All my highlights from Math for English Majors by #BenOrlin, he of the lovely #Maths apology blog and even lovelier stick figures

https://janusworx.com/reading/math-for-english-majors-ben-orlin/

#Arts #Math #Mathematics #Books #Reading

#BenOrlin, #maths, #arts, #math, #mathematics, #books, #reading

My version of Keep Calm and Carry On

#Books #Reading #Life #Coping

#books, #reading, #life, #coping

It was Harrow that did me in, but yea #TLT will do that to you 😂

via harrowharksboner on tumblr, https://www.tumblr.com/harrowharksboner/774643708183363584

#TamsynMuir #TheLockedTomb #GideonTheNinth #Books #Reading #Humour

#tlt, #tamsynmuir, #TheLockedTomb, #gideontheninth, #books, #reading, #humour

Such a good list!
#Books #Reading
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/02/booklish/

#books, #reading

… “there is no such thing as the essential spirit of a text, because what is “essential” will vary from person to person. it is, again, all interpretation.”

Notes on adaptation, https://www.tumblr.com/trans-elrond/722964776975728640/a-general-reply-to-people-in-the-notes-assigned

#Books #Films #Media #Adaptation

#books, #films, #media, #adaptation

“i will start and not finish whatever the fuck i want”, is exactly the thing I needed to hear today :)

https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/765964861184278528

via DD’s Tumblr (#DianeDuane)

#Reading #Writing #Books #Creativity #Arts

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#DianeDuane, #reading, #writing, #books, #creativity, #arts

Here’s what I read last month

86. Head First Go, Jay McGavren
87. The Rest is History, The Roman Conquest of Britain, Episodes 499-502
88. All Systems Red, Martha Wells
89. Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
90. Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells
91. Exit Strategy, Martha Wells
92. Network Effect, Martha Wells
93. Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells
94. System Collapse, Martha Wells
95. Grit, Angela Duckworth
96. The Art of Resilience, Ross Edgley
97. When the World Screamed, Arthur Conan Doyle
98. The Disintegration Machine, Arthur Conan Doyle
99. The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle
100. The Captain of the Polestar, Arthur Conan Doyle
101. Playing With Fire, Arthur Conan Doyle
102. How It Happened, Arthur Conan Doyle
103. One Crowded Hour, Arthur Conan Doyle
104. The Fall of Lord Barrymore, Arthur Conan Doyle
105. Dreams With Sharp Teeth, Harlan Ellison & Erik Nelson
106. A Rare Benedictine, Ellis Peters
107. A Morbid Taste for Bones, Ellis Peters
108. Once Corpse Too Many, Ellis Peters
109. Monk’s Hood, Ellis Peters
110. Saint Peter’s Fair, Ellis Peters
111. The Leper of Saint Giles, Ellis Peters
112. The Sealed Room, Arthur Conan Doyle
113. The Lost Special, Arthur Conan Doyle
114. The Sanctuary Sparrow, Ellis Peters
115. Github Actions in Action, Michael Kaufmann, Rob Bos & Marcel de Vries
116. Strange Beasts, Susan J. Morris
117. Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie
118. Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go, Ricardo Gerardi
119. Murder in Mesopotamia, Agatha Christie
120. The Devil’s Novice, Ellis Peters
121. Dead Man’s Ransom, Ellis Peters
122. The Pilgrim of Hate, Ellis Peters

The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2024/

#mjbReads #Books #mjbBooks #Reading #mjbReading

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#mjbreads, #books, #mjbbooks, #reading, #mjbreading

You should write in your #Books

— Ben Orlin

#Reading #Notes #Learning #NoteTaking

https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024/10/29/please-deface-my-books/

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#books, #reading, #notes, #learning, #notetaking

Fellow #Programmers, #Coders (and possibly #Mathematicians) lend me wisdom!

I’m learning from books and I “know” the best way to learn from them is to work through them. But what I don’t know is how I’m doing. I’m often frustrated at my pace, since I don’t know what normal is.

And I need to learn stuff, to land a job. (I’m old. I want to pivot into a remote job, ergo devops. Anyway, that’s enough about me.)

So here’s the question(s),

1. How long do you take to work through a new text / proof / new book on a new topic that you don’t know?

2. How long did it take you (if you remember) when you were just starting out?
3. Were you doing this on your own?
4. Were there other people / things / places that aided you?

Please boost, to help a slow learner?! Thank you!

#Coding #Maths #Books #Workbooks

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#programmers, #coders, #mathematicians, #coding, #maths, #books, #Workbooks

Two good authors I follow, from two different worlds: Kitty Kildare & David Kadavy have had their books blocked on Amazon for unspecified reasons.

@mwl was paranoid when he diversified
@mwl was prescient
and @mwl was right

• https://preview.mailerlite.com/k8n5h7p8g0/2598641257727136384/h0j6/
• https://kadavy.net/blog/posts/september-2024-income-report/

Buy their books and support them if you can.

#Authors #Books #BookPublishing

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#authors, #books, #BookPublishing