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You have left tons of negative comments throughout this post[1]. We get it, you don't like the book. Writing a book is not profitable, Trask is going to spend a

You have left tons of negative comments throughout this post[1]. We get it, you don't like the book. Writing a book is not profitable, Trask is going to spend a lot of time just to help out other folks and share his knowledge. Be aware that he is trying to do something nice here, and try to empathize. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=giardini https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=giardini

giardini 10y ago
"We get it, you don't like the book." No, you don't "get it". And I may "love the book", if I ever read the supposed "book". I believe this is merely a marketing test for a book which likely does not yet exist and news.ycombinator is not a forum for market testing or advertising for books, even books on NN. Furthermore, a post in trask's defense by another author who also has a book published by Manning, is most unsavory. Publishers and authors and their agents should cease spamming news.ycombinator.
- egonschiele 10y ago
  His post has 455 points. I think that's a clear sign that people are actually interested in this book, and it's not some publisher scam. Yup, I have written a book with Manning (Grokking Algorithms), which is why I commented about empathy towards authors.
  - giardini 10y ago
    Your comment has caused me to review the Hacker News Guidelines and I find that I have violated no less than two, and now, possibly three, of the guidelines, in particular the following: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.)" " If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. .... " Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." I apologize to all for these violations. Nonetheless I find the initial "chapter" of the aforementioned "book" to be void of significant content and await the full publication before spending any money.
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    - egonschiele 10y ago
      That's great! Thanks for taking the time to read through that :)

giardini 10y ago

"We get it, you don't like the book." No, you don't "get it". And I may "love the book", if I ever read the supposed "book". I believe this is merely a marketing test for a book which likely does not yet exist and news.ycombinator is not a forum for market testing or advertising for books, even books on NN. Furthermore, a post in trask's defense by another author who also has a book published by Manning, is most unsavory. Publishers and authors and their agents should cease spamming news.ycombinator.

egonschiele 10y ago
His post has 455 points. I think that's a clear sign that people are actually interested in this book, and it's not some publisher scam. Yup, I have written a book with Manning (Grokking Algorithms), which is why I commented about empathy towards authors.
- giardini 10y ago
  Your comment has caused me to review the Hacker News Guidelines and I find that I have violated no less than two, and now, possibly three, of the guidelines, in particular the following: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.)" " If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. .... " Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." I apologize to all for these violations. Nonetheless I find the initial "chapter" of the aforementioned "book" to be void of significant content and await the full publication before spending any money.
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  - egonschiele 10y ago
    That's great! Thanks for taking the time to read through that :)