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Posted by surprisetalk 4 days ago

The Secret Life of Circuits(blog.coredump.cx)
269 points | 67 commentspage 3
quickthrowman 8 hours ago|
This looks like it’ll be a good book for me to learn more about electrical theory and circuit design, I know a bit about AC and DC electricity from working in electrical construction which should help me dive right in, thanks for sharing this book release!
AmazingEveryDay 3 days ago||
I looked at sample chapter, the fonts and layout are visually repulsive.
MarkusQ 11 hours ago||
Congratulations, you are now quoted on the page!
_Microft 13 hours ago|||
This made me have a look and I do like it a lot.

The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

amelius 12 hours ago||
> The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

What I want is a paperback where the margins are chosen such that you can read the text when you fold back the facing part of the book.

InsideOutSanta 3 hours ago|||
Why in the world would you write something like that. Genuinely, what good does this do, other than hurt people?
AmazingEveryDay 17 minutes ago||
It's my honest opinion - visually it stood out to me as bad looking. I think you know better than to accuse me of hurting people, when merely I present opinion about how a book looks! It's a harsh world out there, there is far worse being said.
polotics 13 hours ago|||
Sir, you have a knack for inspiring commentary: the exact opposite of damning with faint praise! Also 0% slop it made me pre-order the book immediately.
JKCalhoun 12 hours ago||
That would (of course) be praising with faint damnation.

(Or is it praising with generous damnation?)

HPsquared 11 hours ago||
Like a double negative.
fuzzfactor 7 hours ago||
It can get hard to follow after a while :)

How about a triple-play, damning with damn damnation?

kps 4 hours ago|||
Baskerville's fine. Bland, but fine.
qazwsxedchac 3 hours ago|
The cover art is a gross error of judgement, and it stops me from buying this book for the next generation of hackers in the wider family.

Adults will understand that the "shush" gesture with the soldering iron is supposed to be a play on the "secret" in the title, but a large part of the target audience is 12-15 years old. There will inevitably be some who'll imitate the picture, with painful results.

krallja 56 minutes ago|
"She's a child!" shouted Albert.

"IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL TOY."

"What if she cuts herself?"

"THAT WILL BE A PAINFUL LESSON."