Right, exactly: when that much care is put into a resource, I truly feel that I enjoy it more, even if the material itself might seem dry at first. Those kinds of feeling books are truly special.
It's not really CS, but alongside the books you have listed (I have most of those physically and as eBooks!) I absolutely adore "The Art of Electronics" as the Bible to electronics. It's definitely helped me out immensely.
Completely agreed. Plus the fact that all my notes are in plain text, (somewhat) editable on my phone/iPad, and easily searchable, switching to something else doesn't make sense to me yet.
I fairly often do something like this. I have a simple CLI project that I write that hits a few web APIs and reads a file. It's fairly simple, but these are the kind of basic things I want to know in each language.
I then benchmark it and go and try to make it as idiomatic according to that languages style.
This seems to go against the nature of open source, and almost feels wrong. I see how it enables monetisation (pay for my sponsor and you get both the app and source!) but I don't think I could justify using it.
I know there was a widespread issue of counterfeit copies of "The Art of Electronics" to the point where the book's official website has a large warning on the front page.
Luckily you can return stuff to Amazon, but makes me think, does that mean someone else will have to deal with purchasing that book?
I already love a lot of things at Pimoroni, but that Tiny2040 looks great for experimenting with! The wireless pack also seems interesting, might experiment with that concept on a custom board.
I honestly loving using it as well, hence the post. I have not always had the best time with the Parallax Propeller (was going to use it for a work project last week but ended up going a different route) but when I have played with it the experience was awesome.
The RP2040 usually just works for me, and the PIO is awesome. I've had a few cool automation projects at home that the RP2040 was the easiest thing to just get up and running with. In the past I would've gone with something in the STM family, but I'm very happy and impressed with the RP2040/Pi Pico.
Jazz vibraphonist here: pretty sure there isn't a definitive "minor scale," as you say. 4 (3?) of the modes are considered minor, 2 major, and the weird one (dominant 7). So I completely agree it's a bit misleading to just call things "the minor scale."
Although I do think I was initially taught the "minor scale" was the natural minor, so that may be where the OPs decision comes from.
Edit: Just saw info on the site. It is using natural.
Might be in general, but for Ivy League and higher schools, they've seen record application numbers. I got denied from MIT and was told that they won't even refer due to the enormous amounts of applicants.
The author has been doing a great job of keeping the book updated, and constantly emails news and progress reports. Kudos to his interaction with the community!