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Just wanted to say thanks for mentioning my book! I'm so happy that people are still getting value from it.

by toby 14y ago

beforebeta 14y ago
just wanted to say that your book is what got me interested in data science and python. I would be in a very different place today if it wasn't for your book! So, thank you!
ramses0 14y ago
/metoo! devoured it and learned a lot. I recently dumped a bunch of technical books, but that is one that I kept and plan on keeping for a long time. It's got a timeless nature to it as a "working-reference" compared to only theoretical descriptions or any one specific implementation in "real-world" code.
terhechte 14y ago
It's a fantastic book! I read it years ago (I think shortly after it came out), and I still browse it from time to time. I really learned a lot reading it.
incision 14y ago
>I'm so happy that people are still getting value from it. I took a look at it a few weeks ago based on a recommendation here on HN and have been enjoying it ever since. I'm in the process of trying to extend some very basic programming skills and refresh / extend equally basic math. I started reading expecting something that would assume enough to fly right over in my head. Instead, I found a comfortable pace and very "practical" examples. Every few pages is a delightful "Ohhhh...So that's how that works." demonstration of things that I've always wondered and theorized about, but never understood the mechanics of. It's a great book, one that I expect will end up being pretty significant to me.
ajtaylor 14y ago
I had bought the book a few months ago for work in a big batch, thinking ahead to the time I would need it. That time came a day ago when I needed to do clustering of markers for displaying on a map. A stackoverflow post mentioned the book, so I pulled it out and was wowed! Great stuff so far. I like that the code is in python, which I find easier to read than the java examples in Algorithms of the Intelligent Web. Being a perl guy (and a perl shop), python feels pretty similar and it's easy to port anything I need. If the rest of the book is as good as the clustering chapter, it's going to be a fun treat for my brain!

Just wanted to say thanks for mentioning my book! I'm so happy that people are still getting value from it.

by toby 14y ago

Just wanted to say thanks for mentioning my book! I'm so happy that people are still getting value from it.

just wanted to say that your book is what got me interested in data science and python. I would be in a very different place today if it wasn't for your book! So, thank you!

ramses0 14y ago

/metoo! devoured it and learned a lot. I recently dumped a bunch of technical books, but that is one that I kept and plan on keeping for a long time. It's got a timeless nature to it as a "working-reference" compared to only theoretical descriptions or any one specific implementation in "real-world" code.

terhechte 14y ago

It's a fantastic book! I read it years ago (I think shortly after it came out), and I still browse it from time to time. I really learned a lot reading it.

incision 14y ago

>I'm so happy that people are still getting value from it. I took a look at it a few weeks ago based on a recommendation here on HN and have been enjoying it ever since. I'm in the process of trying to extend some very basic programming skills and refresh / extend equally basic math. I started reading expecting something that would assume enough to fly right over in my head. Instead, I found a comfortable pace and very "practical" examples. Every few pages is a delightful "Ohhhh...So that's how that works." demonstration of things that I've always wondered and theorized about, but never understood the mechanics of. It's a great book, one that I expect will end up being pretty significant to me.

ajtaylor 14y ago

I had bought the book a few months ago for work in a big batch, thinking ahead to the time I would need it. That time came a day ago when I needed to do clustering of markers for displaying on a map. A stackoverflow post mentioned the book, so I pulled it out and was wowed! Great stuff so far. I like that the code is in python, which I find easier to read than the java examples in Algorithms of the Intelligent Web. Being a perl guy (and a perl shop), python feels pretty similar and it's easy to port anything I need. If the rest of the book is as good as the clustering chapter, it's going to be a fun treat for my brain!