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Why print ? It's impossible to search.
by revskill 4y ago
Why print ? It's impossible to search.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoSearching isn't a great way of actually retaining information. You get a very shallow understanding of the topic. Reading books cover to cover, at least when they're well written and not full of padding, is time much better spent. And when doing so, I too prefer the ergonomics of printed books.
- epgui 4y agoPretty crazy how not everyone seems to understand this.
- jsty 4y agoImpossible is a bit of a stretch - that both search engines and books contain an index isn't a coincidence.
- johnnny 4y agoDatabases too have indexes! Almost as if that makes it easier to search for both machines and humans!
- sgt 4y agoThe idea is that you are gradually building Brain-tree indexes in your grey matter as you read it cover to cover. Whenever you need to look up something again you kinda have a vague idea where to look.
- konart 4y agoRead book, take notes in your fav notetaking app (like Obsidian for exmaple) - now you have both knowledge and search. Also the book in question is not really a manual or documentation of some sort.
- unethical_ban 4y agoIn the ancient texts, there was a section called an "index" which mapped keywords to numbered pages in the text.