I may have found the post by Michael Nielson I was looking for... on Hacker News! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item

I may have found the post by Michael Nielson I was looking for... on Hacker News! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666615 In particular, this piece of advice he gives still rings true to my ears: Often, when struggling with a book or paper, it's not you that's the problem, it's the author. Finding another source can quickly clear stuff up.