I've posted this before but I'll repost it here:

Now in terms of the question that you ask in the title - this is what I recommend:

Job Interview Prep

1. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
   
2. Programming Interviews Exposed: Coding Your Way Through the Interview
   
3. Introduction to Algorithms
   
4. The Algorithm Design Manual
   
5. Effective Java
   
6. Concurrent Programming in Java™: Design Principles and Pattern
   
7. Modern Operating Systems
   
8. Programming Pearls
   
9. Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientists
   
   

   Junior Software Engineer Reading List
   

   
   

   Read This First
   

   
   

10. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
    
    

    Fundementals
    

    
    

11. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
    
12. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
    
13. Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach
    
14. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
    
15. Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software
    
16. Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing
    
17. Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application
    
    

    Understanding Professional Software Environments
    

    
    

18. Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game
    
19. Software Project Survival Guide
    
20. The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky
    
21. Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams
    
22. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules
    
23. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
    
    

    Mentality
    

    
    

24. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
    
25. Against Method
    
26. The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development
    
    

    History
    

    
    

27. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
    
28. Computing Calamities: Lessons Learned from Products, Projects, and Companies That Failed
    
29. The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management
    
    

    Mid Level Software Engineer Reading List
    

    
    

    Read This First
    

    
    

30. Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
    
    

    Fundementals
    

    
    

31. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
    
32. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
    
33. Solid Code
    
34. Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code
    
35. Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative
    
36. Writing Solid Code
    
    

    Software Design
    

    
    

37. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
    
38. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
    
39. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
    
40. Domain-Driven Design Distilled
    
41. Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design
    
42. Design Patterns in C# - Even though this is specific to C# the pattern can be used in any OO language.
    
43. Refactoring to Patterns
    
    

    Software Engineering Skill Sets
    

    
    

44. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
    
45. Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools
    
46. NoEstimates: How To Measure Project Progress Without Estimating
    
47. Object-Oriented Software Construction
    
48. The Art of Software Testing
    
49. Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
    
50. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
    
51. Test Driven Development: By Example
    
    

    Databases
    

    
    

52. Database System Concepts
    
53. Database Management Systems
    
54. Foundation for Object / Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto
    
55. Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
    
56. Data Access Patterns: Database Interactions in Object-Oriented Applications
    
    

    User Experience
    

    
    

57. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
    
58. The Design of Everyday Things
    
59. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
    
60. User Interface Design for Programmers
    
61. GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and Dos
    
    

    Mentality
    

    
    

62. The Productive Programmer
    
63. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
    
64. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
    
65. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
    
    

    History
    

    
    

66. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
    
67. New Turning Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Science
    
68. Hacker's Delight
    
69. The Alchemist
    
70. Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages
    
71. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
    
    

    Specialist Skills
    

    
    In spite of the fact that many of these won't apply to your specific job I still recommend reading them for the insight, they'll give you into programming language and technology design.
    
    

72. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC
    
73. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
    
74. Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming
    
75. The C++ Programming Language
    
76. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
    
77. More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
    
78. More Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#
    
79. CLR via C#
    
80. Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java
    
81. Thinking in Java
    
82. JUnit in Action
    
83. Functional Programming in Scala
    
84. The Art of Prolog: Advanced Programming Techniques
    
85. The Craft of Prolog
    
86. Programming Perl: Unmatched Power for Text Processing and Scripting
    
87. Dive into Python 3
    
88. why's (poignant) guide to Ruby

Okay, you've caught me; there's beer and wine books, too. Here's what you're looking at:

I run a cocktail bar, and I've been meaning to share my library for some time, but I have a knack for lending my books out to friends and colleagues so I keep waiting for it to be complete. Then I realized my collection keeps growing and will never be complete, so I may as well just share a snapshot of it.

Top row:

Sippin' Safari: In Search of the Great "Lost" Tropical Drink Recipes... and the People Behind Them by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry

Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum to the Zombie 100 Rediscovered Recipes and the Stories Behind Them by Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh

The Joy of Mixology: The Consummate Guide to the Bartender's Craft by Gary "Gaz" Regan

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

The World Encyclopedia of Beer by Brian Glover

How to Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Beer Right the First Time by John J. Palmer

Jigger, Beaker and Glass: Drinking Around the World by Charles H. Baker, Jr. (aka The Gentleman's Companion Volume II)

Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink by Randy Mosher

Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch by Michael Jackson

The Ultimate Guide to Spirits & Cocktails by Andre Domine

New Classic Cocktails by Mardee Haidin Regan and Gary "Gaz" Regan

The Book of Garnishes by June Budgen

World's Best Cocktails: 500 Signature Drinks from the World's Best Bars and Bartenders by Tom Sandham

The Complete Book of Spirits: A Guide to Their History, Production, and Enjoyment by Anthony Dias Blue

Cocktails & Amuse-Bouches for Her & For Him by Daniel Boulud and Xavier Herit

Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar by David Wondrich

Middle Row:

Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide to Great American Writers

The New and Improved Illustrated Bartenders' Manual; or: How to Mix Drinks of the Present Style by Harry Johnson (Espresso Book Machine Reprint)

Michael Jackson's Bar & Cocktail Companion: The Connoisseur's Handbook by Michael Jackson

The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance by Greg Koch, Steve Wagner & Randy Clemens

The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy by Jim Meehan

Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas by Brad Thomas Parsons

A Taste for Absinthe: 65 Recipes for Classic and Contemporary Cocktails by R. Winston Guthrie & James F. Thompson

The Bartender's Guide to IBA Official Cocktails by Jenny Reese (Espresso Book Machine Printing)

Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl by David Wondrich

The Home Distiller's Handbook: Make Your Own Whiskey & Bourbon Blends, Infused Spirits and Cordials by Matt Teacher

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

The Decorative Art of Japanese Food Carving: Elegant Garnishes for All Occasions by Hiroshi Nagashima

What to Drink with What You Eat: The Difinitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - Even Water - Based on Expert Advice from America's Best Sommeliers by Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page

The American Cocktail: 50 Recipes that Celebrate the Craft of Mixing Drinks from Coast to Coast by The Editors of Imbibe Magazine

The ABC of Cocktails by Peter Pauper Press

How to Make Your Own Drinks: Create Your Own Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Drinks from Fruit Cordials to After-Dinner Liqueurs by Susy Atkins

How to Make a World of Liqueurs by Heather Kibbey & Cheryl Long

These are my absolute favorite books about fashion history/the industry:

• The End of Fashion: The Mass Marketing of the Clothing Business Forever by Teri Agins. Honestly the best book for understanding changes in the contemporary fashion space, from "why is fast fashion so shitty?" to "why is it hard to avoid sweatshops?" to "why do trends change so quickly?" to "why don't they make clothes like they used to?"…essentially, 50% of all the big existential-angst questions I see on FFA about The Mysterious Foibles of the Fashion Industry are addressed by this book. It takes on so many angles—how the industry has changed in terms of manufacturing process, marketing process, the press process…from here, I'd also recommend Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster and Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, but the Teri Agins book is, imo, the most comprehensive for an industry overview.
  
• Fashion: 150 Years of Couturiers, Designers, Labels by Charlotte Seeling. Excellent overview of the most influential and frequently mentioned designers, brands, personalities in fashion; also tremendously useful for a decade-by-decade overview of major fashion influences and themes. It's also a great jumping-off point into other areas of interest! For example, if you fall in love with Dior, The Met has a list of downloadable books about fashion, and you can read a whole book discussing every single couture collection by Christian Dior and how that shaped the house. When I first started posting on FFA, this was the first book I read, and it gave me a deep reverence and appreciation for small details of construction (where a button is placed, how a seam is shaped) and how that produces so much character in a brand. It's been very lovely since then to watch various designers (e.g. Raf Simons) operate at Dior, and see how they reinterpret the earliest Christian Dior designs into something new. And The Met has quite a few other books!
  
• Fashion Theory: A Reader, edited by Malcolm Bernard. A dense but wonderful read if you're interested in more theoretical/academic discussions of fashion x imperialism (there's a wonderful piece about Western imperialism as manifested by the men's suit, and how it's overtaken many traditional men's outfits in other countries), fashion x gender (normative gender expression, non-normative gender expression). Really, really wonderful if you are interested in how fashion can shed light on greater trends about globalization, gender, race, class…

Hmm, that's interesting. It's still worth thinking about what this non-organic feed might be and whether it's actually good for the chickens. I recently read a book on how to raise chickens (not because I want to raise them but because I wanted to see what actual chicken farmers reveal about how chickens are raised) and the crap that can go into chicken feed is disturbing (e.g., dog food w/ animal protein, used in order to regulate the chickens' molting). Also, if the producer is truly concerned about the chickens welfare, why have a double standard wherein one group gets a better diet than the others?

