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Ask HN: What are the most valuable things you got out of college education?
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by debanjan16 3y ago
Spivak is single variable calculus only, right? What did you use for multivariable calculus?
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Ask HN: What are the most eye-opening textbooks you have ever read?
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Ask HN: Which is the best course with video lectures you have ever taken?
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Ask HN: What kind of math has made your programming ability level up and how?
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Ask HN: Why do most fresh CS grads write such awful code?
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C211/H211: Introduction to Computer Science(legacy.cs.indiana.edu)
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by debanjan16 3y ago
You are quite right. You can also find the book PLAI by one of the authors of HtDP, Shriram Krishnamurthi. The way he teaches programming languages is eye opening too. I looked at CMU's curriculum once. The first course they take is ba
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by debanjan16 3y ago
Some books on the topics will be highly appreciated by everyone!
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by debanjan16 3y ago
HtDP was my first step towards functional programming. I don't use it extensively. But now I am careful about writing mutation wherever possible.
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by debanjan16 3y ago
It may seem a bit naive. But the ability to write correct functions is what made my code easier to write. And I learnt that from the book How to Design Programs . Thinking in functions have made my life easier in programming, at least.
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by debanjan16 3y ago
An Infinite Descent into Pure Mathematics by Clive Newstead : https://infinitedescent.xyz/ to get into proof based college mathematics.
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by debanjan16 4y ago
For me it was the first time I learnt functional programming in Lisp using Peter Norvig's book called Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming [0]. [0] https://github.com/norvig/paip-lisp
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by debanjan16 4y ago
I never loved biology in school. Then I came across this post: https://jsomers.net/i-should-have-loved-biology/ Then I read Machinery of Life by David S. Goodsell https://www.goodreads.com/en/boo
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Ask HN: Resources to learn how GUI libraries were/are made?
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Ask HN: What projects did you build to get better as a programmer?
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by debanjan16 4y ago
For mathematics: 1. Spivak's Calculus 2. Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach by Hubbard and Hubbard
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Ask HN: Projects that generate good enough income for you?
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Ask HN: What are the greatest computer science courses you have done online?
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by debanjan16 4y ago
Another resource great for understanding how programming languages work is: https://www.plai.org/
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Ask HN: Those who are not in a regular job what is your source of income?
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Which resources helped you the most while getting into coding the non-CS way?
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Ask HN: Coming from a non-CS field into machine learning research?
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CS 61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs [Python](inst.eecs.berkeley.edu)
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Ask HN: People who learnt to program during the pandemic what are you doing now?
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Ask HN: Which are the best MOOCs on CS or related subjects you've taken?
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Ask HN: What were you doing wrong in the pursuit of love and how did you fix it?
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by debanjan16 4y ago
Which book was used?
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Ask HN: Which courses (online or not) have had the greatest impact on you?
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by debanjan16 4y ago
Can you mention some books of this type?

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