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Ask HN: Reading material for a long trip

3 pointsby Hockenbrizzlealmost 9 years ago
Hey folks,<p>I have come across some nice articles, short stories, short writings, etc, since I started reading HN. For instance some things by M. Twain, E.M. Forrester, A Huxley, Asimov, Mohsin Hamid, and Vannevar Bush were recently posted to HN.<p>I will soon be on a long trip and would like to bring some reading material along. Could some of you post pdf links to recent pieces that you have read and found interesting?<p>I don&#x27;t really have predilections for anything, so just about any topic would be fine.<p>Thanks!

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mindcrimealmost 9 years ago
Zilog Z-80 User&#x27;s Manual:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zilog.com&#x2F;appnotes_download.php?FromPage=DirectLink&amp;dn=UM0080&amp;ft=User%20Manual&amp;f=YUhSMGNEb3ZMM2QzZHk1NmFXeHZaeTVqYjIwdlpHOWpjeTk2T0RBdlZVMHdNRGd3TG5Ca1pnPT0=" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zilog.com&#x2F;appnotes_download.php?FromPage=DirectLi...</a><p>Design For A Brain - W. Ross Ashby<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;download&#x2F;designforbrain00ashb&#x2F;designforbrain00ashb_bw.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;download&#x2F;designforbrain00ashb&#x2F;designforb...</a><p>Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms - David MacKay<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk&#x2F;itprnn&#x2F;book.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk&#x2F;itprnn&#x2F;book.pdf</a><p>Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency - Nikola Tesla<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gutenberg.org&#x2F;ebooks&#x2F;13476.epub.images" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gutenberg.org&#x2F;ebooks&#x2F;13476.epub.images</a><p>Capitalism - A Treatise on Economics<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.capitalism.net&#x2F;Capitalism&#x2F;CAPITALISM_Internet.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.capitalism.net&#x2F;Capitalism&#x2F;CAPITALISM_Internet.pdf</a><p>AMD64 Programmer&#x27;s Manual (Volume 1)<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.amd.com&#x2F;TechDocs&#x2F;24592.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.amd.com&#x2F;TechDocs&#x2F;24592.pdf</a><p>AMD64 Programmer&#x27;s Manual (Volume 2)<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.amd.com&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;media&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;24593_APM_v21.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.amd.com&#x2F;wordpress&#x2F;media&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;24593_APM_v...</a><p>AMD64 Programmer&#x27;s Manual (Volume 3)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.amd.com&#x2F;TechDocs&#x2F;24594.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.amd.com&#x2F;TechDocs&#x2F;24594.pdf</a><p>If you like sci-fi, check out the Baen Free Library:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.baen.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;free-library.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.baen.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;free-library.html</a><p>and of course there&#x27;s bound to be something at Project Gutenberg that you&#x27;d find interesting. You might find it interesting to go browse around there a bit.<p>Also note that you can export Wikipedia articles as PDF and you can even compose &quot;books&quot; made up of multiple Wikipedia articles. So if there&#x27;s some topic you&#x27;ve been meaning to read up on, maybe go make yourself a WP book on that subject and take that along on your trip.