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Re:Draft of the Fast.ai Book by weego on Saturday February 29, 2020 @12:32PM (#22451726)
It's an awful idea, notebook stability ages like milk
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Re:Draft of the Fast.ai Book by fredmonroe on Sunday March 01, 2020 @12:37PM (#22457944)
i think that's true of almost all tech books in paper form

personally i think these work great because i can add cells to inspect data or try experiments easily as i'm reading to help me understand whats going on

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Re:Draft of the Fast.ai Book by SkyMarshal on Saturday February 29, 2020 @12:38PM (#22451768)
What do you mean by stability in this context?
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Re:Draft of the Fast.ai Book by khazhoux on Saturday February 29, 2020 @04:08PM (#22453115)
I think he means they bit-rot. Stop working.
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Re:Draft of the Fast.ai Book by RocketSyntax on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:36AM (#22463828)
read for theory and big patterns
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