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datasciencetext··on Bar Chart Race, Explained
How do you feel about line "races"? (ex. https://datasciencetexts.com/diversions/college_ranks_race.h...)
datasciencetext··on Interview on ”Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way”
Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan is also considered pretty good.
datasciencetext··on Relearning Matrices as Linear Functions
Thanks for the feedback! ISL is indeed a good option, especially for the more application-oriented; it's on the todo list!
datasciencetext··on Relearning Matrices as Linear Functions
I think the situation has improved somewhat as visualization tools have become easier to use. We made this simple visual [1] to help people understand what they might get out of linear algebra, and it was easy enough for some statisticians to accomplish.

[1]https://datasciencetexts.com/subjects/linear_algebra.html

datasciencetext··on Programming Books You Wish You Read Earlier
I think you'd be better off buying a different algorithms textbook for another perspective. The Algorithm Design Manual is a popular (and much cheaper) option.
datasciencetext··on Programming Books You Wish You Read Earlier
Shameless plug: https://datasciencetexts.com/ is a list of books related to data science that you all might enjoy!
datasciencetext··on Show HN: Data Science Topic List and Textbook Reviews
Thanks for the feedback!
datasciencetext··on Show HN: Data Science Topic List and Textbook Reviews
Howdy Hacker News, We’re Data Science Texts, and we’d love your feedback on our website. We’re often asked for recommendations for books on data science related topics, and we’re hoping to provide a useful starting point for other data scientists to learn new methods. We would welcome any suggestions for improvements to the website, as well as suggestions for topics or particularly good books that we’ve missed.