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Re:The Computer Science Book (2020) on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:10AM (#34340000)
I did a joint major in math and computer science for undergrad so I missed out on a lot of subjects like computer architecture, operating systems, and compilers.

This looks like the perfect depth for me to get up to speed at a relaxed pace over a few months: simpler than a textbook but more robust and instructive than blog posts, Wikipedia etc.

A few cents:

- not sure if it's already nestled in some chapters, but cryptography is the most important missing topic imo

- if there ends up being a print copy I would happily purchase it

- the name makes it hard to find: a google search for "computer science book" doesn't have a first page result

This is really cool, I look forward to future lessons!
Re:The Road Less Traveled to Fusion Energy? on Thursday June 04, 2020 @12:11PM (#23418440)
From the article "The plants would convert the raw fusion energy into heat, then use the heat to boil water, spin a turbine, and ultimately to generate electricity that can light your home and charge your phone."
Very cool. Can I ask what your use case is, or if it's just for fun?
Thanks! Right now for my sake the search selection is very small, I only chose books from gutenberg.org that have covers, Paul Clifford doesn't http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7735