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I got as far as the eratta

I'm not sure I understand your point about the errata[1]. Are you saying it's wonderful that he provides an online errata from the get go, and looks like he's committed to maintaining it? Or are you saying that it's a bad sign that a bunch of errors have been found in a newly published book?

[1] https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electronics/errata.shtml

The latter, in software we would get an error message, big whoop. In learning electronics we get blue smoke if we are lucky and frustratingly silent failure usually. Add that each failure has a tangible and potentially significant cost and for me enthusiasm does not cancel sloppy details.

It did lead me buy another book the author wrote, and maybe this one will be better in future editions. But I am neither an expert who can just see and correct or disregard the errors, nor a disinterested tourist for whom it is all the same anyway. So as I implied, I passed this time.

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