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Computer magazines are gone in the whole world, not just US.

It's a bit sad, I've enjoyed them. The articles were well written when compared to average online articles about hardware.

But there's little point today in reading the news a few days or weeks after they happen.

Most people are into instant gratification, they want to hear the news, they aren't interested in the overall experience of reading an article, they don't care about author's point, they don't care about learning new things.

People just want to know in an instant how shinier is the latest iPhone when compared to the old one, how much does it cost and when they can get it. And a random online news outlet or random YouTube channel is enough for that.

We are not just experiencing the demise of PC magazines, but also the demise of printed press and of major old news outlets.

A guy with an YouTube channel or TikTok can have a greater audience than a former newspaper or magazine.

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> But there's little point today in reading the news a few days or weeks after they happen.

I have to total opposite view. I only want to read the news like after at least a couple of days, so that there is time for things to become clear. The CNN kind of "breaking news" looping the whole day in "latest developments" is stupid since there is usually nothing to talk about but rumors and "experts" guessing or pushing some murky agenda.

Not really. Heise’s “ct” seems to be still going as strong as ever. heise.de - it’s Europe’s largest computer magazine.

https://shop.heise.de/magazine/ct-magazin/

I see that the iX magazines are also from Heise. Have seen these before in supermarkets in Germany and it seemed like those magazines have interesting and technical articles. Sadly seems to be available in German only.

> We are not just experiencing the demise of PC magazines, but also the demise of printed press and of major old news outlets.

I have the impression that nowadays most people no longer want to invest the time to read in-depth articles or books on a topic. Myself, I recently read a couple of technical books and came to the conclusion that a good technical book is still worth it. It explores a topic in a structured way and in-depth, and the information in a technical book is supposed to have been reviewed. If you read good technical blogs, you can pick up a couple of things here and there, but I think it will never be as efficient as reading a good technical book on a specific topic.

Which books did you find worth it lately?

I am a .NET developer. I recently read "Concurrency in C# cookbook, 2nd ed" and found that one very interesting and clear. I mainly wanted a decent explanation on async-await, and the book has that. But aside from async-await, the book also explains other mechanisms for concurrency in modern .NET.

I am also reading Pro ASP.NET Core 7. I am not new to ASP.NET Core, but was surprised to learn some new things from the book.

I agree. People wanting to learn C# are told to watch YouTube entertainer videos and read the Microsoft docs haha.

C# In a Nutshell still is worth it's weight IMHO.

That one is on my to-read list. Only hear good things about that book. And I see that C# 12 in a nutshell is just released.

Definitely recommend it. The difference in detail and insight on the HttpClient information between the book and the Microsoft docs is a good case study.

The docs are often limited to autogenerated API with some surface level remarks.

The problem is more that printed magazines are not searchable, and having a giant pile of paper in boxes in the attic, stuffed somewhere behind that awful vase and that camping equipment I haven't touched since the late 1990s, simply doesn't compare to typing a few keywords prefixed with `insite:DOMAIN` into a search bar, and getting really close to what I am looking for in an instant, and being able to bookmark thousands of articles (also searchable) in silica.

I quite like the register as it typically has clever writing

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