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      Zigurana @backstander
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      @backstander thanks!

      If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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        backstander
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        Today's free eBook is "Learning Raspberry Pi":
        https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

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          mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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          @backstander

          Yoink... Thanks for alerting us to these. Now I just need the time to read them.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            obsidianspider
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            Thanks for this. I finally created an account today to download the book. I'll have to pick up the Git one when it comes around again.

            📷 @obsidianspider

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              backstander
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              Today's free eBook is "Python Game Programming By Example"
              https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

              I expect everyone that gets this book to program a video game in Python for RetroPie ;-)

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                mattrixk @backstander
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                @backstander Hah, I got it with 2 minutes to spare (it's 10am March 23rd here). It hasn't yet told me what today's free book is.

                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                  mattrixk
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                  Today's new books is "Mastering Responsive Web Design". It looks interesting, I might be able to get some tips from it. It's 334 pages long. Unfortunately for me it seems to focus mainly on SASS, and I'm a LESS man, but they have quite a bit of overlap. (I've used both LESS and SASS, and found I prefer LESS.)

                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                    herb_fargus administrators @mattrixk
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                    @mattrixk the idea of writing a book to learn about a computer makes me laugh. At least it's an ebook I suppose.

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      backstander @herb_fargus
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                      @herb_fargus

                      the idea of writing a book to learn about a computer makes me laugh. At least it's an ebook I suppose.

                      This idea isn't as bad as having a VHS tape that shows you how to install/setup your VHS player ;-)

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                        mattrixk @backstander
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                        @backstander: "No keyboard found. Press any key to continue."

                        My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                          obsidianspider @mattrixk
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                          @mattrixk

                          📷 @obsidianspider

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                            backstander
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                            Today's free eBook is "OpenCV for Secret Agents"
                            https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

                            "OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real-time computer vision."

                            "Build OpenCV apps for the desktop, the Raspberry Pi, Android, and the Unity game engine"

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                              backstander
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                              I don't know if everyone already noticed this but today's free eBook is "Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids"
                              https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

                              I just browsed this eBook and noticed chapter 2 shows you how to make an Angry Birds clone using Scratch.

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                              • mattrixkM
                                mattrixk @backstander
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                                Thanks for this @backstander, I keep forgetting to check the site.

                                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                  mattrixk
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                                  This is odd. 15 hours ago @backstander told us the current free book was "Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids". When I got it 7 hours ago, it said there was 40 minutes left. Now, I'm looking to see what the new book is, and it says it's still "Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids" and that it has 18 hours left. Something seems dodgy.

                                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                    backstander @mattrixk
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                                    @mattrixk
                                    I've seem some odd counter issues on this site as well. I've also seen on the free eBook history list below where it will show the wrong book for yesterday's free book but then the next day that book will be the current free eBook lol.

                                    Today's eBook is "Learning Java Functional Programming". Not sure if there's any Raspberry Pi relevant information in this book but you can develop Java programs on it.

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                                    • mattrixkM
                                      mattrixk
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                                      For those interested, today's new book is "Expert Python Programming". You can get it here.

                                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                        mattrixk
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                                        Today's free ebook is "Node.js Design Patterns".

                                        My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                          backstander
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                                          Today's free eBook is "Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments - Second Edition"
                                          https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

                                          Now you'll be able to test how secure your Raspberry Pi build really is!

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                                            meleu @backstander
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                                            @backstander said in Free GitHub Essentials [eBook]:

                                            Now you'll be able to test how secure your Raspberry Pi build really is!

                                            Let's be honest: How many of you change the pi user's password?! LoL :)

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