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Re:What Books do you enjoy in physical form? by vunderba on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:16PM (#42371155)
I'm the exact opposite. I only purchase physical books that have a "timeless quality" to them - so that rules out 99% of tech specific books. Further, I'd vastly prefer a searchable PDF for some random O'Reilly book so I can work through the exercises at my computer easily.

The physical books I have are more like coffee table compendiums around a vast array of subjects that aren't intended to be read sequentially - I can just pick it up and start a random chapter and enjoy them for short sessions. Examples are The Disappearing Spoon, A Short History of Nearly Everything, The Violinist's Thumb, etc.

I'm glad you enjoyed "Pro Git" but that sounds like the kind of thing that I would use as a doctor to place a patient into a medically induced coma.

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Re:What Books do you enjoy in physical form? by satvikpendem on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:05PM (#42371579)
Indeed, epics and classics like Gilgamesh, The Count of Monte Cristo, or even Dune are what I'd buy as physical books. The rest are audiobooks, and tech books are digital, so that I can have them side by side on the monitor with my code editor.

> I'm glad you enjoyed "Pro Git" but that sounds like the kind of thing that I would use as a doctor to place a patient into a medically induced coma.

I laughed at this for the last 5 minutes straight.

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