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While still pondering about an e-book reader, I'm with this at the moment:
Using Geiser and Chicken Scheme for the exercises, of course. :)
Using Geiser and Chicken Scheme for the exercises, of course. :)
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^ Thanks for both!
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Ok, finally got me a Kindle Paperwhite. I already uploaded many books, there isn't much I could add to the reviews out there: it's really good. Calibre does wonders too. Thanks for the tips, guys.
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^ Thanks for the feedback. So you can read PDFs straight or do you have to convert and crop? :)
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^ Some of them just works out of the box. When I'm not that lucky, I convert them.
So far only one PDF didn't work, despite all the conversion tricks I tried. I guess it's because of its layout: multi-column pages, huge images. 1 out of more than 20, though, so I won't rant about it. ;)
So far only one PDF didn't work, despite all the conversion tricks I tried. I guess it's because of its layout: multi-column pages, huge images. 1 out of more than 20, though, so I won't rant about it. ;)
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Not sure if I already posted this, not an e-book per se but you can download everything to PDF or just read online, a fantastic source of history.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826760/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
Read this article some days ago, especially for Bacon ;):
http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/crossroads ... e-caucasus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826760/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
Read this article some days ago, especially for Bacon ;):
http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/crossroads ... e-caucasus
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HOWTO Debian Administrators Handbook (link)
This looks like it may contain useful information
https://debian-handbook.info/download/s ... ndbook.pdf
What are your thoughts?
https://debian-handbook.info/download/s ... ndbook.pdf
What are your thoughts?
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^ We already posted the handbook in this thread, not really a how-to. I keep it organized. ;)
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^ Waaaait, a minute, wasn't that pidsley's avatar at some point? Where is he btw? :(
Someone told me that I am delusional, I almost fell off my unicorn.
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simgin, thanks for asking -- see my sig. Also see here. I often use Oppenheimer as my avatar -- he is a personal hero of mine, as much for his flaws as for his achievements. My current avatar is Roscoe G. Dickinson, who was Linus Pauling's doctoral advisor.
GekkoP, that is one of the better Oppenheimer biographies. If you want to read more about the history of the Manhattan project, go here first:
Richard Rhodes is (IMO) one of the best documentary writers out there. He got the Pulitzer Prize for that book, so I must not be alone in that opinion.
And, as it happens, the Trinity test was 70 years ago last week (July 16, 1945.) It is hard to believe that we haven't blown ourselves up yet.
GekkoP, that is one of the better Oppenheimer biographies. If you want to read more about the history of the Manhattan project, go here first:
Richard Rhodes is (IMO) one of the best documentary writers out there. He got the Pulitzer Prize for that book, so I must not be alone in that opinion.
And, as it happens, the Trinity test was 70 years ago last week (July 16, 1945.) It is hard to believe that we haven't blown ourselves up yet.
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^ Thank you for the tip, added to my list. I'm around chapter 9 of the Oppenheimer biography: beautifully written and very, very interesting.
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Unix System Programming Guide
Available here: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... _Jan83.pdf
Available here: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ ... _Jan83.pdf
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For those interested.
http://www.amazon.com/It-Starts-With-Fo ... 1628600543
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pivuyuuuti26h ... .epub?dl=0
http://www.amazon.com/It-Starts-With-Fo ... 1628600543
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pivuyuuuti26h ... .epub?dl=0
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