>Apparently this company does "humanely slaughter" these hens, but first they try to find homes for them. The ones that are slaughtered are shipped overseas to provide food for people in poorer countries.

Well, that's pretty interesting and probably well above average for the industry. How much detail do they provide about slaughter? I think for someone who really wants to do the right thing, it's problematic to take producers' words as truth. After all, they are trying to sell you a product, and they are capitalizing on a niche market and you are paying a premium based on their marketing. Not to say that they are necessarily misleading, but there definitely is great potential for that. See this for example.


My point is that the producers' incentives are not to treat animals the way they deserve - i.e., free of speciesism and giving proper consideration of their interests. Rather, they are seeking to make profit and thus concern about the animals only needs to go so far - i.e., as far as the consumer requires to address their conscience. This is something I really have thought a great deal about in considering how far ethical reasoning suggests I should go in terms of changing what I eat. The Ethics of What We Eat presents a very clear articulation of what it really means to treat animals fairly.

Don't give up buddy. I'm 39 and I am a franchisee of a chain my father started up. Being partners with your dad is a blessing and a curse. I have gone through every battle you have described with your old man. Every stinking one. From the massive overwhelming menu to the insane resistance to new technology. It was a soul draining slog for a long time. I tried to gently coax ideas into the conversation, I tried to point out the competition was employing these same tactics against us, I tried to use logic & reason.... nope, nope and more NOPE.

After barely getting by for 4 years listening to his "I've been in this business 30 years speech" about how things should be done, I went rogue. I stopped asking permission and started doing things the way I wanted. I bought a POS system, I added a second drive thru window, optimized the kitchen for speed & efficiency & redecorated the lobby. Sales responded in a big way... which is what I thought we all wanted, to make money, right? No. I was wrong yet again. The modest success of my shop drives him crazy because it's all the things he said would never work working out beautifully. It's a huge threat to him and his ego but, I'm not a kid anymore. I need volume and sales now. entertaining his antiquated ideas just doesn't rank very high on my priority list any longer. We never really got along great but, now that I'm starting to make decent money with my rogue shop we barely talk and he never visits. Which is fine. I'm going to continue to max out my sales volume, build my war chest and open a few more concepts. It would have been great to do it together with my dad but, oh well. Life without daily arguments at work is pretty sweet. I can live with it just fine.

Things turned around for me when I started reading. Start reading books of people you look up to. I would suggest reading Danny Meyer's (Shake Shack, Union Square hospitality group) book "Setting the Table". Excellent insights on hospitality and acquiring the correct mentality on serving people. For tons of good nuts and bolts operations info, you can't go wrong with this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0910627975/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481377874&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=restaurant+managers+handbook&dpPl=1&dpID=51jXHNnpfML&ref=plSrch

Good luck!

• Went to a wedding over Memorial Day weeekend in Missoula, Montana. Absolutely fell in love with the town; farmers markets, dog parks, beer, and hiking. I know I have plenty of access to those things here in SD, but damn Missoula just does those things in an awesome way.
  
  
• Girlfriend won't let us move to Missoula, however. As it has "winter;" a concept foreign to this SoCal native.
  
  
• We may have found a roommate to move in with us! Looking for one is quite stressful; but we skyped with a young woman from Seattle who we really really liked! Now we just have to get her approved! No word yet on whether she is a Seahawks fan, which might doom this all anyway.
  
  
• I want to play softball. Do any of you have any stories for adult softball leagues? How good does one need to be? Can I, as a single player, just join a random team? How does all this work?
  
  
• Anyone have a good idea for a Father's Day present? I was considering this book, but I have always been told to never gift someone a book that you haven't personally read; but I listen to their podcast extensively, so I feel qualified to give it to my old man. Thoughts?
  
  
• uh......Fuck the Dodgers!
  
  
• Do not fuck the DH, of which I am a fan.
  
  
• However, Bum should definitely be in the HR Derby.
  
  
• I love this sub and I love you all

If you're going to read sales books, I recommend that you stick with books that are specific to sales methodology, that teach you specifically how to sell. The only exception I have is "How to Win Friends and Influence People". To start anyway. Trump and Cardone won't teach you anything about prospecting, qualifying, proposing and closing. Not really.

Jill Konrath's books are really good. They are pretty up to date on modern prospecting. Spin Selling is timeless and fantastic. It's just a little dated. The principles are absolutely effective though. And for anyone who works the phone, Art Sobczak's Smart Calling is in my opinion the best sales methodology out there.

The next great book will be by someone who is an expert at cold email prospecting. This is the future of sales. Most of my biggest customers do not communicate with me via phone anymore. I think most companies need to be coached to come up with an effective cold email system to get their message just right but a good book would be an excellent seller if it could teach people how to write an effective value proposition.

Yes, most scientists (but not all) do believe in an AI singularity. And when polled AI researchers' have a median prediction of that occurring within 45 years.

The idea is that once you've created an AI smarter than us (or at least better at AI programming) it will be able to program a better AI than us. Since we were able to program it and it is better at programming AIs, it will be able to program a better AI than itself. You would then have iterative generations each one smarter than the previous.

Some things to note however is that this won't be infinitely smart. Physics puts some upper limits on how much information can be processed how quickly and with how much heat and entropy. That being said those limits are huge and scientists don't know how much smarter it'll be than us. But even the idea that it could be just a little bit smarter than us but that you could network a bunch of brains just slightly smarter than us together is pretty scary.

Scientists also don't agree on how much of a risk this poses to humanity, but most believe it is a risk that needs to be taken very very seriously. But many also believe it is a risk that when taken very very seriously can be properly managed. Look at how successful Bezos or other Billionaires are. An AI like this could absolutely run the world if it wanted. And forget about shutting it down. It would be smart enough not to do anything that would scare us enough into shutting it down until it had protected against that possibility.

Where the world ends up after the AI singularity depends so much on the goals of that initial AI superintelligence.

For more information on AI's check out this computerphile video. That researcher has about 10 or so videos on computerphile on the same subject. If you want a really in depth view on the state of AI super intelligence, I'd recommend Life 3.0 which is by an AI researcher who has been organizing AI saftey conferences and been working with Elon Musk and others to fund AI researchers' work. They discuss what are the different types of scenarios we could end up with and asks interesting moral questions about where we want to end up. For example, do we want to be in a world where nobody has to work or would that lead to lack of fulfillment in people's lives? Would we want an AI who would only minimally interfere and mainly function to prevent malicious AIs from emerging? Or would we want one that would push the frontiers of science for us?

Wow.

OK, so I'm not used to such reasonable and cogent responses on reddit. Especially since I was being all ass-holey. You'll just have to give me a moment or two.

...

OK, yes I read what you posted. To be honest, it struck me as being a bit defensive (not by you, but by those who have a chip on their shoulder concerning foie gras). I'll be even more honest... I don't like pate, so even if there was a "humane/free-range" variety of foie gras (and in fact, there is ), I still wouldn't eat it. I just listed it because, along with sow-stalls and battery farms, it's considered a poster-child example of the "evils" of modern industrial farming.

I'm an omnivore. I eat meat. I actually often consider going vegetarian for both health reasons (our guts do not handle the huge amount of meat with which we stuff ourselves) and for ethical reasons (I don't really like the idea of killing other creatures). But then I smell the wonderful aroma of a lamb roast, or friend bacon and my resolve crumbles. Therefore, when I do decide to eat meat, I make a personal decision to only eat meat and meat products that I know come from producers that minimize (or at least reduce) the suffering of the animals concerned. I'm sorry, but in all that I have read and heard, foie gras is a product that is produced cruelly. I will concede there is an interesting article here on this argument.

These are the same reasons I don't eat veal (animals forced fed milk; their locomotion reduced; quite often the flesh is dyed etc). It just doesn't appeal to me.

When I eat chicken, I choose free-range. The same for eggs and, most definitely, the same for pork. It's a personal decision and it's not something I crusade about or indeed try to convince other of. As such, I think I'm perfectly entitled to hold such views.

I read The Ethics Of What We Eat and I would recommend it as a reasoned and reasonable approach to this problem. I have heard good things about The Omnivores Dilemma, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Thank you for restoring my faith in reddit a bit.

