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minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·edit-27 months agoI bought some textbooks for university. Ended up not using most of them. Most computers science students are used to computers, internet and StackOverflow. Not paper.
minus-squarelost_faith@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoHere is a PDF of the book you need for this course, you may not share it and the file will self destruct the day after finals. Thanks for the $150
minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThe younger teachers were doing something similar to this. Teachers have to follow certain sets of rules to not get fired. It was mostly the oldest, gray-haired teachers that were requiring textbooks. Stuck in their old ways.
minus-squarelost_faith@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoAt least you OWN the text book and can reference it years later. That PDF scam was a real piss off
minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoThat might work in other domains other than computer sciences. But from my experience, nobody cared about books and papers in computer science. Everyone is more comfortable with technology. You can easily Google or find things on the internet.
minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoTextbooks that are good references are great. Textbooks that are just another class and withhold the answers are garbage.
minus-squareslimarev92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·7 months agoThere’s nothing wrong with paper books.
minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoI never said there’s something wrong with paper books. I’m even reading one right now. Lord of Rings paper version. But for computer science students textbooks, it’s heavy, inconvenient and spacey. The internet or even PDFs are better. Why? It’s easier to do research, CTRL+F and copy/paste some programming code.
minus-squareslimarev92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·7 months agoIf you’re copy pasting code you’re not learning a whole lot.
minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoYou’re clearly not a programmer lol
minus-squareslimarev92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoCopy pasting code is THE WORST way to learn how to program.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoThe best investment I made in textbooks was the class that wanted a Schaum’s Outline book, $15 brand new and still a book I use for occasional linear algebra reference.
minus-squarelightnegative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoI found this in my first and second year so I stopped buying them. Half the time it was just “recommended reading” and the book wasn’t even used in class. Yep, not gonna shell out $120 per book for “recommend reading”
I bought some textbooks for university.
Ended up not using most of them.
Most computers science students are used to computers, internet and StackOverflow.
Not paper.
Here is a PDF of the book you need for this course, you may not share it and the file will self destruct the day after finals. Thanks for the $150
The younger teachers were doing something similar to this. Teachers have to follow certain sets of rules to not get fired.
It was mostly the oldest, gray-haired teachers that were requiring textbooks. Stuck in their old ways.
At least you OWN the text book and can reference it years later. That PDF scam was a real piss off
That might work in other domains other than computer sciences.
But from my experience, nobody cared about books and papers in computer science. Everyone is more comfortable with technology.
You can easily Google or find things on the internet.
Textbooks that are good references are great. Textbooks that are just another class and withhold the answers are garbage.
There’s nothing wrong with paper books.
I never said there’s something wrong with paper books.
I’m even reading one right now. Lord of Rings paper version.
But for computer science students textbooks, it’s heavy, inconvenient and spacey.
The internet or even PDFs are better.
Why?
It’s easier to do research, CTRL+F and copy/paste some programming code.
If you’re copy pasting code you’re not learning a whole lot.
You’re clearly not a programmer lol
Copy pasting code is THE WORST way to learn how to program.
The best investment I made in textbooks was the class that wanted a Schaum’s Outline book, $15 brand new and still a book I use for occasional linear algebra reference.
I found this in my first and second year so I stopped buying them.
Half the time it was just “recommended reading” and the book wasn’t even used in class.
Yep, not gonna shell out $120 per book for “recommend reading”
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