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I feel like we’ve been hit by one of Michael O. Church’s troll agents. 1. Obsession with massive books. 2. High-value target (this community.) 3. Obviously b

I feel like we’ve been hit by one of Michael O. Church’s troll agents. 1. Obsession with massive books. 2. High-value target (this community.) 3. Obviously bad idea that some people will treat as an earnest suggestion. 4. Oblique commentary on bad behavior by AI companies (destructive scanning of rare books.)

_carbyau_ 27d ago
At it's heart, this post is: if you own it, do what you want with it. For a big book, cutting it up might be desired. Even though book lovers everywhere decry such a move, it's their book. Obviously there is zero resale value for the book, but I have never sold a book I owned so that wouldn't bother me.
- onecommentman 27d ago
  I have, on two occasions, actually tossed a book in the trash rather than have someone else stumble upon it. Arguably worse than physical mutilation and I consider myself a book lover. And, for several others, I have physically cut out and disposed of offending chapters or introductions using the same physical technique as the article suggests. Deeply emotionally satisfying, and not an option available for DRM e-books, as far as I know. And again, a book lover.
  - _carbyau_ 26d ago
    I too have come across few things in my life that were so useless/junk as to wipe from the face of the earth. Few though. > not an option available for DRM e-books One such instance for me was a computer game. I uninstalled it and ensured the offending files were securely written over. Such things were possible with spinning rust storage. Nowadays with solid state drives I don't know how to target my vindication to that degree.
NoidFonsense 27d ago
I've already done this in my own life. I read dune by cutting the paperback into 3 books, one for each part. I didn't like that it was so thick, but it was a small book dimensionally. Plus it was just a cheap used paperback that would be read once. I dont like e-readers, i like to dog-ear the pages and stuff

_carbyau_ 27d ago

At it's heart, this post is: if you own it, do what you want with it. For a big book, cutting it up might be desired. Even though book lovers everywhere decry such a move, it's their book. Obviously there is zero resale value for the book, but I have never sold a book I owned so that wouldn't bother me.

onecommentman 27d ago
I have, on two occasions, actually tossed a book in the trash rather than have someone else stumble upon it. Arguably worse than physical mutilation and I consider myself a book lover. And, for several others, I have physically cut out and disposed of offending chapters or introductions using the same physical technique as the article suggests. Deeply emotionally satisfying, and not an option available for DRM e-books, as far as I know. And again, a book lover.
- _carbyau_ 26d ago
  I too have come across few things in my life that were so useless/junk as to wipe from the face of the earth. Few though. > not an option available for DRM e-books One such instance for me was a computer game. I uninstalled it and ensured the offending files were securely written over. Such things were possible with spinning rust storage. Nowadays with solid state drives I don't know how to target my vindication to that degree.

NoidFonsense 27d ago

I've already done this in my own life. I read dune by cutting the paperback into 3 books, one for each part. I didn't like that it was so thick, but it was a small book dimensionally. Plus it was just a cheap used paperback that would be read once. I dont like e-readers, i like to dog-ear the pages and stuff