Full disclosure, my wife is the rabbit boss. She started some years back with fancy breeds (like English lops, Mini Lops, English Angora...) but gradually moved away from that. She now raises a commercial breed exclusively; I'm just the hired help. I don't have much experience with raising chickens so I can't compare them for you, but rabbits are pretty easy (and they taste delicious). Jokes aside, they taste remarkably like chicken, but are a bit more versatile I think.

I asked her about online resources and she suggested a couple of these extension sites for some basic starter info:
Penn State Extension

and

MSU Rabbit Production

The Rabbit Talk forum is a decent place to learn and ask questions, she said.

The rabbit raising bible, however, is Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits. It's an excellent book, though maybe only if you've already made the decision to start.

Being able to use the pelts for blankets and clothes is an added bonus.

I'm partial to Cloudera or Horton Works. Both have training courses.

• Cloudera (note they have a course tailored specifically for data analysts)
  
• Horton Works
  
  I personally like good 'ol books. I've taken the Coursera intro and Hive/Pig training courses and while they were invaluable, nothing quite replaces sitting down and working your way through books like Hadoop: The Defininitive Guide or MongoDB: The Definitive Guide. I highly recommend Safari Books Online if you enjoy online reading. Perhaps some of your professional development money could go to paying for an account for that. For those who don't have the money for that, don't underestimate the usefulness of your public library. I currently have 3 books out from my local library on graph/network science (Linked is awesome and a great start for anyone interested in Networks/Graphs).
  
  One thing I'll mention is that Hadoop has really become more of an ecosystem than a produce. HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, Flume, HBase, Storm, etc. Just saying "Hadoop" is like just saying JQuery. Half the battle with JQuery is knowing how to use the best plugins. It's the same with Hadoop.

B2B is more consultive than emotional. Know your product inside and out. And when you’re first starting don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know, but let me find out.” You’ll build trust a lot faster that way. Chances are the people you’re talking to will know a lot more than you when you’re starting out.

To business it’s all about the bottom dollar.

What’s their ROI?

Why should they choose product X over product Z? Why should they choose your company over the competition?

Don’t upsell unless you know the value is there. It’s not about buying bells and whistles for them, it’s about buying at a decent margin and selling at a higher one.

Are you cold calling? If so I’d recommend this book.

And for god sakes, log you’re notes in your CRM. Don’t expect to remember the little details about your prospects. Favorite sports teams, interests, family, recent trips. Anything you can use to follow up and build rapport.

I built myself a call template. Helps me log my notes in the CRM and know I’m asking all of the right questions. That way when your call inevitably goes off script, you know where you were and can reel the conversation back in.

Edit: typo

I was mostly just giving you a hard time. It's a silly article, but, yeah, Miller is super rad. Would recommend his (and former Effectively Wild co-host Ben Lindbergh's) book to anyone that likes baseball analytics and fun.

Here's a few things I think most Coffee lovers would enjoy.



Gear

• Aeropress
  
  
• Able Aeropress disk filter
  
  
• Able Kone filter
  
  
• a Hand Coffee Grinder
  
  
• Hario Range Server
  
  
• Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Maker
  
  For home espresso enthusiasts
  
  
• a Quality Tamper
  
  
• Grindenstein Knock Box
  
  
  
  Mugs
  
  
• Mazama Hand thrown stoneware
  
  
• Not Nuetral LINO Mugs
  
  
• Stumptown City Mug Set
  
  
  
• Intelligentsia Mug Lover's Gift Box
  
  
• KeepCup Brew
  
  Books
  
  
• The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee
  
  
• The World Atlas of Coffee
  
  
• A film About Coffee Book
  
  
• Anything written by Scott Rao
  
  
• God in a Cup
  
  Misc.
  
  
• A Film About Coffee digital download
  
  
  
• Soma Glass Water Filter
  
  
• The Department of Brewology prints
  
  
• The Compendious Coffee Chart
  
  
• Fresh Kaufee Espresso Yourself shirt
  
  
• Sweet Maria's gift certificate
  
  
• Subscription to a Coffee Service
  
  
• Support A local coffee shop by buying a gift card!
  
  edit: continually adding things as I think of them

Just because it's done that way doesn't make it the most efficient.

"Rice is grown in California, under irrigation, but it takes a lot of energy to grow it there - about 15 to 25 times as much energy as it takes to grow rice by low-energy input methods in Bangladesh. The energy used in shipping a ton of rice from Bangladesh to San Francisco is less than the difference between the amount of energy it takes to grow it in California and in Bangladesh, so you would save energy by buying rice that has traveled thousands of miles by sea, rather than locally grown rice." - The Ethics of What We Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason

I can't find a direct pdf of that section to show you, but I pulled the quote directly from the hard copy in my hand.

Its hard to sum up on what makes it worth watching, the drivers have a lot of personality, the level of competition is very high, and with 43 cars on the track there is always something going on.

The quality of racing is very good if you like a lot of passing (overtaking for the F1 terms). Depending on what track they are at, it can very close quarters racing with very aggressive driving. Lots of strategy involved on any given week.

A couple of books I would recommend are:
http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Devil-Southern-Moonshine-Detroit/dp/1400082269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309974163&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Inside-Things-Winston-Pursuit/dp/1893618226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1309974122&sr=8-1

Why do I love NASCAR?
Again its kinda hard to answer. Like all the things I've mentioned before and also the access viewers can get. A lot of drivers are on Twitter which gives you insight into their day to day lives you don't normally see. You can get complete access to radio feeds of the teams during races.

What caused me to become hooked?
Probably just growing up watching it with my Dad mostly but what really hooked me was going to see a race live and sitting in the stands watching it first hand. Just like with F1, its a life style or its own culture. If you ever get the chance I highly recommend going to a race.

I read "The Case Against Sugar" and it brought me to research replacing the amount of sugar I was eating. I chose to try Keto because besides sugar, "keto" is all I ate, so it was easy for me.

I said I would trial run it. I had limited keto flu. I had a health screening at work in February, so I just used that as a benchmark. I have another screening next week, so I will see what this lifestyle has done over 2 months.

I enjoy rowing, lifting, and playing basketball. I have seen a decrease in performance. Some of this is due to not having a ton of energy while acclimating my body off of sugar. For the same reason I was pretty stationary for a week or two, which also added to the decrease. I am seeing progress, but I am also transitioning from SKD to TKD and seeing if that can help out.

I am also visibly happier, but this is most likely due to breaking my sugar addiction.

TL;DR I got rid of sugar, fell into Keto, and love it.

> The self driving car is a creative industry, that depends on creative problem solving within a specific domain.

Not sure your background? But you really do not want to run your software engineering organization like this.

You really want it to be more like a system. You really never want to be dependent on any one person.

You want to put together the processes such that you are not dependent on any single person. There is an awesome book on this.

Well there is a series but if into software engineering I would first read the Phoenix Project and then read the Google SRE book.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078Y98RG8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Or read the first one then Phoenix project and then the Google SRE book. They all go together. The first one is called the Goal. That is how I did it. It will change your way of looking at things.

Waymo is applying what R&D done at Google brain and with DeepMind.

Google is where the AI breakthroughs come from and then applied by Waymo. So where AlphaGo and AlphaStar and GANS and capsule networks and word2vec and TF and a zillion other things.

Google shares this research at NerulIPS. As you can see they lead in papers accepted. This is a year old as we do not have the new numbers yet. But as you can see Google is way out in front.

Google's AI Research Dominance Shown via NIPS Papers -

https://medium.com/machine-learning-in-practice/nips-accepted-papers-stats-26f124843aa0

But ZERO from Waymo. As it should be. Waymo is applying the R&D done.

BTW, this is the old and disgraceful name. It has been changed because of leadership from Nvidia and Google. It is now NeurlIPS.

> It doesn't matter that they're furthest ahead at the moment, there is currently no thing under Waymo's roof that is irreplaceable.

It does matter. Because Waymo has to use to get to scale and that is your moat. The self driving aspect will be replicated. You secure your spot by having scale. Scale can't be easily replicated.

It is why I keep harping on the business model of MobilEye is a very weak model. Reason is they are behind the scenes. They do NOT have the customer relationship. It makes it so you can be easily replaced. It gets you weak margins. Low multiples.

Perfect example is MobilEye won Tesla business. Messed up and killed someone. Then was fired and Tesla doing their own. They got nothing out of it. But a blemish on their reputation.

ALL the "breakthroughs" comes from Google including DeepMind. That is how it is supposed to work and is working. Waymo is responsible for applying those "breakthroughs" as you indicated applied science.

