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Jota
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read in March 2026
Jota said:
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This book was great, but I don’t know why.It’s hard to put my finger on why this book was great.
Maybe it was Bodner’s unexpected sense of humor in the middle of a technical discussion.
Maybe it was the realization that by the end I could write simple ...more "
Reading is, of course, a supremely personal – even selfish – activity. Each person consumes reading matter in accordance with his or her own likes and dislikes, which no one else can pronounce simply to be right or wrong, proper or warped.
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“It matters who is included in the average, and who is excluded.”
― Statistics : David Freedman: International Student Edition
― Statistics : David Freedman: International Student Edition
“A dead program normally does a lot less damage than a crippled one.”
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
― The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
“You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behaviours than from hearing surprising facts from the behaviour of others”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“To be gullible is to not be in control, and the old brain - the part that is concerned with survival - always wants us to be in control.”
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“In this world, you should always be suspicious of the knowledge you derive from data.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Jota’s 2025 Year in Books
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