What are you reading now?

[TMoney]

Wool - Hugh Howey.

Fun book. They adapted the first half of this one in to the TV show "Silo".

I do enjoy the story archetypes where they drop you in a world with lots of strange stuff where things start happening and you have to keep reading to figure out what the heck is going on.

[Dusty Chalk]

Financial Modeling Using Quantum Computing, by Anshul Saxena, Javier Mancilla, Iraitz Montalban, and Christophe Pere

Debugging Embedded and Real-Time Systems, by Arnold S. Berger

Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing, by Frank Gaitan

Quantitative Finance for Physicists, by Anatoly B. Schmidt

Learning Modern C++ for Finance by Daniel Hanson

...and other books on:  Quantum Computing, Quantitative Finance, Embedded and Real-Time software development, Modern C++, and other technically challenging topics.  I really need to settle down, but brain go brrrr...someone should not have given me an O'Reilly account.  Oh, wait, I did.  🙃

[blessingx]

A little push back to the doom scrolling. 

‘Are You OK?’ San Francisco Residents Say They Most Certainly Are.

San Francisco’s national reputation has plunged since the pandemic began, and many residents say they are frustrated by how their beloved city is being viewed.

[TMoney]

Going Infinite - Michael Lewis

I didn’t so much read this book as devour it in two nights. Lewis has his critics, but he is just such a wonderful storyteller. I’m always amazed by his ability to explain highly complex topics to the “interested layman” aka me. Lewis is just so read-able.

As a securities lawyer I’ve been following the story of SBF, FTX, and the Crypto Winter with some interest these last two years, so I am very much the target audience for this book. I loved it. Sam is a great character.

Yes, the ending is compromised as he rushed to get it out before the trail, but I find it hard to blame the man. You strike while the iron is hot.

 

[HiWire]

American Flagg

Edited November 2, 2023 by HiWire

[robm321]

And I thought all hope was lost. Glad this Reuben guy is going to fix it. 

[HiWire]

Volume 1 of the Definitive Collection contains issues #1-7, so I'm still optimistic.

I picked it up a few months ago and I forgot I hadn't read it yet.

Edited October 26, 2023 by HiWire

[blessingx]

Based on the recent @mikeymad Casual Jazz/Gleason post in the music thread. 

[robm321]

Led Zeppelin IV’ Cover Photo Mystery Man Finally Identified 52 Years After Album’s Release

 

[Dusty Chalk]

How to make bad biscuits:

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-most-of-america-is-terrible-at-making-biscuits?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

[blessingx]

A pretty fun read…

 

“Every now and then, safari goers make the fatal mistake of forgetting that they're surrounded by wild animals-that no matter how well managed the environment may be, it is filled with wild things, dangerous to their core. The Bible is like that too. When we read these ancient texts —no matter how carefully managed they've been —we're visiting wild and dangerous terrain, and who knows what we'll find there.

The biblical world is full of monsters. Uncanny creatures lurk in every direction, from the hybrid monsters surrounding God in heaven to the stunning array of peculiar beings touching down on earth, and from giants in the land of milk and honey to Leviathan swimming beneath the seas. Most have been tamed by time and tradition. The cherubim -menacing, winged animal guardians-have become heavenly babies, marketed for feel-good cuteness on greeting cards and framed prints to be hung on a bathroom wall. The seraphim, multi-winged creatures with serpentine bodies and humanoid hands, have become conflated with angels. Angels, meanwhile, have acquired the soft-edged glow of a Hallmark card, even as they are some of the deadliest shapeshifters in a universe teeming with bizarre figures.

Other monsters are hidden altogether, masked in translation as natural phenomena, like the demons Pestilence, Plague, and the Chill, who'd be prime comic book villains - except that they work for The Good Guy.”

[blessingx]

In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco 

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley 
 

[HiWire]

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

 

[blessingx]

His and her’s Miranda July. Seems at the zeitgeist currently. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/style/miranda-july-all-fours-profile.html?unlocked_article_code=1.100.tF7J.JHSVK5icAIOC&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb [gift article]