But it is done using the model from the Goal, Phoenix Project and applied with the principles from the Google SRE book or some other DevOps book.

Google has done this for a long time better than anyone else. They literally have written the book. It is how they have been able to achieve not a single quarterly decline since day 1 and through the greatest recession in my life time. They are now growing at 20%+ for the last 10 quarters without any end in site and a big part is using these principles.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/267606/quarterly-revenue-of-google/

How everyone today runs their clouds was invented by Google and shared through papers. It was done by creating a new approach. It is why when you wake up in the morning and type Google it always works. If it did not you would think something huge must have happened in the world. That there is much bigger issues than Google not working.

That would never work if Google was dependent on a person. Let me know if this helped. I hope you consider reading the books. Or listen to the books.

I highly recommend you read Smart Calling if you haven't.

https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Calling-Eliminate-Failure-Rejection/dp/1118588711

From what I learned, SEO is a commodity. basically the prospect can always say, so what? this other guy is giving me this for a lower price.

I'm assuming you're position is to gather market intelligence and refer the prospect to the manager to close?


Alot of business has been burned by fly by night SEO agencies, it's a tough market unless you can bring real value to the customer.

if you know how to rank websites and able to close prospects, you definitely can make more than you can imagine by driving leads to your prospects with a pay per performance structure.

There's a whole art to writing exhibit labels. In fact, there's a book about the subject. Link to book.

Personally, I'm text-phobic. My last exhibit that was done in-house has limited text: 150 words per panel, 100 words per label. People don't like to read more than that, generally. Not to mention, you don't need to fill the walls with text. Get the important and the interesting on the wall, make sure it's important and interesting to the public and not just you, and trust that the viewer will seek more information if they're curious.

In terms of how text is decided, I use a narrative approach: what will tell the best story. It's not much different from writing a screenplay or a stage play.

It took about 6 months to make our last temporary exhibit, and we're well into year two on our new permanent exhibit, which will be about French and Spanish colonization of Texas.

Ooh, great prompt!

The Smithsonian’s Accessibility Guidelines is super useful for anyone who has a hand in designing exhibitions. There are some great Universal Design recommendations online as well.

I also really enjoy reading other institutions’ guidelines for gallery text. I’ve definitely consulted the V&A’s guide and the Getty’s guide before.

This may be a little entry level, but Serrel’s Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach is another great resource for writing exhibition text.

God in a Cup is probably one of my favorite reads. Aside from preparation and roasting books that folks have reccomended, I think this is one of the best reads. It gives you a great glimpse into the coffee world and how the coffee you love actually gets to your grinder for your enjoyment.

Although it is most probably water, i would like to add another factor that might help: Sugar.

Just finished A case against sugar about it, and it lays out a really great case against sugar (who would have thought with that title). Hopefully it is obvious that sugar is no good, but a lot of people still have this idea that a carb is equal to all other carbs. Not really true. Some are better than others.

BTW, quick recap of the book: Sugar increase insulin, insulin tells the body to store fat, people get fatter. There is also some hints that well processed flour can be a culprit as well, mainly white flour. There are a lot more details, but that is the gist. So it might be water, but if you have cut out specifically sugar calories, then it could also be that that's in effect.

BTW, incase your not a reader but a listener, you can listen to sam harris interviewing the author on his podcast, or here on youtube.

Good luck on the weight loss.

Maybe others who actually finished their degree can chime in here, but there are a few basic textbooks that'll be of good use to you.

This was the intro book we used; it's a solid textbook and covers WAY more than one or two classes' worth of info. Feel free to buy dirt-cheap just like you would with any textbook, it's expensive as hell just because they know students need it... so get an older edition and get it used; brand-new it's damn pricey (and there's even been a few newer versions since then, wholly unnecessary for your needs)

You should also get a ServSafe book eventually; if you get it used it should be REALLY cheap (they make their money by including the required test sheet with the book, it's of no use to formal culinary students without it so students will resell for 1/10 the price without the test materials) You'll want to get a fairly new edition though, as food laws are constantly updated. That book is less important unless you get a job where they want you to get ServSafe certified, and if so they really should pay your expenses for that anyways.

If you want to get into baking, I'd recommend On Baking from the same people as the On Cooking textbook. Again, tons of info, very pricey so buy used and buy an old edition.

Actually, you said your uncle went to culinary school; maybe he still has textbooks packed away somewhere? Obviously reading alone is no substitute for actually doing it in a commercial kitchen; but you can learn a hell of a lot in your own kitchen, such as proper cuts and whatnot (which WILL require a LOT of practice!) that you'd never know without a bit of knowledge first. Feel free to PM me if you're curious about anything specific and I'll try to help, or make a post as there are definitely more knowledgeable people here than I am :) Good luck!

Thanks for asking. Very often our (hopefully undeserved) reputations keep others from asking us anything.

There are many good answers here, but if you wish to know how Christiany became dominate, perhaps you would enjoy the explaination in Linked: How Everything is Connected and What it Means.

What is really interesting (not in the book) is what happened to the Roman priests, or what didn't happen. It seems they just switched to being Christian Priests, in many cases they didn't even change their ceremonies or messages! Fun stuff.

As a short-term goal, I would say creating AGI, which should lead to the technological singularity. I like to believe that once that happens, what we have created (and has self-improved) will be "smart enough" to solve things that will (at that point, not now) be "trivial" for it: climate change, poverty, war, free energy, etc

I started reading Life 3.0 14 months ago (switched from reading the book to listening to the audiobook a couple months in). I'm deliberately reading it slowly (and often going back to re-read slightly before where I left off) so I can savor it

I would love if everything turned out as awesome as that book paints a picture of humanity's future

Post-singularity, the possibilities are (nearly) endless: colonize Mars and several moons, maybe a few O'Neill cylinders and then spread throughout the galaxy (either in person or sending out robot ships while we all relax in our own VR worlds)

Exhibit Labels by Serrell is a great resource.

I also really like From Knowledge to Narrative by Roberts. Roberts walks through the process of creating an (actual) exhibit while balancing the various competing demands of the different groups that are working on the exhibit.

Congrats and good luck!

These are recommendations from my friends:

The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter

Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Cowspiracy which is a documentary available on Netflix.

I haven't read or watched any of these but my friends are smart people and this is what they recommend. I'm also going to read these and watch Cowspiracy so I'm more current with my information. Also this website (click on Food Justice: Know The Issues): http://www.foodispower.org/

WL Weller special reserve is a great wheated bourbon to start out with. Good price and taste profile is sweeter than the ryes (my preference)

I've always been a fan of the 1792 Ridgemont reserve. Rich and velvety is what it says on the bottle and it's spot on.

After that, Old Overholt, George Dickel No 12, Old Grand Dad (Bottled in bond), Old Forester, and Old Fitzgerald are ones I prefer.

Try different bottles to see what your palette prefers.

Also, Bourbon, Straight is worth ordering.

I know this isn't what you're asking for, but I'm currently reading Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey. So far, it is quite engaging and informative, but solely about the American bourbon history and industry. I currently have it via interlibrary loan, but plan to buy it for book shelving and reference at some point!

I'd actually like to find something like this book, but about Scotch Whisky if anyone has read this book and has a Whisky paralleled suggestion.

I've not read any of the suggestions by Ralfy (review ep. 6), as they're not available locally in my libraries, but I imagine they're good ones, and plan to check them out at some point in the future.

I hear you. I think your concern is well motivated, and it's worth asking the question.

But would you reject a well researched book like this https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-What-We-Eat-Choices/dp/1594866872 just because Peter Singer is a well-known advocate for animal welfare? I mean, isn't there a reason why an eminent and serious philosopher like Singer was convinced to take up the cause in the first place? Does he seem like the type who shoehorns conclusions to fit his biases?

Thanks for the link! I read a book about this years ago before I knew anything about the rep world and it was pretty illuminating. It’s actually called “Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster”. It was written in 2007 so it might be a bit dated however the basic thrust still definitely stands. If I recall correctly the only brands (at the time of publishing) that really were still worthy of the “luxury” label were Chanel and Hermés - they were specifically cited for their leather and textile quality and skill of their artisans. I think it also talked a lot about how brands like Marc Jacobs are made side by side in the same Chinese factory (lol) as unbranded cheaper merchandise. Which we obviously know and benefit from!!

Amazon link

In sales, here are my two favorite books:

Art Sobczak: Smart Callling

Little Red Book Of Selling

Art's book is wonderful for anyone that is doing B2B. While most of his techniques are described onto to selling into larger businesses, his techniques can be applied anywhere. Basically the premise is to find things through the internet, social "hacking", etc.., to turn any cold call into a friendly warm call.


