The Complete Yes Minister
by Antony Jay · first published 1989
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on “Ask HN: Non-tech books that have helped you grow professionally?” ↗…IMO, politicians have the appearance of control, but very little actual latitude in practice. If you want a cruel but funny illustration of this, may I suggest that you read [http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Yes-Minister-ebook/dp/B00...] or watch [http://www.amazon.com/Open-Government/dp/B0015KOTY2] Yes Minister? It compellingly illustrate how an administration can manipulate a politician, what they call the "house training"…
on “More Encryption Is Not the Solution” ↗The Complete Yes Minister, a novelization of the TV show, but probably more approachable. A kind of "high brow" skewering of politics and government. There's a lot of interplay between politicians and civil servants that mirrors…
on “Ask HN: What books have been worth your time?” ↗…are in goodreads and reviewed didn't show up in the search. I tried both author's name and the title of the book. Maybe they aren't in the dataset. It did stumble with some books more niche books (The Complete Yes Minister). Trying the "Similar" button gave me more books that were _technically_ similar because they were novelizations of British comedy shows, but not what I was looking for. For more common books though…
on “Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model” ↗> It did stumble with ... more niche books (The Complete Yes Minister). If you haven't already read it, you might like Lawrence Durrell's Antrobus [1]. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/759709.Antrobus_complete
on “Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model” ↗