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One Hundred Books in April from Hacker News
- tw1010 9y agoReally wish it would link back to the original comments so you could see them in context.
- tomjen3 9y agoCompletely agree with this. Some of the books seem eh kinda strange.
- adjkant 9y agoIf you click on book details, it will list the comments that linked to them. It also exposes that the "top" books are really only 1-2 mentions. Sadly it still doesn't link to the actual thread still. Example: http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/xsKNoA/Against-Empathy-The-Case-for-Rational-Compassion http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/xsKNoA/Against-Empathy-The-C...
- guohuang 9y agoThank you for your suggestion, we have added a link to the original thread, please check it out: http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/Ze2lQw/The-Managers-Path-A-Guide-for-Tech-Leaders-Navigating-Growth-and-Change http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/Ze2lQw/The-Managers-Path-A-G... Regarding to the low mentions count issue, it is mainly because not many people in the community talked about the same books within a month, looking at the yearly view will get better result, http://toptalkedbooks.com/hackernews/2017 http://toptalkedbooks.com/hackernews/2017 Thanks
- adjkant 9y agoAwesome! Glad to see the change! I won't be a user but for those that do I am sure it is very helpful.
- leandot 9y agohttp://hackernewsbooks.com http://hackernewsbooks.com does that
- maaaats 9y agoWhy not link to first page?
- sctb 9y agoWe've updated the link from the second page to the first.
- thejteam 9y agoWe need to talk a lot more about fiction. The Little Engine That Could and The Grapes of Wrath are good and all...
- AndrewOMartin 9y agoI've clearly not mentioned What Computers Still Can't Do in comments enough to make What Computers Still Can't Do appear on this list, which is a shame as I love What Computers Still Can't Do, and What Computers Still Can't Do is very relevant to this community of programmers with much technical skill, but little philosophical background.
- swyx 9y agothat's amazing, tell me more about What Computers Still Can't Do!
- AndrewOMartin 9y agoSee my response to zhte415 for more on What Computers Still Can't Do.
- zhte415 9y agoCurrently working in Operations and hence automation and robotics a current fashionable theses, I'm actually genuinely interested in the book What Computers Still Can't Do.
- AndrewOMartin 9y agoTry this review of What Computers Still Can't Do from 1993. http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/haugeland/dreyfus.pdf http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/haugeland/dreyf... It might help to know that What Computers Still Can't Do (1992) is a slight update to What Computers Can't Do (1972). This review was written by John Haugeland who in his own right was an influential, pioneering, and much loved name in the field of the philosophy of AI.
- zhte415 9y agoThank you. That paper was really good.
- wjh_ 9y ago
- ianai 9y ago1929: the great crash by Galbraith for anybody looking for a crash course on economics in a practical context.
- dfps 9y agoEDIT: Nevermind. You already did this. >>Could you average out titles for the whole year? and for all records?
- dfps 9y agoYou might consider doing this for research papers cited (although the titles might be harder to find if people don't use the exact title when they cite). Which bring a question most people are probably interested in: What is the method this site works on?
- kristianc 9y agoIt's probably harder to slap affiliate links on research papers.
- iiv 9y agoMost seem to fit the pattern of "One thing: And another thing"
- swyx 9y agoblame publishers (and by extension the bookbuying public) for that, not authors
- Jackim 9y agoIs the font rendering difficult to read for anyone else? Chrome/Windows 10.
- everdev 9y agoWhat's with all these book aggregate sites lately? It seems like the new ToDo list project. http://hackernewsbooks.com/ http://hackernewsbooks.com/ http://www.dev-books.com/ http://www.dev-books.com/ http://toptalkedbooks.com/ http://toptalkedbooks.com/ http://reddittopbooks.com/tech/ http://reddittopbooks.com/tech/
- mynewtb 9y agoLazy way to get some 'passive' income by letting others curate content and slap your affiliate tags on it.
- guohuang 9y agotoptalkedbooks.com offers statistic of how many times a book was mentioned from HN, StackOverflow and reddit. This is the major difference in terms of data. here is an example: http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/j5PVXg/Working-Effectively-with-Legacy-Code http://toptalkedbooks.com/books/j5PVXg/Working-Effectively-w...
- weston 9y agoHey OP, Great website! I read a book that was recommended on HN probably 6 or 7 years ago and I've spent the longest time trying to remember the name of it. My local library that I borrowed it from doesn't keep checkout history records so they couldn't look it up for me. I looked at your website and sorted by all-time and found it: "Winning Through Intimidation" by Robert Ringer! I had even remembered the turtle on the cover but still couldnt't find it by Googling. Thanks for the site!
- jrs235 9y agoWonder if I read that book off the same recommendation back then or if you read it off my recommendation? It's a great book! You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen is another good one from that time period. (See my profile)
- weston 9y agoNo idea, but either way, I agree that it's a great book! I'll be sure to check out that other one, thanks for the rec!
- guohuang 9y agoI am glad that our website help you find the right book. This is truly our purpose of creating this website. Quick tips, if you have your favorite books, you can submit the amazon links here, we will be able to index them.
- johndoe22 9y agohttp://booksoverflows.com/ http://booksoverflows.com/ is the same kind of site for StackOverflow books.