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Erik Naggum's library is for sale
- icey 16y agoI'm sorry for linking to the tweet, but Xach's livejournal appears to be killfiled here.
- zachbeane 16y agoThat's what I get for making fun of Arc, I guess.
- tptacek 16y agoWhy?
- abstractbill 16y agoI seem to remember Zach posting a Hacker News exploit to his blog a long time ago. Seems a little harsh for it still to be blocked I suppose, but I would guess that's why. EDIT: This is the post I'm thinking of: http://xach.livejournal.com/214252.html http://xach.livejournal.com/214252.html
- tptacek 16y agoOuch. I'm a little drunk and wiriting with the iPhone keyboard on a cta blue line train, but Xach's suggested fix (sha1(k, msg)) has a horrible vulnerability in it.
- fogus 16y agoOh no! I submitted Xach's original post link. Will that go on my permanent record?
- JabavuAdams 16y agoOh man, I miss his writing. I wonder whether anyone will be interested in my library when I kick it? Memento Mori.
- hristov 16y agoWell there are only three copies of The Fountainhead in there so hurry up, don't delay. Sarcasm aside, I should mention that it is pretty impressive that in his politics section he seems to have books from every single point of view.
- ctkrohn 16y agoHere's a direct link to the book list: http://www.xach.com/naggum/books/catalog.pdf http://www.xach.com/naggum/books/catalog.pdf I have to say, I'm impressed by the bookseller's professionalism. It can't have been easy to go through all the books, determine a price, and write notes on the condition. In some cases, there's even a summary and a note on the historical context of the book. You can tell from the descriptions that some of these books are truly personal artifacts -- not just words on paper. For example, here's what it says on the m68k assembler reference: "Bumped to corners, covers very creased, dog ears, pages toned, a worn copy but pages remain clean and unmarked." You can tell that Naggum really used the book. For all the advantages of PDFs and e-readers, you still lose something.