Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by Mistletoe on Monday December 08, 2025 @07:37PM
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This makes sense, "enough" of the old technical info is in the AI brains now and easily accessed via a query.
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Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by TheOtherHobbes on Monday December 08, 2025 @08:44PM
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A lossy compressed version of it, at least.
But a lot of is also in blogs and (video) tutorials. As well as Stack Overflow.
And all very searchable.
The old brick-of-paper approach to tech manuals just isn't a thing any more. I don't particularly miss it.
It was, if you think about, usually a slow and inefficient way to present information - often better at presenting what was possible than how to do make it happen.
Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by lazystar on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @03:24AM
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> often better at presenting what was possible than how to do make it happen.
that, i feel, is the chilling aspect to this situation. does the lack of new books explaining what's possible, imply that our society's opportunites for growth are dwindling?