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A pity only very few people in the world can fully understand the beauty of the mathematical proofs these geniuses created

A great non-fiction book about Ebola http://www.amazon.com/The-Hot-Zone-Terrifying-Origins/dp/038...

Go ahead and explain the situation to the employers whose offers you turned down. Especially in the US, people will understand, and the offers should still be valid.

It may seems obvious, but it is extremely hard to accomplish. It is easy to convince yourself that you are so busy building other things (product, company culture, brand, marketing strategy, vision, etc.) and you forget to talk with the customers.

Being busy with day-to-day activities is a major reason why large companies fail to innovate.

Always good to get a reminder to talk with the customers.

Publishers are also corporations

great example! that's so true

Thanks. I am actually very excited for Amazon efforts in 3D printing. My comment was more about the effect of press releases

When you use widgets, you see the home wallpaper

Books have more senses than movies and games, because in books, you can describe touch feelings, smells, temperatures, etc., thus giving readers a multisensorial experience. In movies you can only rely on sound and image. Zero other senses. Smell in books is superior to smell in movies.

It has been around for a while

Things will get better in the future, as CS education is becoming accessible to more people.