Shelf / Personal library thread

Show me what you're working with, Lainchan.

>>6984 2/3 posts here.

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>>6984 >>6985 >>6986 I would love recommendations, by the way. For example, political theory that aligns with (or against) my worldview is great. But explain why, I don't wanna hear about how "mein kampf bc da j00z n nazis". Give me (or anyone else here) a genuine reason for it.

you made me stand up to get the pictures

and the other shelf, hope you are happy

>>6989 I'm the happiest. Now go do 30 burpees. Real ones. Pushup into jumping jacks into pushups and so on.

>>6985 Where/how did you find that version of Occult Japan? It's not on the website of Inner Traditions.

>>7423 I picked it up used, it says this one was printed in 1990. So, my guess is that it's one that they probably quit printing early on, sadly.

No Fourth Political Theory by Alexander Dugin in this thread. My disappointment is immeasurable.

>>6987 More specifically, what worldview are you looking for support/critique?

>>7548 None. I'm just interested in different ideas.

>>6987 > I would love recommendations, by the way. For example, political theory that aligns with (or against) my worldview is great. But explain why, I don't wanna hear about how "mein kampf bc da j00z n nazis". Give me (or anyone else here) a genuine reason for it. Reading the Fourth Political Theory by Alexander Dugin can give you context for the current situation in Ukraine, and a fresh perspective about why it had to happen.

Feel like I'm looking at my own books in this thread lol

I read normal person books and keep them by my bed fight me about it

>>7769 Those books deserve to be on the floor.

>>7545 >Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas Chad Machado de Assis enjoyer

>>6984 What kind of cider do you like OP? I recently moved to a place where apples are grown, and I can finally indulge my love of dry ciders.

I'll post mine when I get home >>6988 >funko pops lainon I... >>7769 nice bookshelf

>>7786 The cider that I make is my favorite. I use Lalvin 71B yeast, I try to keep the original gravity over 1.08 and under 1.12, and I usually condition it between 1 - 3 months. This comes out to a decent range of ~10.8% to ~14.9%

>>7791 Wow, that's a nice strong one. I'll be sure to check that strain out next time I homebrew. Would you believe it, I got into brewing cider because I was making knock-off martinelli's for myself and let one go long

>>7798 Well, it isn't the strain that does it. (The strain really just impacts the flavor) -- You'll need to try to aim for a gravity reading of 1.08 to 1.12. That means adding sugar, maybe using a few apples that are known to be higher sugar content. Usually I just add a little sugar to it though. For reference, 1 pound of sugar, in 1 gal of water, is +0.045 gravity. I had put store bought apple juice into my hydrometer and found it tends to be around about 1.046 so adding a pound of sugar in a gal of apple juice, stirring it up, then starting the should net you around about 1.091 gravity, or 12.2% ABV (with a final gravity of 1.000 even, which I find to be rare. Mine usually goes dry to about 0.992... which is fine.) Of course, thats not exact and your apple juice might have higher/lower ratings... This was more an explanation of how the science works behind it.

>>7547 Max, that book is bunk. Dugin's whistling a symphony in the old folks corner. >>7769 Nothing but fiction. That loser probably thinks its being is better than TV watchers.

>>6984 >>6988 >>6989 >>7545 >>7564 >>7768 >>7769 i love your stacks, collections here's my current array: five books, five bottles +infinite jest+ rereading for the second time for those 90's feels +ulysses+ daily meditations +bronze age pervert+ nice change of pace, lateral thinking +The creature from jakyll island+ exposition on the federal reserve and money +the ship of theseus+ fun example of how books can be read

1/15 of all my personal library, I'm trilingual in fact (I read in English, French & Spanish). It's actually very easy realize my literary tastes. Thoughts?

New stuff incoming. Dusty/10. >>8195 1/15, post the rest fren.

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These are most of the books I have scrounged. Most of these i havent read fully but i will probably be cracking opem the numerical analysos text soon. I also have a few textbooks in my closet that I've read cover to cover. Fiction books I don't keep after I've read them, I sell them to a used book store while I get new ones.

>>8195 If you speak english, why would you ever read lovecraft in translation? His english vocabulary is both massive and archaic, and I cannot imagine that it all translates nicely... (Just surprised, not trying to be an arse). >>7549 If you haven't already, I recommend you read (vaguely ordered): >Trial and Death of Socrates + Meno, Symposium, Protagoras >Thucydides, Peloponnesian war (can finish the war out with Xenophon's Hellenica, but they are very, very different authors) >Plato, The Republic >Pentateuch + New testament >Augustine: - Academics and associated early dialogues for a christian-platonic fusion - Confessions (needs no explanation) - City of God (if you have the time) >Hobbes, Leviathan >Smith, Wealth of Nations (aka teach yourself economics) >Assorted leftist thinkers (Marx, Rousseau, etc.) ... (list goes on) >The Camp of the Saints >Uncle Ted's Hot Takes on Tiktok And a bunch of other stuff, I can get a more full list if you want. >why If you want to understand any political theory, you probably need to know where "it all comes from" for lack of a better expression. Also platonic philosophy is wholesome and refreshing after living in a hedonist/materialist society.

