<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>j2kun</author><text>For those who liked my book, or want a different angle, or if you&amp;#x27;re looking for inspiration into why math is interesting and useful, I&amp;#x27;m in the (slow) process of writing another book, called &amp;quot;Practical Math for Programmers.&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s more of a broad sample of interesting, short programs that use math, with lots of references. Sort of like &amp;quot;Programming Gems&amp;quot; books&lt;p&gt;Sign up for the mailing list here if you&amp;#x27;re interested in getting updates: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jeremykun.us11.list-manage.com&amp;#x2F;subscribe?u=99aa071e97df95d3a140b1a3f&amp;amp;id=fbe11f6b59&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jeremykun.us11.list-manage.com&amp;#x2F;subscribe?u=99aa071e9...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And some more notes on the process and ideas behind this book: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;buttondown.email&amp;#x2F;j2kun&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;a-week-of-book-writing&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;buttondown.email&amp;#x2F;j2kun&amp;#x2F;archive&amp;#x2F;a-week-of-book-writin...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>j2kun</author><text>Oh hey that&amp;#x27;s my book. Feels great to see someone getting a lot of value from it :)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A Programmer’s Introduction to Mathematics</title><url>https://www.bit-101.com/blog/2021/08/a-programmers-introduction-to-mathematics/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>jmfldn</author><text>I just read the first chapter and wanted to say well done, this is great! This seems to exemplify the maxim that if you really understand something you can explain it clearly to a layman. I am that layman and I learnt a few things today! I look forward to taking a deep dive. :)</text><parent_chain><item><author>j2kun</author><text>Oh hey that&amp;#x27;s my book. Feels great to see someone getting a lot of value from it :)</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>A Programmer’s Introduction to Mathematics</title><url>https://www.bit-101.com/blog/2021/08/a-programmers-introduction-to-mathematics/</url></story>