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What are you currently reading, and general thoughts so far? (kbin.social)

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Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist.

I am digging it so far, about 50% through and it's a fun ride.

So what are you all reading?

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[–] nivenkos 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Code 2nd Edition - it's a huge slog even compared to Nand2Tetris, with so many chapters focussed on Electronic Engineering.

I want to get to the end though as he added new chapters for machine learning and AI, etc. (although just before the release of ChatGPT lol)

[–] thecdc1995 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software"? I've heard only good things about that book. Do you do any coding or related engineering? Do you think it's more or less fun the more related knowledge you have?

I work in software and was wondering if it's worth it.

[–] nivenkos 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I work as a software engineer and have completed the Nand2Tetris course which is similar.

But a solid third of the book is pure electronic engineering - flip-flops, tri-state buffers, etc. with lots and lots of circuit diagrams. it almost feels like a reference guide, but as a paperback isn't useful like that. It's even less approachable than Designing Data-Intensive Applications for example.

Nand2Tetris is awesome though, that is 1000% recommended.