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An alternative to "Never buy a book" that I think is more fair is buying a couple of copies after I'm finished with a book and sending them to others if I find
by kick 7y ago
An alternative to "Never buy a book" that I think is more fair is buying a couple of copies after I'm finished with a book and sending them to others if I find I enjoy them. A $50 Tensorflow book may not be initially affordable for some people, but assuming you got an understanding of Tensorflow out of it, you'll be able to convert the knowledge to at least $50 pretty easily.
- sillysaurusx 7y agoAh I see. What is the mechanism by which I can convert my knowledge of Tensorflow into $50 cash in pocket? If you mean "go work for someone," then certainly. But that involves working for someone. Almost everybody on HN works for someone; many are less well-off than they seem. Students, for example. One reason this is true is that GCE offers $300 credit for new accounts, and TFRC emphasizes that you should sign up for a new account before activating TFRC. $300 ain't much. If that didn't matter, they certainly wouldn't bother mentioning it. Yet $50 is 1/6th of $300. Of course, buy them if you can afford to. I probably didn't emphasize that enough.
- bransonf 7y agoThat $300 on Google Cloud is exactly what enabled me to learn as much as I know now about cloud computing. And to Google’s advantage, it made me really like the platform. Luckily, at this point someone else foots the cloud bill for me, but I’m still loyal to GCE just for giving me the opportunity to explore.