jonotrain

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by jonotrain 11y ago
First off, we should acknowledge that your argument has shifted significantly - from an ontological to a practical concern. The ontological question, whether the archive exists or not, is independent from the practical question of whether o
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by jonotrain 11y ago
The whole site takes up a few MB! It doesn't store any books at all. As to your other question, I'd say 1)The library undermines the integrity of rational thought or endeavor, and thus teaches us to reconfigure our thought to do w
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by jonotrain 11y ago
I created a bookmarkable link on the book pages - and you can title them yourself, so they will remain private if you like. Thank you for the excellent suggestion.
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by jonotrain 11y ago
Hey mariusz - interesting ideas. for the first, I was new to coding when i started this project, so i dont really know how people go about sharing their code. I imagine I could put it on github or something like that - but I'm a little
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by jonotrain 11y ago
I didn't pre-generate the books - that would have taken longer than the lifespan of the earth (that didn't stop me from trying, though!). The books are generated by a pseudo-random algorithm which uses the "location" as
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by jonotrain 11y ago
The parameters of the books are mostly set by the story - you can take a look at the link klunger posted, or read a pdf here: http://libraryofbabel.info/Borges/libraryofbabel.pdf
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by jonotrain 11y ago
I'm glad you suggested that - will do.
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by jonotrain 11y ago
The bookmarks would only need to map to the book locations - you would only need sufficient values for the number of bookmarked pages, not the entire range of possibilities.
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by jonotrain 11y ago
I think yk's idea is excellent - I'm actually working on it right now. You're correct that the book locations need to be about as long as the book to provide sufficient unique values - but it isn't humanly or temporally
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by jonotrain 11y ago
Hey hliyan! I'm glad you're deeply exploring the library - did you make note of the page number?
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by jonotrain 11y ago
By the way - also a fan of the Simpsons. I'd be lying if I said that scene wasn't a partial inspiration for the site.
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by jonotrain 11y ago
Hey DanAnderson, I'm the programmer of libraryofbabel.info - thanks for letting me know about this. Which pages is it happening on?