Jeffrey Gitomer book is a good quick reminder on some of the basics.

And for Sales Leadership
People Follow You

Each of those books really affected my sales profession, and the way I lead.

True.

If you want to get past the gate, your pitch should be about THEM, not about YOU.

How can ABC Bank help them? Ideally, you must be able to lower their cost, provide faster answers, or increase their revenue.

The DM is VERY busy, That's why they are managers. If you want to ask them 1h of their time, you must give them a promise that this hour will help them to do their jobs.

A shameless book recommandation is this book from Art Sobzack

I am 100% positive that you will get a look of precise answers and concrete action points for your industry!

Restaurant Success

This book should do the trick. When I was seriously considering opening a restaurant earlier this year, I read a ton of books on it. This one happened to be the best. And also the Restaurant Bible The first one is more of a general idea of opening a restaurant but a great read. The second one gets extremely specific. I have the restaurant bible barely used if you want a used copy for half price. It is a ridiculously big book, but if you are serious about this then you need it. Let me know and good luck!

If you really enjoyed Moneyball, then The Only Rule Is It Has To Work might be up your alley. In it, two basebal writers run an independent league team, The San Rafael Pacifics, entirely on saebermetrics.

Where Nobody Knows Your Name is a great read about life in the minor leagues.

Smithsonian Baseball is another good choice.

If you don't mind books being team specific, I'd also recommend looking onto Finley Ball, Aces, Holy Toledo! and any of the Brian Murphy/Brad Mangin Giants books (incredible photography in those).

difference is that we are richer than those two countries, with a stronger sporting culture, and lots of opportunity for athletes to forgo a real job to focus on a sport, even if it doesn't pay well. It is explained well in a book I read a while back called soccernomics. A country needs three things to be great at a sport. A population big enough to have enough elite athletes on the team at the same time. Enough wealth to find and train them. And I believe the third is built in knowledge or experience. You can bring in a coach from another country to give some experience, like the US soccer team did but you still have to build up a bit.

I don't know if the bot will let me link to the book on Amazon, but here is a try.

https://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-England-Germany-Australia-Destined/dp/1568584814/186-1621754-3403460?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

But yes, in 50 years, China and India will probably dominate the Olympics and other sports.

In my mind, a DevOps PM is a technical role responsible for aligning project management (scrum masters), technology strategy, and developers. If the business says 'we want to push new code every 2 weeks' and 'we want the ability to A/B test different features,' it's up to the DevOps PM to make sure that the product is architected in such a way that this doable, make sure project management understands the challenges, track velocity for new releases, etc.

I'd recommend reading The Phoenix Project to learn more. A little outdated given the rise of cloud computing and microservices, but the ideas around agile and finding the most efficient way to release code still hold true today.

Since you don't eat meat, unless these are Angora rabbits they'd just be pets.

If they're not useful, you should probably find somewhere else for them to live. While their poop is nutrient rich, so is hen poop.
Do you eat eggs?

Highly recommend you get this book if you're going to keep them. Best time to read up on livestock is before you get any, but we have to deal with the situation at hand.

But first - do you want two pet rabbits?
Do you have housing for them? Will it protect them from the elements and predators? Can you keep them separated? (they usually don't do well sharing one hutch) What are their genders?

Also, why would someone just give up two rabbits? Were they Easter Presents or what?

Why the interest? I read [this fantastic book] (https://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-England-Germany-Australia-Destined/dp/1568584814) recently, and became interested. Occasionally, I've noticed the table in the Sunday New York Times, and now I've started to become more and more fascinated.

We're pretty excited too. We plan on reading both older and newer books, I'm sure authors will be more likely to join the cause when they're on their initial press tours. We have some ideas for coming months, but we're open to suggestions. This is the book I'm most excited about next year. It's about two writers/editors from baseball prospectus who got to be Co-GM's of an independent ball club last summer. Hopefully we can get them on the pod.

PS if you haven't already, shoot us your email so we can add you to the mailing list.

Worked for several bar owners and even planned to open my own bar at one point (still do but it's more of a pipe dream now). Food in a bar is almost ALWAYS sold at a loss, in some places you're forced to do it, other's you just use it as a incentive to bring a few more people in. Profit margin on beer and liquor is MORE insane than soda.

What OP here didn't account for is true "Pour cost." Pour cost on a soda is more like $1 not $0.21 once you factor in ALL costs (rent, utilities, labor, insurance). Pour cost on a $9 drink could be about $2....insanely more profitable. Don't get me started on beer....woo boy....beer will make you rich...

EDIT: Wanted to bring this book up. It's wonderful and quite accurate. I used this while working with the bars and crunching numbers and it's formulas are damn accurate. https://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Managers-Handbook-Financially-Successful/dp/0910627975

Style guides:

• I Love Your Style, Amanda Brooks. Lots of photos -- would make for a good coffee table book.
  
• Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion. Great reference on design terms -- seams, silhouettes, etc.
  
  Historical:
  
  
• The Beautiful Fall, Alicia Drake.
  
• Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster, Dana Thomas.
  
• Not historical per se, but anything by Simon Doonan. Lighthearted reads about retail, fashion, style.
  
  Edit: formatting.

Search through the sub for old Book recommendations for more info.

Ones that immediately come to mind:

• Moneyball - Technically about the 2002 Oakland Athletics but gets into more than that.
  
• Best Team Money Can Buy - About the 2014~ Dodgers.
  
• Tony la Russa's book
  
• Lindbergh and Miller's book
  
  If you look through older posts there are dozens of other recs.
  
  Final personal one isn't about MLB, but about softball in New York. Link Here
  
  Old professor in college wrote it, thought it was pretty unique.

Hello! Here's a book that is fantastic, and it's cheap!

http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Devil-Southern-Moonshine-Detroit/dp/1400082269/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289933281&sr=1-4

It's a great history of NASCAR. Hope this helps!

If you start by learning some basic cooking techniques or basic recipes, as you progress it will become easier for you to build on those basics and to start improvising meals or to create your own recipes. In addition to watching videos, I also bought a used copy of a culinary school textbook.

For some solid videos/shows, I recommend the following:

• Alton Brown's Good Eats Link to all episdoes
  
• Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong Live link
  
• Jacque Pepin link
  
  Edit: Also, not sure what kind of kitchen equipment you have, but you definitely want a decent chef's knife.

If you want to know the science as well as anecdotal evidence supporting low carb and against the Standard American Diet, here's a list of books for you to read:

• The Art and Science of Low Carb Living
  
• Why We Get Fat
  
• The Big Fat Surprise
  
• Good Calories Bad Calories
  
• Fat Chance
  
• Keto Clarity
  
  Jimmy Moore is a lot more anecdotal but it's a good place to start if you want a simple way to understand keto, in my opinion. The rest contain lots of studies and evidence to convince you.
  
  Taubes is also bringing out a new book. I've not yet read it but I've certainly pre-ordered!
  The Case Against Sugar
  
  
  
  
  
  

This book Driving With the Devil gives a pretty accurate representation of how NASCAR got it's start and has some great stories. I highly recommend it!

It's on my reading list, but I've heard good things about https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598. It's a non-fiction book that looks at the effects AI will have on the world. I'm also writing about an AI, and I hope this book helps my understanding as well.

Beyond that and the suggestions I've seen below, Westworld is another show with AI in it to check out.

> What is to truly do?

Dunno. But, I've been retired for a while now and am seriously enjoying it!

I went to a lecture and book signing, but haven't yet read the book, called
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. It explores this topic in depth.

We need to, at a minimum:

1. Make sure that the robots' goals are aligned with ours. We wouldn't want, for example, a society led by robots who were negative utilitarians and decided to reduce human suffering by eliminating humans. Well, most of us wouldn't want that. Me? Sometimes.
   
   
2. Make sure that the wealth generated by the huge productivity of robots is considered a societal resource, not something that belongs only to the owners of the corporations that own them. With no human jobs, we will need, at the very least, some form of a universal basic income.
   
   
3. We need to stigmatize autonomous killing robots the way we do with chemical and germ warfare. We definitely do not want a world that contains slaughterbots.
   
   There were many more points on the topic that were made by Max Tegmark at the lecture. I expect there are even more in the book. When my wife is done with it, I'll start reading it.

