Superficially, this book looks like one that I would enjoy (if not for your anti-recommendation causing me to steer clear). Because of this, I would wager that you would have an interesting answer to “if someone was considering the above book, what’s a book you would recommend they read instead?”.
In the spirit of “take a book, leave a book”, one of my favourite non-fiction books for a general audience is “Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life”. This recommendation is beyond the topic of the current thread, but in terms of enjoyable books that made me feel smarter, I love this one; I read it as a biochemistry undergraduate, and I was surprised at how much I learned from it.
You know you’re a tech nerd when 256 sounds more even than 250 or 300. 😅
Or a maths nerd!
It kind of is “more even”.
256 is just 2⁸
250 is 2x5³
300 is 2²x3¹x5²
Any division of 256 with an integer and integer result will be even. Most divisions of 250 and 300 with an integer and integer result will be odd.
256/256 is not even
Disregarding the trivial exceptions… waves hands
Even that is odd.
Or when it’s bothering you that it’s 256 and not 255… aren’t we counting 0 anymore? :/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dangerous_Idea
One of the most annoying books I ever read. Every page made me feel stupider and more uneducated.
Superficially, this book looks like one that I would enjoy (if not for your anti-recommendation causing me to steer clear). Because of this, I would wager that you would have an interesting answer to “if someone was considering the above book, what’s a book you would recommend they read instead?”.
In the spirit of “take a book, leave a book”, one of my favourite non-fiction books for a general audience is “Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life”. This recommendation is beyond the topic of the current thread, but in terms of enjoyable books that made me feel smarter, I love this one; I read it as a biochemistry undergraduate, and I was surprised at how much I learned from it.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Or when it’s bothering you that people forget the difference between counting and indexing.
You can index to 255 in an 8 but number, but your count is still 256 when you get there.
Fair point 😄
If there are two things I hate in this world, it’s off by one errors.