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For anyone reading this and thinking about spending your last 10 bucks on a programming book please use Libgen or a free mooc

rroot 4y ago
It was an amazing day when I discovered b-ok.
solatic 4y ago
I get the feeling OP bought that book a long, long time ago, long before libgen was ever a thing.
Otek 4y ago
Well yes and no. Spending money on something, especially when you’re short on money, makes you value it more and overall for me this would make it more likely to actually go through that book. But that’s me.
- annyeonghada 4y ago
  For me it's totally irrelevant how many money I spent in how much I value something. I have numerous overpriced textbook in my shelf that I've never read, on the other end my libgen textbook are used constantly and got me through university.
Bakary 4y ago
Reference books are the one thing it's a good idea to spend money on, because flipping back and forth through a digital copy is still a miserable experience
- deskamess 4y ago
  If they can make flipping a finger pinch worth of pages somehow doable that would be killer. Some sort of wide-pinch gesture with a semi transparent overlay of the page you are going to flip to with your current pinch width. A foldable reader with readable panels on each sides when you open it. You can flip pages either way. Pen for annotation if possible. Create/edit your own documents. An icon tap to overlay another document (a note, book page, research paper) so you can add to it or copy from it to the underlying panel. A reader mode (distraction free) when simply reading. A document mode when you are doing something that requires writing (including simple annotations). I like books and flipping through them. However if you can blend a book reader with a great note taker that would be ideal.
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  - codexjourneys 4y ago
    Funny enough VCRs had this decades ago, the double-fast-forward skipped forward a few minutes. Why e-readers can't do this with a similar symbol to skip forward 25 pages is a mystery to me.
nowherebeen 4y ago
Also library suggestions are great too if you can wait a few months. I usually suggest a bunch of books not just for me, but other people that might be on the same career path as me.
ornornor 4y ago
Or even your local library
wellthisisgreat 4y ago
Idk I got a grasp on programming because I spent a summer in the library with books on programming and a hard rule of not leaving for even a coffee until i have done at least a full chapter and all exercises. I kept the phone turned off and only touched the laptop once I was ready for exercises and after 2-3 hours was too terrified to lose focus if I didn’t go straight into code. Would have never happened with MOOC, as there would have been all kinds of drifting away. I owe my ability to hyper focus to that time
tomcam 4y ago
Wait where are you getting programming books for $10?

rroot 4y ago

It was an amazing day when I discovered b-ok.

solatic 4y ago

I get the feeling OP bought that book a long, long time ago, long before libgen was ever a thing.

Otek 4y ago

Well yes and no. Spending money on something, especially when you’re short on money, makes you value it more and overall for me this would make it more likely to actually go through that book. But that’s me.

annyeonghada 4y ago
For me it's totally irrelevant how many money I spent in how much I value something. I have numerous overpriced textbook in my shelf that I've never read, on the other end my libgen textbook are used constantly and got me through university.

Bakary 4y ago

Reference books are the one thing it's a good idea to spend money on, because flipping back and forth through a digital copy is still a miserable experience

deskamess 4y ago
If they can make flipping a finger pinch worth of pages somehow doable that would be killer. Some sort of wide-pinch gesture with a semi transparent overlay of the page you are going to flip to with your current pinch width. A foldable reader with readable panels on each sides when you open it. You can flip pages either way. Pen for annotation if possible. Create/edit your own documents. An icon tap to overlay another document (a note, book page, research paper) so you can add to it or copy from it to the underlying panel. A reader mode (distraction free) when simply reading. A document mode when you are doing something that requires writing (including simple annotations). I like books and flipping through them. However if you can blend a book reader with a great note taker that would be ideal.
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- codexjourneys 4y ago
  Funny enough VCRs had this decades ago, the double-fast-forward skipped forward a few minutes. Why e-readers can't do this with a similar symbol to skip forward 25 pages is a mystery to me.

nowherebeen 4y ago

Also library suggestions are great too if you can wait a few months. I usually suggest a bunch of books not just for me, but other people that might be on the same career path as me.

ornornor 4y ago

Or even your local library

wellthisisgreat 4y ago

Idk I got a grasp on programming because I spent a summer in the library with books on programming and a hard rule of not leaving for even a coffee until i have done at least a full chapter and all exercises. I kept the phone turned off and only touched the laptop once I was ready for exercises and after 2-3 hours was too terrified to lose focus if I didn’t go straight into code. Would have never happened with MOOC, as there would have been all kinds of drifting away. I owe my ability to hyper focus to that time

tomcam 4y ago

Wait where are you getting programming books for $10?