• @[email protected]
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    241 month ago

    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

    • Frank Ring
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      51 month ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 month ago

        At least you OWN the text book and can reference it years later. That PDF scam was a real piss off

        • Frank Ring
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          41 month ago

          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.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 month ago

            The professor that taught my algorithms & data structures course said if we were going to keep one book it should be the one for that course. I followed that advice and it’s the one textbook I still have. It’s been 8 years since graduation and I haven’t opened it once. I tend to just read Wikipedia if I need to understand a particular algorithm or data structure.

            • Frank Ring
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              41 month ago

              Exactly lol. If I were you, I’d try to sell it.

              If it’s still relevant, you could also give it to younger students.