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I love physical books. E-books are a good supplement because of the searchability, but I don't enjoy reading e-books nearly as much as paper. Humans are very t
by jll29 4y ago
I love physical books. E-books are a good supplement because of the searchability, but I don't enjoy reading e-books nearly as much as paper.
Humans are very tactile, and the book is a visual cue that sits there and reminds one that "I wanted to finish reading this." It's also easy to skim-read and navigate in a physical volume.
To me, even the order of books on the shelf is important, as they reflect the order of the material in my mind (e.g. computer science > programming languages > Rust).
What is perhaps no longer worth buying are "how to" guides that have been superseded by Google + StackExchange.