I really enjoyed God in a Cup - http://www.amazon.com/God-Cup-Obsessive-Perfect-Coffee/dp/0470173580

It's about someone just getting into specialty coffee and I think it's great for that audience, it probably has less to offer someone who is more familiar with the scene.

There's a great book (Soccernomics) - which perfectly describes this scenario in its opening chapter

Book had a couple of dull segments - but overall was excellent

Not really unfortunately. But if you're up for reading there are two books I'd recommend. The more readable of the two is God in a Cup. The more technical is The Professional Barista's Handbook.

They are both from 2008, and are somewhat dated as the coffee world has moved pretty quickly in the last decade or so. But they are still good books to understanding coffee. On a professional level (the Rao book) and on a global scale (the Weissman book).

"The Only Rule Is It Has to Work" is a pretty interesting look into the inner workings of the Independent league and a good audiobook for the car.

I'm really enjoying the Stone Brewing book. Lots of great photos of their operation, stories from when they were getting going, and recipes for their beers at the end. It's $16 on Amazon.

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Hi there... exhibit labels are super tough and require a bunch of revisions. Don't interpret continually revising as failure or that you're not doing a good job... it's the nature of the craft. Do some tests and ask visitors, if you can.

That said, I highly reccomend "Exhibit Labels" by Beverly Serrell: http://www.amazon.com/Exhibit-Labels-Interpretive-Approach-VIP/dp/0761991069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404587205&sr=8-1&keywords=beverly+serrell

She gives a lot of concrete examples and methods for different groups. A necessity. You don't see a lot of museum books with 5 stars on Amazon... I'm sure it's saved many-a-curator as well. :)

Culinary student here. For our Skill Development class we use On Cooking. It's a really great resource and it teaches the basics: names of equipment, proper knife techniques, the mother sauces, etc. It also has a wealth of recipes that use fundamental skills, nothing overly complicated.

http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals-5th/dp/013715576X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322589391&sr=8-1

• Real NASCAR By Daniel S. Pierce - My go-to NASCAR history book; he covers a lot of the sport's business dealings and gets further into some more recent eras (late 80's/early 90s) than some other "History of NASCAR" books.
  
  
• Driving With the Devil by Neil Thompson - The top of my hypothetical NASCAR 101 reading list. If you want the literal dirt on the sport's formation and NASCAR's organization, this book covers it. Thompson takes care to feature a lot of the big stock car racing players outside of the France family, which is incredibly eye-opening.
  
  
• He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back by Mark Bechtel - With the best title out of any NASCAR book, this one just gets deep into the 1979 season, which only got crazier after the groundbreaking national broadcast of the '79 500.
  
  
• NASCAR Generations by Robert Edelstein - Has a lot of firsthand accounts on almost all the famous NASCAR families.

It will save you an unreal amount of money. I’ve worked as a chef for going on 15 years now. If you’re interested in learning to cook and have the time you could get yourself a beginner culinary school textbook like On Cooking or The Professional Chef. It’ll teach you a ton and is chock full of beginner recipes with explanations of why everything is done the way it is.

https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals-5th/dp/013715576X


https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Chef-Culinary-Institute-America/dp/0470421355

Definitely handle the breeders. Treat them like pets. Otherwise getting them in and our of the cages is very difficult. An adult feral rabbit is fierce. We got one as an adult, and she was so violent that we couldn't even reach in and get her nest set up without her attacking our hands. Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits was a big help when we started out.

I highly recommend reading Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits by Bob Bennett

While it may seem like a "natural" way to go, the health risks are simply not worth it especially if you're breeding for meat. The current breeding generations are so far removed from their "free range" ancestry that they don't care about the freedom and don't have any instincts to survive outside of confinement. All you have to give them is proper individual space for their breed. Provide adequate ventilation, isolate the bucks from the rest of your stock, and give the does a break between breedings (especially during the summer) and they'll live longer. Bucks will fight each other to the point of castration, so they should absolutely be separated.

Interestingly enough, I just read some of this story that was included in another book, The Ethics of What We Eat which I'm not enjoying as much as I did the Omnivore's Dilemma.

The part I read was about the treatment of dairy cows & their calves, and though I have to commend the farm owners for allowing access to their farm, I was still slightly disturbed that they probably represent the best types of dairy cow people.

However, I realize this discussion isn't about the treatment of the animals, so: does the book go into detail on the corn-feeding and its impacts?

While these are not coffee specific they are outstanding nonetheless and most of what you are asking about is not coffee specific anyway

http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Service-Charlie-Trotter-Edmund/dp/1580083153/ref=la_B000AP7VF2_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451444335&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Excellence-Charlie-Trotter-Clarke/dp/0898159083/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=411aK7gBhqL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=1KNTVVTBBAGQTTJ0N7BC

These as well for general FS management and food cost
http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Kitchen-Culinary-Institute-America/dp/0470508965/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451444627&sr=1-10

http://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Managers-Handbook-Financially-Successful/dp/0910627975/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451444745&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Beverage-Cost-Control-Dopson/dp/0470251387/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451444776&sr=1-2

https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals-5th/dp/013715576X

This is honestly one of the better text books I have seen/read. A lot of information in it, along with literally thousands of recipes. You get access to their online recipe book as well.

Heh, what is a "non-racing fan"? "Whoo-hoo, I'm a fan of these dudes not-racing!" ;)

Pick up Driving with the Devil, amazing book!

Yeah, I think it's pretty wild stuff. It just blows my mind that the biochemical network within a cell can be influenced by the emergent properties of the network itself (instead of any physical or chemical properties). The behavior of a network translates across applications - it's weird. Here's what got me into it - it's a pretty approachable read for the topic.

Get a textbook which explains the basics instead of a shitload of specific recipes. Once you know how to make a sauce thicken and a dough rise, cooking becomes a beautiful, creative hobby instead of a chore.

Try e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals-3rd/dp/0130452416

Here it is. Excellent deal for the content. If you want to "cheap out" you can preview any page in the book and snag the recipes. I do however suggest buying it. Nice coffee table book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1607740559/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1382240061&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

I highly recommend The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. It's one part history of the brewery, one part recipes for their beer and one part recipes from their Bistro.


I haven't read Brewed Awakening but it's got some good reviews on Amazon (and one oddly, scathing review so who knows?)

There is a section in the book The Only Rule is it Has to Work" that kind of speaks to the homophobia entrenched in baseball. Sean Conroy, first openly gay professional player (If you count indy ball as pro) strikes someone out and batter grumbling to himself says "I can't believe that faggot struck me out". 2nd at bat, guy Ks again doesn't say shit. The sections about Sean and his relationships with his teammates were my favorite parts of that book they kind of make it seem like there is hope for more inclusion in every part of baseball.

I read a book on this, the retail price is roughly 14x what it cost to make. Which is completely ridiculous but you kind of have to admit that that's some real successful marketing.

you gotta give the padres credit though. trying something so radical.

i mean, im probably just saying that cause im currently reading "The only rule is, it has to work"

excellent book.

"Fear and Loathing in La Liga" is essential, a must read.

Non-Barça, but still interesting read (but hey - if anyone writes about futbol - there will be mentioning of FC Barcelona and their players):

"Inverting the Pyramid" - evolution and analysis of game tactics.

"Soccernomics" is more general, but a very interesting read as well.

Didn't see electronic version, but this one is worth mentioning: "Angels with Dirty Faces", history of Argentinian football.

read.
this is the book i used for culinary school. when you learn the basics, you can build on that foundation and start messing with flavor combos and stuff. i also recommend the flavor bible for flavor combination. we use this is culinary school too and it is SO Helpful.

General

• Tasting Whisky: An Insider's Guide to the Unique Pleasures of the World's Finest Spirits
  
  Bourbon
  
  
• Bourbon Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey
  
• Bourbon Curious: A Simple Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker
  
• Bourbon, Strange
  
  Scotch/Malt
  
  

• Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible
  
• The World Atlas of Whisky
  
• Malt Whisky Yearbook 2017

https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B078Y98RG8/

Yes, I'm serious.

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Alternatively:

https://www.amazon.com/Network-Warrior-Everything-Need-Wasnt-ebook/dp/B004W8ZL3W/

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Oh, wait I missed your last sentence.

Come on, is /r/sysadmin really the best place you could think of for personal organization?

/r/GetOrganized

/r/organization

/r/organized

I recommend 3 books to get your started.

1. [Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey] (http://www.amazon.com/Bourbon-Straight-Unfiltered-American-Whiskey/dp/0975870300) by Charles Cowdery
   
   
2. Bourbon, Strange by Charles Cowdery
   
   
3. Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage by Mike Veach
   
   You'll learn how brands and distilleries were started, shuttered, shuffled, and sold. You'll learn who influenced and inspired brands and names.
   
