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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by beckingz on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:04PM (#34667111)
People use technology to manually curate the better bits into things called books, and sometimes implement them on physical biodegradable materials to serve as offline backup and as a low bandwidth distribution method.
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Re:Longer Discussions in HN? by college_physics on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:00PM (#34667773)
A book is probably near the other end of the spectrum in terms of signal to noise and requires very serious investment of time. It is also not yet very typical to continuously update them to reflect new information
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