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Ask Slashdot: What Books Should An Aspiring Coder Read?
Earlier this month Bill Gates released his summer reading list, which included Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson and mathematician Jordan Ellenberg's book How Not to be Wrong. Now an anonymous Slashdot reader asks for your book recommendations.
I've been trying to learn more about coding, but I need a break sometimes from technical documentation and O'Reilly books. Are there any good books that can provide some good general context and maybe teach me about our place in the history of technology or the state of the programming profession today?
In the U.S., Memorial Day is considered the "unofficial" first weekend of summer -- so what should be on this geek's summer reading list? Cracking the Coding Interview? Godel, Escher, Bach? This year's Nebula award winners? George Takei's The Internet Strikes Back? Leave your suggestions in the comments. What books should an aspiring coder be reading?
In the U.S., Memorial Day is considered the "unofficial" first weekend of summer -- so what should be on this geek's summer reading list? Cracking the Coding Interview? Godel, Escher, Bach? This year's Nebula award winners? George Takei's The Internet Strikes Back? Leave your suggestions in the comments. What books should an aspiring coder be reading?
I've just been reading some articles from 1980 and that's exactly what everyone was saying about Ronald Reagan. Yaknow, just because you don't get your way one measly election doesn't mean the world is going to end. Seriously, "nightmarish dystopia"? You really think our nation is that weak? We've withstood eight years of cultural Marxism with Comrade Obama in charge. Sometimes, in a democracy, you lose. I think a lot of people on your side think that you get to win every election from now on, until the end of time. That is not the case.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!