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Discussion on: Learning from the Past: The Internet Guide to New Users #1

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Ken Bellows

It's honestly so good. I'm not typically into memoirs and true crime stories and such, but this was an exception. It's written like a hacker/spy thriller, in a super engaging style, rather than being an autobiography. It was actually a New York Times bestseller in its day I guess.

Side note: I happen to be a math and numbers nerd, so I love the Numberphile YouTube channel, and Cliff Stoll has done a bunch of NUmberphile videos about pretty deep topics, often using his own hand-blown glass bottles for visual demos. I knew him from those videos long before I ran across his book; he's a super zany guy, but very fun to listen to. He did a podcast episode with the creator of Numberphile about his backstory, and he talks a bit about the book and the story behind it.

Anyway... definitely read the book! It's so good!

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/*Sharkie*/

Okay, now I have to grab it. It sounds amazing!

And you mention math and hand blown bottles - I'm running off to YouTube to check this out. I can't not!