   The two authors of the three books are arguably the foremost authorities on the subject of bourbon, most especially its history. Besides, the books are phenomenal reads IMO.

A good starting point might be Saison du BUFF. It has all 3 of those herbs, IIRC. I think the recipe is in The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance. When Greg and Sam did the G+ hangout w/ Wil, Greg mentioned that they'd publish the recipe on the Internet, but I don't think they've done it yet. We should bug Greg about it. :)

A phrase that you might be looking for is "rich get richer", or in mathematical literature, "preferential attachment processes". There's a very accessible pop-sci book about this:

http://www.amazon.com/Linked-Everything-Connected-Else-Means/dp/0452284392

> What are some good cookbooks or preferably online resources that I can use to learn some of the basics?

My favorites:

Good Eats

America's Test Kitchen

Serious Eats

On Cooking

These two are both great reads

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For a lighter read on graph theory try Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means. It's a Gee-Wiz kind of book (i.e. light on theory but full of fun facts). And it's likely within your budget.

You bet it did. This book covers it in detail, it's a great read: http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Devil-Southern-Moonshine-Detroit/dp/1400082269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411564972&sr=8-1&keywords=racing+with+the+devil

A great book is Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits

https://www.amazon.com/Storeys-Guide-Raising-Rabbits-4th/dp/1603424563

Read this book "Soccernomics" for a great ELI5 on the issue.
http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-England-Germany-Australia-Destined/dp/1568584814

Read the Phoenix Project this week. Seriously. It's a great parable for fixing your stuff. https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B078Y98RG8

His book, The Only Rule Is It Has To Work, about trying to run a minor league team using sabermetrics is good ( and genuinely funny) as well.

Masters of Doom was a good read.

While not about video games, Dreaming in Code is close to the spirit of the wired article.

I haven't seen listed yet:

• The Ethics of What We Eat
  
• The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
  
• Metamagical Themas
  
  also upvote:
  
  
• Gödel, Escher, Bach
  
• Freakonomics
  

It wasn't actually named after today's Bourbon County, but an older Bourbon County that housed a major port. Eventually all whiskey that flowed from the port was marked bourbon and the name stuck. (More info on that in this great book). Bourbon is geographically protected, but only in as much as it has to be produced in America.

The state of Kentucky, the Bourbon Trail folks, and Kentucky-based bourbon producers want you to think bourbon (or at least real bourbon) comes from their area. However, bourbon is America's spirit, not just Kentucky's.

You need to educate yourself sir. Type 1 diabetes is caused by the mother and grandmother's consumption of sugar and passed to the baby. Type 1 diabetes has increased dramatically over the past 200 years, Type 2 diabetes has dramatically increased over the past 200 years in concert with mass consumption of sugar (directly) and indirectly (added to food by manufacturers).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvZuOlP61I

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secrets-sugar/

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sugar-Gary-Taubes/dp/0307701646

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin

Here is a list of studies conducted on Sugar and diabetes

Currently reading Soccernomics, which is a look at soccer through a sports economics/sabermetrics viewpoint. Really good so far!

Many members of my own family were moonshiners back in the day, I have even heard rumors of a still being found on our property and destroyed sometime in the 1920's or 1930's. Driving with the Devil is a fascinating book on this topic, and one I recommend any Nascar fan or history buff should read. The material is interesting as fuck.

Get yourself a copy of this used.

It's the book they would give you at culinary school. This edition is old, but it has all you need to learn in it. I've had my copy now for like two years.

Peter Singer. He's a great modern philosopher. Writes on a lot of practical issues and his arguments are just brilliant but his focus is animal rights. Try this one.

Have you read "The cast against sugar"? If yes, what do you think of it?

I read the book "The Case Against Sugar" by Gary Taubes. Lots of information, other sources, and motivated me to continue without sugar.

Understanding the depth, complexity and interdependency of the systems on which we are relying to base our daily lives on, it's tempting to imagine a world collapse if something breaks down. Heck, it's ever fun and productive - taking in mind all the implications of such a major event.


Power(\internet\financial computer systems) is off - what happens? demographically, economically, health-wize, politically(on both federal,regional and international levels) and in bazillion different aspects our life will change in ways we can't imagine.


However, these scenarios, though tempting, are unlikely to the negligible level. It's not because they are designed in a robust form to withstand all bumps and tensions. It's because they are not.

All these systems are dynamic, evolved complex processes that adjusted (and still are) to answer different gravities, shocks and shifts.
In essence, that means that a simultaneous failure of all the AOL servers(holding a major part of the internet backbone) will probably adjust the form of routing data physically and logically through the system. It will affect billions of people, dollars, jobs, email accounts and watts, but it will not kill the internet. It will change the internet as we know it, but facebook changed the internet as we know it. Every word of the implementation of TCP\IP changed it, maybe more than the outage of AOL servers. "Shutting it down" means a dysfunction in hundreds of thousands of machines, designed and functioning in various ways, connected with each other. (or, damage done to hundreds of extremly protected, backed-up and well designed machines). A good review of the vulnerabilities of complex, organically evolved networks are well described in a book I know (sorry for the ad. It just felt relevant)

TL;DR

the collapse the internet, or any complex organic system is very interesting but involves an extreme(very, very extreme) cataclysm that will alter the whole system to unknown, new system. Otherwise, randomly placed damages to the system are part of it's every day evolution and will not change the system as we know it.


(Replace "system" with "internet" so it'll be an easier read)

I'd start by watching Ken Burns Baseball documentary.

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As far as books, Moneyball is good, and The Only Rule is it Has to Work for an in depth look at how stats affect the game.

Alton brown and this book have been very helpful to me.

buy this book

http://www.amazon.com/The-Restaurant-Managers-Handbook-Financially/dp/0910627975

and read it. it says restaurant manager, but it means restaurant startup.

I go to a top 3 hospitality school in the us, and this was our textbook for a restaurant business class. it covers everything you need in detail, and dissuaded every single person in class that wanted to start a restaurant from doing so. the book doesnt aim to do that, and its actually really motivational at times, but all the facts are there.

restaurants are the most work, with the highest failure rate, and the lowest margins.

If you do go ahead with it, i imagine this book will be a lifesaver. If not, the price of the book will be a worthwhile investment.

God in a Cup by Michaele Weissman. It is a bit outdated (published in 2008) and perhaps a bit sensationalized, but it is well written look into the world "third wave coffee."

Maybe something like this

Order and read this book. The 4th edition is apparently hard to find as it was printed better. If you are a visual person, maybe try the video version. EDIT: That link has the book as well...

Also, watch America's Test Kitchen all the time.

This book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Craft-Stone-Brewing-Co/dp/1607740559

Has updated versions of the recipes which they apparently felt were more on-target for home brewers. Either that, or they like selling books.

Chuck Cowdery is the author of Bourbon Straight and is one of the more reputable sources for American whiskey news.

TLDR;

Sazerac, the company which owns the Buffalo Trace Distillery (makers of Eagle Rare, Weller, Van Winkle, etc), Barton Distillery, A. Smith Bowman Distillery, and others poached the George Dickel master distiller to run their recently acquired Popcorn Sutton distillery in East TN with the intentions of making aged whiskey rather than just moonshine. Not long after, they also poached his protégé who was again the current Dickel master distiller. Now it looks like they are relocating to Murfreesboro to directly compete with Jack Daniel's and George Dickel.

Start with the section on knife skills. You'll thank me later.

http://www.amazon.com/On-Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals/dp/013715576X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344546738&sr=8-1&keywords=on+cooking

"Sugar is bad" is the converse of "whole food is good." There are many resources that you can find by searching, but the TLDR is: it rots your teeth, it doesn't fill you up, it spikes your blood sugar, it overloads your liver, it causes insulin resistance, it makes you fat, and it's addictive.

Here's a book that's popular: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sugar-Gary-Taubes/dp/0307701646

I agree with /u/NoyzMaker that you'll have to leave to get away from this. On your way out, toss this book on your boss' desk:

The Phoenix Project

It's a story about almost exactly the same situation you're in.

I suggest you read Soccernomics. I'd never advise you to download a pirated pdf version online, so don't do that. I'm sorry for the lame reply, it's 03:17am and I'm almost asleep. But you should find interesting answers to your question there.

Basically: people who used stats proved to be more effective (winning more) than those who didn't. Kind of how Moneyball did in American baseball.

