I just finished reading this book, Algorithms, by Panos Louridas (Kindle version). I can safely say that I understood 2/3 of the book, which is not bad, considering my extremely low knowledge of math and computer science. I did learn a few concepts, like searching, sorting, graphs, paths, PageRank, deep learning (I already knew that... Lire la Suite →

C'est ma frangine américaine qui m'a filé En Souvenir d'André, par Martin Winckler quand je suis allée lui rendre visite en octobre. Au début, je n'étais pas très enthousiaste, parce que je ne supporte absolument pas les débats sur la mort assistée, je deviens folle de rage après quelques secondes seulement. Mais ma frangine m'a... Lire la Suite →

Trust, by Hernan Diaz, received many awards and I had it on my to-read list for a long time. I just finished it and can only say a few things about it without revealing too much of the plot. First, it was a story devoid of emotion, written very matter-of-factly, without useless details or embellishments,... Lire la Suite →

J'ai écouté à peu près une heure de ce bouquin (d'un peu plus de sept heures d'écoute) et puis je l'en renvoyé à l'expéditeur et me suis fait rembourses mes sous! Je suis vraiment allergique à ce style d'écriture française mélodramatique et hyper métaphorique, et ces histoires métaphysiques de neige et de fantômes. J'aurais dû... Lire la Suite →

I read or listened to a few other books by David Sedaris, and I find him interesting, funny, introspective, and down to earth. His writing is hard to define though, because he sometimes writes about his observations, his adventures, and his thoughts, but he is sometimes funny and sometimes quite serious or even sad. He... Lire la Suite →

What can I say about this very depressing book? It won the Pulitzer Prize and I had it in my to-read list since at least the nineteen-fifties, so I finally decided to listen to it and I am glad it's over! Although maybe it's not... The story of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, is very... Lire la Suite →

This small and weird-looking book, Engines of Engagement--A Curious Book About Generative AI, was written by, among others, Sae Schatz, an international star and leader in all things Generative AI, who advises governments and universities and businesses on how to deal with this new technology and is also the Executive Director of the Partnership for... Lire la Suite →