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Re:Ask HN: How do you read programming books? on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:08AM (#15755442)
Yeah, head first Java was really good.
Re:Ask HN: How do you read programming books? on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:06AM (#15755426)
I tried this technique with C++ but soon I realized it was a dead end. You try to build anything with C++ without some inner understanding of concepts like const, templates and STL, and I can bet things will blow up pretty fast.
Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading? on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @11:14AM (#10186185)
Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins, awesome stuff
Re:Ask HN: What's a day in your life look like? on Saturday January 24, 2015 @02:15AM (#8939068)
5:20 - Wake up - Take a shower

5:45 - Leave for the office (to avoid MAD traffic)

6:15 - 7:15 - Read a book

7:15 - 7:30 - Breakfast (office), catch-up local news

7:45 - 8:10 - Hacker news/Reddit/Techcrunch et al ...

8:30 - 11:15 - Office work / side projects

11:15 - 11:45 - Tea break (office)

12:00 - 12:50 - Office work/ Side projects

13:00 - 14:30 - Gym

14:45 - 16:00 - Office work/side Projects

16:30 - 17:00 - Tea break

17:30 - 19:45 - Office work/side projects/hacker news et al ...

20:00 - 21:00 - Drive back home

21:00 - 22:45 - Read a book

22:45 - 05:20 - Sleep

... a tight loop of trying to define life...

Re:Ask HN: What is HN reading? on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @09:30AM (#8262878)
Age Of Reason by Thomas Paine

A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup

Effective C++ by Scott Meyers

Moon Walking With Einstein by Joshua Foer

Re:Google+ will burst the tech bubble on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @12:50PM (#2755412)
I beg all of you to read this article by Douglas Rushkoff, it predicts the demise of facebook cleanly. My opinion, time is up for facebook.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/07/rushkoff.facebook....

Re:Poll: What database does your company use? on Thursday June 23, 2011 @12:31AM (#2686674)
Informix
YES! Am addicted, completely! How can i stop, please help.