Post by minimaxir »

chrisweekly wrote: post #3

Thank you! Nice explanation of how you did it, combined with a useful result, makes for a great "Show HN". Bravo!

Incidentally those are reasons why it's a bad Show HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Blog posts, sign-up pages, and fundraisers can't be tried out, so they can't be Show HNs.

Re: Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python

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Post by Jemaclus »

therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

It's possible that's more due to the HN audience, which probably trends toward people who want to better themselves. I also imagine that self-help books are more universal (who doesn't want to Make Friends And Influence People?), whereas people can be judgmental about their Harry Potter/Narnia fanfic. :)

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Post by roadbeats »

therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

Not sure if it’s available as audio book, but I strongly recommend My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk if you’re looking for fiction.

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Post by joshgachnang »

therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

The Three Body Problem series is probably my favorite fiction I've listened to in the past couple years.
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