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The first book I clicked on is not free. http://hackershelf.com/book/129/97-things-every-programmer-should-know/ http://hackershelf.com/book/129/97-things-ever
by taoufix 11y ago
The first book I clicked on is not free.
http://hackershelf.com/book/129/97-things-every-programmer-should-know/ http://hackershelf.com/book/129/97-things-every-programmer-s...
- DanBC 11y agoThat was mentioned three years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3589963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3589963 The site appears to use a loose definition of free.
- okal 11y ago> "loose definition" How so? I state quite explicitly what sort of content is welcome. If the contents of the book are available for free from a site controlled by the author(s) or publisher, it is free enough for the purposes of the site. If you care enough and find a book that doesn't meet that standard, you can flag it, and I can have a look to confirm this.
- jamessantiago 11y agoThis looks to be the main content of the book: http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contributions_Appearing_in_the_Book http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contri...
- yitchelle 11y agoTrue. but on the other hand, it is a good list of books for the HN crowd. That in itself makes this site a good resource. Lets focus on the positive here...
- okal 11y agoIt is http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contributions_Appearing_in_the_Book http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Contri... If it isn't, all you need to do is flag it.