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September 10
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Adam
marked as to-read:
Anathem (Hardcover)
by Neal Stephenson
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September 08
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Adam
is currently reading:
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by Daniel Keyes
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June 25
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Adam
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications (Paperback)
by Toby Segaran
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Adam said:
"This book is a survey of machine learning algorithms useful for tasks like spam filters and recommendation engines. It's a great book if you're a practicing programmer that want to get thing done, less great if you're looking for a deep exploration ...more
This book is a survey of machine learning algorithms useful for tasks like spam filters and recommendation engines. It's a great book if you're a practicing programmer that want to get thing done, less great if you're looking for a deep exploration of a particular topic.
There's a few things I liked about it. The most important feature of the book is its breadth. It covers a variety of useful algorithms, from more well known techniques (Baysian filters) to recent developments (support vector machines).
Another thing I liked about this book was the example problems all use real-world datasets. RSS feeds, the Facebook API, and live flight searches are all used in various places.
One excellent feature of the book is the example code builds at each step. Generic algorithms written in earlier chapters are reused or extended in later chapters. In addition to being good software design, this lets the reader see how a concept (e.g. optimization) can be applied in different contexts.
The book makes liberal use of the interactive interpreter to explore the algorithms, and the code itself is fairly readable (though not fantastic). ...less
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June 06
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New comment on Lorrie's review of
The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?
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April 12
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Adam
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (Mass Market Paperback)
by Malcolm X
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read in March, 2008
Adam said:
"I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. Sometimes a book becomes a "classic" for reasons other that have little to do with being enjoyable reading material, and I suspected this might be one of them. I was very, very wrong. This bo...more
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. Sometimes a book becomes a "classic" for reasons other that have little to do with being enjoyable reading material, and I suspected this might be one of them. I was very, very wrong. This book is both an enjoyable read and good learning experience. I came a with a new respect for Malcom X. In particular I was impressed by that fact that he was able to re-evaluate deeply held beliefs in the face of new information. That's a rare and noble trait.
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March 30
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Adam
marked as to-read:
I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You (Paperback)
by Bill Green
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March 27
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Adam
marked as to-read:
Dhalgren (Paperback)
by Samuel R. Delany
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January 26
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Adam
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Shantaram (Paperback)
by Gregory David Roberts
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January 17
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Adam made a comment on Will's profile:
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