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> "...makes you put the book down, stare into the middle distance, and go “whoa”. The kinds of books that leave a lasting imprint on your mind." 100% solid agree. That's what makes a book worthwhile to read. I saw The Ma
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I read Permutation City some months back, and it was truly great. Loved it. I am going to read many more of his books.
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I loved Snow Crash especially because it is rare to see western scifi authors base so much of a story on early history or mythology. I have read a number of novels in Bengali that are like this, but was refreshing to see one famous book by
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I am just here to thank HN for introducing me to Neal Stephenson. My life has been made better by reading his books. It's so nice that someone writes books for smart people. All and every book I read before were for the lowest common d
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I would like a link to the video. Thanks.
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I used FAISS at work in the beginning of this year, and it was fantastic. Company I worked for has massive private medical datasets and will never agree to non-local models or methods. FAISS [0] is wonderful. Give it a try. You can work wit
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> "I'm looking for the Swahili and the Japanese of programming. Something completely different, that will expand the ways I'm thinking about programming." APL/J [0][1] and Haskell [2][3]. Ways-of-thinking expan
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Yeah, same for me. The more I learn the internals, the more magical it gets. We are literally making pieces of sand, rock- think. That's magical. The same happened to me when I studied Physics with great care.
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Thanks for sharing it. I will surely check it out.
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I have watched The Lord of The Rings trilogy- extended edition many times, something like 7/8 times. There are two series that I have watched 2/3 times- The Wire and Narcos first two seasons with Wagner Moura. I have also wa
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I very highly recommend World War Z the audiobook version. It's great, and IMO, much better than the movie.
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The Quest 2 has a NON-REPLACEABLE battery? Whoa. I was considering buying one, but I won't buy it anymore.
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The Indian Philosopher that is gravely missing from the article is Nagarjuna. The kinds of questions the author raises, the path he is treading on, will benefit from the study of Shunyata Philosophy of Madhyamika school, especially Nagarjun
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Does it have to be old to be a "classic"? If not, by far, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez is my favorite novel by a Nobel winner. It's great, epic, and lovely to read. If you include epics, Mahabharata is actuall
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How do you identify when you are going through depression, and not a temporary down-trending mood for some situation? What are your tools for dealing with it? Any book/therapy came in handy?
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> whose name is a corruption of Alexandria No. Gandhara finds its name in way older documents such as Mahabharata. The people of Gandhara were called Gandharva. According to Mahabharata, these were people skilled in archery, wars, and al
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I agree. But I commented because there is a significant overlap between the two. For Indian mythology, many, many people believe that their Gods are historical characters, too. And I have seen plenty of non-zealous, non-fundamentalist, hatr
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Just being able to choose people you spend time with is a huge plus. When you are in school, you are forced to be with some people, and see them everyday despite not liking them even a bit. Growing up fixed this. Now I can choose . What wo
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Hey, I am from India, and it's exactly the same here. Looking down on people for focusing on studies and scoring good on tests is such an American thing! In India, geeks and nerds are celebrated.
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Not GP. But most Indian corporate companies are sweatshops requiring you to work 10-12 hours a day. And most people live about 30 minutes to 2 hours away from their office. So, count in commute, too. There’s simply no time for family, let a
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It's not all or nothing. I live in small town India since Covid and WFH, and I spent my childhood here. The thing is, with this much tightknit society, people are often loudly judgemental and requires you to conform. But, there are alw
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> "In a secular age, I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks." Wow. I have thought about this, too.
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JK Jerome is the author that has made me laugh the loudest and most times. Try the novel "Three Men in a Boat" . It's extremely funny. I loved Candide, and will try the other one.
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Even if you are a plumber or an electrician, the job gets physically very demanding and hard when you are in your late 40s and early 50s. It is near impossible when you are 60+. The charm of white collar labor is, you can keep doing it till
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Yes, I got that. My question was- what prevents you from simply uploading a PDF of the book to GitHub, GitLab, etc.?
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Yeah, it's more like a parallel reality which you can switch into. And sometimes the switching happens involuntarily.
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There is something called "Hyperphantasia" and yes, it is what it sounds like. But, there are much less scientific studies for this, as opposed to aphantasia.
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What if the one of the authors themselves do it? And it is also meant to be free according to them?
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Programming in Haskell, 2ed by Graham Hutton [0] is the best resource, in my opinion. It also has two comprehensive YouTube playlists that are accessible, rigorous, and fun to watch [1]. Those who learn well from a text resource, Haskell MO
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Forgive me if I am saying something wrong. But what stops you from uploading a PDF file to GitHub, GitLab, or Archive.org?

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