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# Ask HN

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# Code/Dev

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# Design

• Slider.js: make awesome slideshows with jQuery, CSS Transitions and Canvas comments

# Books

• The Book That Every Programmer Should Read comments
• Bootstrapping Design comments
• Good books for hackers interested in quant finance? comments
• The Ruby Reading List comments
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# Wikipedia

• Carl Fisher comments
• Shakespeare programming language comments

# Videos

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• Khan Academy: Computer Science comments
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# Job Threads

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