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Jon Gauthier is on page 111 of 499 of The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Ah, I was hoping this book would be different.. Pinker writes about fascinating topics, but spends way too much time (for me, a very amateur linguist, at least) shooting down every other theory that contradicts his own.
— Jun 27, 2012 07:48AM Add a comment
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature


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Jon Gauthier is on page 19 of 254 of Understanding MySQL Internals: Discovering and Improving a Great Database
Reading through this quickly just to get a glimpse of the general structure and complexity of a large software system. (No plans to become a MySQL dev ;) )
— Jun 26, 2012 12:17PM Add a comment
Understanding MySQL Internals: Discovering and Improving a Great Database

Jon Gauthier
Jon Gauthier is 27% done with The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
Loved the chapter on information theory. Not sure about this real analysis, though.
— Jun 24, 2012 08:43AM Add a comment
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
























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Jon Gauthier is on page 62 of 426 of Mathematical Structures for Computer Science: A Primer
Making progress.. very slowly :)
— May 27, 2012 08:32PM Add a comment
Mathematical Structures for Computer Science: A Primer

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