You know what the requirements are? This is worth buying and reading too.

I used this book in school and it is highly recommended.
https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Textbook-Culinary-Fundamentals-5th/dp/013715576X

I recommend you read Gary Taubes's latest book. 'The Case Against Sugar." It's very damning. Sugar is almost certainly the cause of the obesity epidemic.

Read this book. Or listen to it on audible

The first short story presented at the start of the book is compelling

https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598

A couple of good books that take on this question in detail are:

Superintelligence, by Nick Bostrom, who is a philosophy professor at Oxford, and

Life 3.0, by Max Tegmark, from MIT

The short of it is: we may be able to keep superintelligent AI with motivations not aligned with our own under control through restrictions on access to the outside world. However, superintelligent AI can, by definition, outsmart us, and may be able to figure a way to weasel out of any restrictions we put on it. The consequences of that could be very bad.

Therefore, it would be much safer for us to figure out how to design AI with motivations fundamentally aligned with our own.

This is a problem that researchers should probably start thinking seriously about now, since superintelligent AI development may turn into an arms race, and organizations may cut corners on safety unless there's already a body of work on the subject. To that end, Tegmark has been organizing science conferences on AI alignment, and organizations like MIRI are funding papers.

He cowrote the book "The Only Rule Is It Has to Work", which I highly, highly recommend. He and the other author got to be gm's of an indy ball team and ran it according to all the craziest sabermetric principles.

It was my vacation book last summer, and my only complaint was that I finished it so fast and the only other thing I had was an LSAT prep book.

buy On Cooking if you're feeling out of the loop. read it through a few times. will set you on the right path

1. Python Programming - An Introduction to Computer Science
   
2. The Film Experience: An Introduction
   
3. Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy and Style
   
4. On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals
   
5. Integrated Chinese Level 1 Pt. 1, 2nd Ed. Textbook: Simplified Character Edition
   

If you move the decimal over. This is about 1,000 in books...

(If I had to pick a few for 100 bucks: encyclopedia of country living, survival medicine, wilderness medicine, ball preservation, art of fermentation, a few mushroom and foraging books.)


Medical:

Where there is no doctor

Where there is no dentist

Emergency War Surgery

The survival medicine handbook

Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine

Special Operations Medical Handbook

Food Production

Mini Farming

encyclopedia of country living

square foot gardening

Seed Saving

Storey’s Raising Rabbits

Meat Rabbits

Aquaponics Gardening: Step By Step

Storey’s Chicken Book

Storey Dairy Goat

Storey Meat Goat

Storey Ducks

Storey’s Bees

Beekeepers Bible

bio-integrated farm

soil and water engineering

Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation

Food Preservation and Cooking

Steve Rinella’s Large Game Processing

Steve Rinella’s Small Game

Ball Home Preservation

Charcuterie

Root Cellaring

Art of Natural Cheesemaking

Mastering Artesian Cheese Making

American Farmstead Cheesemaking

Joe Beef: Surviving Apocalypse

Wild Fermentation

Art of Fermentation

Nose to Tail

Artisan Sourdough

Designing Great Beers

The Joy of Home Distilling

Foraging

Southeast Foraging

Boletes

Mushrooms of Carolinas

Mushrooms of Southeastern United States

Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast


Tech

farm and workshop Welding

ultimate guide: plumbing

ultimate guide: wiring

ultimate guide: home repair

off grid solar

Woodworking

Timberframe Construction

Basic Lathework

How to Run A Lathe

Backyard Foundry

Sand Casting

Practical Casting

The Complete Metalsmith

Gears and Cutting Gears

Hardening Tempering and Heat Treatment

Machinery’s Handbook

How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic

Electronics For Inventors

Basic Science


Chemistry

Organic Chem

Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving

Ham Radio

AARL Antenna Book

General Class Manual

Tech Class Manual


MISC

Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft

Contact!

Nuclear War Survival Skills

The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization in the aftermath of a cataclysm

Singer's The Ethics of What We Eat: Why our Food Choices Matter covers the fishing industry along with the rest of the meat industry (and dairy and eggs). It was very eye opening.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ethics-What-We-Eat/dp/1594866872

https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent-Software/dp/1400082471

http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent-Software/dp/1400082471

Here you go!

http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent-Software/dp/1400082471

how does that compare to this

Dreaming in Code

Inverting the Pyramid

Soccernomics

Fever Pitch

Alex Ferguson

I am the secret footballer

The numbers game

I suggest reading The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes and also The Obesity Code by Jason Fung.

Book: God in a Cup

Bonavita 1L Goosneck Kettle

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sugar-Gary-Taubes/dp/0307701646

This book by Gary Taubes explains in depth, factually everything that you are purporting. Less Conjecture.

Check out Soccernomics and Bamboo Goalposts.

You may find this book interesting.

On Cooking

its a text book that I used in Culinary school. It gives you the why and the how.

https://www.amazon.com/Only-Rule-Has-Work-Experiment/dp/1250130905

Anyone here read Brave New War or Linked?

4 sets of these.... $17.44 with shipping

If it has to be one item, this is $17.40, if you have prime!

Stone actually released a book with recipes for some of their beers a few years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Craft-Stone-Brewing-Co/dp/1607740559

One possible reason but it doesn't sound like it quite fits, I read this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B078Y98RG8/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=phoenix+project+devops&qid=1554156363&s=gateway&sr=8-1

About a guy trying to turn around a dysfunctional it department, and one of his concerns is that everything depends on this one tech guy who knows everything, and no one can get anything done without consulting this one guy, so he takes various measures to basically ease the guy out of the various processes and force the rest of the team to fly on their own and develop their own skills.

there‘s a lot of possible outcomes. one of them would be our extinction, yes. not because AGI is evil, but it may be misaligned with or goals.

check life 3.0 by max tegmark:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598

and the youtube channel by robert miles:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg

But I have a recommendation for you, if you are too stubborn to listen.

Read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Managers-Handbook-Financially-Successful/dp/0910627975/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293665280&sr=8-1

Driving with the Devil is by Neal Thompson

I was also going to recommend it.

To steal from a book "The closer's the closer because he's the closer."

This article is not only wrong it's dangerous. The author dismisses Gary Taubes hypothesis as "not tested." The Case Against Sugar is a compilation of centuries worth of nutritional research. It's also a scathing look at the field of nutrition research that explains fully why it would be so difficult to prove. The basis of his hypothesis was even proven last year when evidence was uncovered that the sugar industry paid off scientists to downplay the link between sugar consumption and health problems.

>so as long as they dont have any biological part in them and they have no actual feelings

Lol. What makes you think you have actual feelings? I think therefore I am. It thinks therefore it is, and it will think quicker and better. It will have a larger brain and more room for improvement.

>I think its just farfetched to think that a robot AI woman made for acting as your partner is ever going to get out of control and use a gun to shoot stuff, they will make sure that it will be a safe tech obviously, its going to be their number one priority, to make sure such a thing isnt going to ever happen with an AI robot.

You can't box in an AI like that. You can make it safe enough for market, but sooner or later one is going to go rogue and one is all it takes.

>I think robots are not to be afraid of at all, the real threat to humanity is humanity itself...

How many AI's have you built? How much do you know about the topic? I'm glad you're more of an expert then idiots like Elon Musk and Steven Hawking. AGI is rediculusly dangarous, and using that tech for a sex toy is beyond stupid and irresponsible. Then again we're more then likely to get AGI over the next couple decades and this Reddit will stay that lang. So when some abused AGI goes back and starts looking for who to blame... well I wouldn't want to be you dude...
Here is a book to read https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1101946598&pd_rd_r=VRR6AQ5K4WE1BXNWW0EP&pd_rd_w=FIKob&pd_rd_wg=x2u0q&psc=1&refRID=VRR6AQ5K4WE1BXNWW0EP

Look man if you're unhappy Openwater will give you matrix you can be anything in
https://www.reddit.com/r/openwaterBCI/
Dev kits this year, consumer product the next. As soon as they get enough data and they will they will be running a full blown matrix. Smell, touch, everything... No need to endanger humanity by messing with stuff you really shouldn't mess with. AGI is better off doing more significant things.

I don't usually buy new release books, but $18 seems high? Is that the case or am I just an idiot?

Basic Economics - Thomas Sowell

Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age - Duncan Watts

Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means - Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks - Mark Buchanan

The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins

Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles - Robin Baker

Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band - Neil Strauss

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell

The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner - Dean Karnazes