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It says to find a 2020, but all I can see (on O'Reilly) is a revised reprint from 2012. Also, if you sign up is this then only for this book's discussion?
Yes this is only for this book's discussion. The broader mailing list is on /bookclub.html. And that mailing list is used just to stay in the loop about future readings (and votes on future readings).
It says to find a 2020, but all I can see (on O'Reilly) is a revised reprint from 2012. Also, if you sign up is this then only for this book's discussion?
I'm only comparing the TOCs here:
Chapters 1-6 have, unless I missed something, the same chapter topics and section titles.
Chapter 7 seems to be reorganized a bit and adds an exercises section.
Chapters 8 - 16 have one extra section for exercises each, I'm not seeing (quick review) any other differences in section names.
Chapter 17 becomes Chapter 18, adds an exercises section.
Chapter 18 becomes Chapter 20, several additional sections.
So the earlier edition is missing Chapter 17 "Data parallelism" and Chapter 19 "Optimism and manual memory management" from the newer edition. Only the missing Chapter 17 would impact the reading group plan since it is covering chapters 1-18.
Hey folks, this is the 7th book in a series of readings I run over Google Groups. There are about 1800 people in the group and 300-800 join each reading. While we often read books on database internals this one seems pretty relevant to any developer working on systems that scale. Hope to have you in the group! Also even if you don't want to join this particular reading, join the mailing list for the overall book club…
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Only a minority actively participates. But it's for all the other reasons you mention yes. And, unrelatedly, even though few actively participate that isn't the point. It is a motivational vehicle. And I repeatedly hear about this from folks who join and don't participate. That's perfectly fine with me.
It's hard to keep people active for this kind of initiatives. I am also running an engineering book club and found the same challenges, especially with timezones. However, as soon as you find a group that can join every week at the same time over Zoom, it's the best way to build community and enjoy the discussions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_(software)
See the Reception section.
They had many security and privacy issues.
Some of them were in the news a lot, a few years earlier.
Hey folks, this is the 7th book in a series of readings I run over Google Groups. There are about 1800 people in the group and 300-800 join each reading. While we often read books on database internals this one seems pretty relevant to any developer working on systems that scale. Hope to have you in the group! Also even if you don't want to join this particular reading, join the mailing list for the overall book club…
Herlihy used to have video lectures up. He gave lectures to university students and he recorded it one year. I was lucky enough to watch them. We had this course for my computer science master. It was a good course thanks to this book :)
FWIW, he's a really great instructor and a super nice guy. Taking courses with him was a real treat.
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Yes. Does participating in this discussion impact the consequent editions of said books? Perhaps I didn’t see this answered in the page referenced. How did you get word to spread to begin with? Google groups? Is everyone welcome or there’s certain prerequisite? Thanks for ur time.
I don't understand your first two questions, I'm sorry, and the third question is answered on /bookclub.html (which is linked to from this page).
4. Have I insulated you in any way by asking these questions? If so - please take excuse.