Nothing recently. I've been sort of forced to read up on some statutes and case law due to a false charge against my wife (the trooper even admitted he knew that he didn't have probable cause for the charge, but the system doesn't care). Any interaction with the system punishes you in one way or another.
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#22Since about the beginning of the year:
Russia Leaves the War, George Kennan (WW I); The Fate of Man in the Modern World, Nikolai Berdyaev; Philosophy of Logic, W.V.O. Quine; Marrow and Bone, Walter Kempowski; White Teeth, Zadie Smith; Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel; Writing and Difference, Jacques Derrida; Cartesian Meditations, Edmund Husserl (not quite to the end).
White Teeth is charming, and I will read more of Smith's work fairly soon. As for Kempowski's novel, I don't know that I'm a feminist, but the women in his novels (this and All for Nothing) seem to run to the ineffectual.
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#23Normal people, sally rooney. Quite intoxicating
Nexus, ramez naam. Good down to earth story for more people, and topic is right on the cusp of being ethically relevant (perception tech)
McLuhan understanding media
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#24Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
it's great. seems to be something there for everyone.
fans. musicians. political people. artists. lovers. writers. poets. workers. NJ enthusiasts.
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#25SQL Antipatterns. I would love for someone to write an extension to this book – Refactoring SQL Antipatterns at Scale. I posted my notes for this book on my website: https://www.briansnotes.io/book/sql-antipatterns/
Also: The DevOps Handbook, Staff Engineer, and 20 YC Lessons
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#26The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk
>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-...