(Part 2) Top products from r/InternetIsBeautiful

You don't need school to learn how to do that. It's true for most things in life but it is even easier with computer science.

Want to learn C ? No school will ever teach it better than the book The C Programming Language (also called K&R) by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
Want to learn C++ ? You should start with C or C# or Java and then go for Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup.
Want to learn Python ? Go to python.org and pick a tutorial.
Want to learn Javascript ? Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke.
Want to learn HTML5 ? Maybe have a look at diveintohtml5.info or W3Schools
Want to learn Java ? The Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold or Head First Java by Kathy Sierra.

You need two things, time and will. You'd be surprise how easy it is to learn all those things if you like it and if you have a dream project.

edit: Woh, thanks for the gold. :D

If you're interested for your own interest and not for college, I'd recommend starting with books written for a general audience like

The Cartoon Introduction to Economics

Freakonomics

The Armchair Economist

Spin Free Economics

Lastly, Lives of the Laureates offers biographical accounts of 23 Nobel Laureates in Economics. I find it interesting since it offers insights into the minds of the Laureates, their intellectual process, and some of the most important contributions within the economics community.

I also often recommend Economics in the Afterlife to people since it shows that economists have no shame and economics can really be applied to anything.

You could probably find PDFs online of some of these books if you were so inclined.

Well the number one rule is to try to touch the html/css as little as possible. Store references to html nodes, pull nodes out of layout if you're going to modify them heavily, use timeouts if you have a long running operation, use requestanimationframe for dom manipulation, etc.

There are more, but those are the big ones off the top of my head. You want to STAY in the javascript space as much as possible.

There are some great articles about making the javascript itself performant, but I found this very short book to be really helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Performance-JavaScript-Faster-Application-Interfaces/dp/059680279X

It's a couple years old but absolutely still relevant.

Here's an article on the on going studies: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/what-makes-us-fat/

Here's a write-up that should help explain the logic. This specifically addresses your question: http://authoritynutrition.com/debunking-the-calorie-myth/

Health expert Jonathon Bailor wrote a NYT Bestseller called. "The Calorie Myth": http://www.amazon.com/The-Calorie-Myth-Exercise-Weight/dp/0062267337

Last, health coach Sam Altman regularly tracks and blogs experiments in eating. Here is a link to his 5000 calorie challenge where he overeats while his waist size goes down and he doesn't add fat. Key is WHAT he eats, not the caloric content!: http://live.smashthefat.com/why-i-didnt-get-fat/

Thanks for asking. Msg me if you want to chat more about it. I've got lots of n=1 and anecdotes as well.

The wind is great. Honestly. You should give this read.

Yes I have read that article several times; your point simply solidifies my arguements. Have you read about the multiple agreements between Britain and the Arab states in WW1? You cannot simply start reading about WW2, the effects of it afterwards (Jewish displacements, state of Israel) without knowing what went on in WW1.

Read this and get back to me as it explains very clearly the effects this has today.

Another great optimistic outlook is Steven Pinker's new book, [Enlightenment Now](https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570)

There is a great book on the subject of the first transatlantic cable called A Thread Across the Ocean.

And if you want to know why the caged whale sings

I put in 'From A buick 8' - Stephen King and got Nobody True by James Hebert (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/033052206X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1381258100&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165). Which I will be very much looking forward too.

I did however get a Dr. Suess book as the 3rd recommendation lol. Just fucked.

[Ishihara?] (http://www.amazon.com/Shades-Grey-Novel-Jasper-Fforde/dp/0143118587)

Sure.

I looked in the British Library online catalog, and I found "Mathematic of Physics" by J.H. Avery, but that appears to be a typo, because I also found this on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Physics-MICHAEL-NELKON-AVERY/dp/0435680455

https://www.amazon.com/Penguins-Have-Knees-Imponderables-Book/dp/0060740914

The show is more 'real' than actual real life, where prices are inflated. (that is to say, the target of the irony is reversed for me)

We believe the characters are working/middle class because a t-shirt 'means' a comfy casual thing that costs very little. The "symbol" is more real to us than the "actual thing" itself.

Real life prices that are laughable and subject to imaginary forces of 'brand value.'


Cool sweaters with prints on them are cheap. That specific sweater with that specific print is priced too high because 'specificity' is the only thing boutique or luxury companies can offer. Since luxury brands are now made with the same cheap labor as affordable goods are, the strategy of maintaining 'wealthy' market has changed. (the [the book Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster] (http://amzn.com/0143113704) is a great intro to this idea..)

In the age of H&M practically every single look can be replicated for (american) middle class prices. The chinese teenagers are the last 'working class' in the old sense -- their labor is exploited for fast fashion, we are the beneficiaries of that. That reality is less disturbing to me than the 'lie' of expensive 'designer' stuff. Seems insulting to me to pay even more for the same basic looks.

Which is why the concept of these websites are obnoxious to me. They should be replicate-the-style websites, not buy-the-specific-item sites, but those partnerships/spnsorships is how the sites and the wardrobe departments make/save money.