One of my coworkers seemed very surprised when I said I buy physical copies of books and read them. He asked why buy books when you can read them online, and wouldn't it be better to read articles or watch YouTube videos instead? I've always learned best from good books, but it seems like no one reads any more.
If something is going to be a good resource I buy the physical copy. I prefer reading a physical book, and it's nice to have a physical collection I can draw from.
I buy textbooks all the time and am slightly addicted. There's so much cool stuff to learn about and you're definitely never going to get it from work except in rare cases.
It depends. If I want to learn something end to end, I love having the physical book. If I want to use something to do just one thing, I'd rather search for the quick tutorial on that one aspect. Depending on what the thing is, I sometimes prefer the online course approach.
I haven’t opened a book in years, except for the books I read my kids. A quick Bing search on just about any topic can easily give so much up to date information, there’s really no reason to get a book that’s just out of date in a year.
What topics are outdated after a year? The topics I read haven't changed much in decades
Technical books in general. It’s true that the basics of the book will remain good for a while, but any libraries or technologies you have in the books are going to be replaced with an updated release, which will have more features and new things you can do. If you stick with your book, sure, that stuff should continue to work. But if your books is on the 2.0 release, you won’t know anything about the new features in version 2.1, or the better architecture in 3.0 that enables so much more. If you’re talking hardware technical books, then that’s a little slower paced for radical changes. But software changes frequently.
28 here, some manuals were never published electronically. Read these prices in the eBook: https://books.google.com/books?id=lSppn9HCyisC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=at%26t+235+manuals&source=bl&ots=NPA26bstkj&sig=pj0LYTjNuXCzqrCrx8d6T6sfmco&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSr4SiqPLZAhUlxoMKHZUWBOoQ6AEwDnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=at%26t%20235%20manuals&f=false
I buy books both textbooks and others. I need to have a physical copy for any meaningful reading.
Same here. Cannot seem to retain and recall info if I haven't read it in a physical book. Sorry trees 🙁
I'm 25, the only books I've read in the last 5 years are technically books. Sure there are minutes I gain from blogs but more thorough insight and broad process strokes I have learned from technical books.
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Those who read books: please suggest the ones you thought were good. Having a hard time finding good cloud architecture patterns, DevOps, ML books etc.
ML: elements of statistical learning, deep learning by Goodfellow, ml a probabilistic perspective by Murphy The first one is a classic and very readable. It does a good job of stating ideas correctly but doesn't do much for rigorous proofs. Hits all the basics. The second book is basically just the only one on DL. The third I don't have but have heard good things.
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How old are you? I still prefer reading books over YouTube videos. but having books on pdf is great since I can have them with me on flights.