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largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
I read all three of these in the last 12 months, great choices. Have you read Blindsight? I felt it was almost a sci fi/horror mix. Great read
largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
Great series! Give Children of Time a go next if you haven’t already.
largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
Currently on the final book of James Clavell’s Asia Saga, it’s been a long road and I’m frankly kind of over it but 90% through the final book and I’m glad I read them. First read Shogun maybe ~10 years ago but read the other four back to back. Gai-Jin wasn’t very good but the others have been pretty solid overall. A bit long winded and sometimes I wish he’d’ve had a more aggressive editor, but happy with em enough to finish them all.
largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
I like his podcast a lot, brief vignettes into… whatever. Really fun production and not a deep dive into topics generally, but that’s a feature and not a bug in the context in which I listen to him
largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
Reading this now as well! Also was on the bookshelf for over a year, glad I finally cracked it open
largePanda9··on Ask HN: What are you reading?
SSC Boston member by chance?
largePanda9··on The turbulent AI era is here
Supposedly Winston Churchill said this, though now that I’ve been looking up a source I see that attribution is murky
largePanda9··on Activation Energy is a good model for a lot of things
Thanks!
largePanda9··on Activation Energy is a good model for a lot of things
Link to said PG article?
largePanda9··on Interview with Mitchell Hashimoto about Ghostty and Zig
What would you say is a good starting point for learning Rust? I’ve been curious about it for a while, but coming from a mostly Python, I’m straight up intimidated and fear wasting time trying to learn something I won’t really ever fully be competent in…