Ever since I ran out of shelf space, all my books are pdfs. I’m looking to add to my collection of violent extremist and taboo literature if anyone has any recommendations. I’m looking for a copy of Tsurumi Wataru’s suicide manual too.

>>8824 I have something of a small collection of various subjects. Some of which probably fit your interest. I did grab some Uncle Fester books, but they ended up being empty files. Probably put me on a list. Who give a soykaf.

>>8825 Heres what I have of uncle fester that works.

>>8826 >>8825 >>8824 here's a small collection of extremist/anarchist material: https://archive.is/uALz2

>>8825 Could you please post your copies of IRISH WISDOM PRESERVED IN BIBLE AND PYRAMIDS, The Next Leader's Manual, and the trivium? They look like very good books.

Also have The Bible and The Super Gospel not shown in pictures.

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>>8830 thnx fren, just downloaded.

>>8830 Thank you, fellow man whose heart was gripped by the ever-chased horizon. Would you like anything in return?

>>8832 I only request that you do your best.

>>6985 You have soykaf taste lol

>>6984 >Show me what you're working with, Lainchan. all my books are packed up in storage but i have some neat ones in there so ill get them out at some point later. >>7769 >I read normal person books and keep them by my bed fight me about it book nests are pretty comfy, most of those look pretty soykaf tho maybe invest in some better books

I'm looking for erotic/pornographic books from traditional non-Western cultures. I already have Nafzawi and Ihara Saikaku, is there anything else anyone can recommend?

>>8903 What's are traditional and non-traditional cultures (examples or definitions)? Are these culture-specific? English translations for niche bs like this are very rare. No all good-to-great literature from the 1600s onwards has been translated, let alone tribal pornos. I wish you luck though I don't see what what you can gleam from them content-wise abundant in a variety of qualities in English.

>>8904 Pre-modern non-Western cultures, like Edo Japan, Chinese empire, Middle East etc. I'm just a collector with an interest in human sexuality and foreign cultures.

>literally noone called out OP for his Nazi/Reactionary books I guess i'll have to be one to do it. fuarrrk you OP, you're a piece of soykaf. And fuarrrk you lainchan for not calling his soykaf out.(Rule 3. Always argue in good faith and avoid using personal attacks. Rule 4. You should always elaborate on your opinions rather than just spilling the soykaf. Rule 6. Do not whine and cry about 8chan, lainchan.jp, "quality", "invasions", "newfags", mods, bans, or kalyx outside of /q/.)

>>8910 Everyone knows, and calling it out won't make OP feel bad or anything. If anything it will just attract nazis to the thread.

>>8910 Why is it that I'm a piece of soykaf for owning some literature? Everytime I piss off someone for owning a few books about third positionist thought, I get rather curious, but you guys never explain yourselves. I own some liberal books and marxist books, too, but you guys never notice that. Perhaps the real reactionary is the responses we made without thinking along the way. Anyways, care to elaborate further? I'm going out on a limb here to reconsider my stance regarding my initial interpretation, in good faith. >>8911 This is a master race post. I genuinely don't feel bad, but I don't want "nazis" to come to the thread. Those guys don't "get" me. polite sage for potential off-topic.

>>8910 >Nazis did something wrong >That makes their entire economic philosophy wrong Stop doing this, I don't care if Satan rises from fuarrrking hell, if he invented donuts, donuts are still delicious and the association between the two is completely immature. >The US invented slavery, that means peanut butter is evil!~

>>8814 >Finnegans Wake Are you crazy? Or LARPer?

>>8923 I don't have a copy but I feel like it would be fun to have one if just for funny words to look at while high

>>8923 I reject your false dichotomy. Also, there is no such thing as mental illness, only misunderstood genius. Anyways, Finnegan is just the angelicized spelling of Ó Fionnagáin >Ó - descendant >Fionnagáin - >Fionn - White or Fair-haired; A mythical hero known for his strength and wisdom >ag - at >áin - driving The descendent of a a wise celtic-aryan warrior poet driving at something. Life could be a dream. A dream. A dream. If you think this is crazy, you're not bright. If you think it's a larp, you're a retard. If you understand what I'm ag áin, you'll get why I enjoy these things and that I only looked at half of the title, mo chara.

I have maybe around 50 books. The religious books where an "author" is not relevant or applicable seem like they should be set apart and organized separately, but should everything else just be alphabetical? Or is it sensible for there to be other subcategorizations as well? E.g. maybe religious literature could be separate still, as could novels, or technology vs. language vs. other topics, etc. — how to lainons organize their collection?

>>8928 But at the same time, genres/categories aren't always clear cut for everything else, so maybe they often needn't be organized separately

>>8928 By the way, what do you do with booklets and small books?

>Updated pic since getting some new stuff and reorganizing my shelf.

I picked up these a bit ago: >Imir, Mamaí! / Let's Play, Mom! (Shelley Admont) >Am I small? An bhfuil mé beag? (Philipp Winterberg) >What to Expect When You're Expecting (Heidi Murkoff) >Am Folctha, a Choinín Beag! (Jörge Mühle) >Buntús Cainte 2 >Cré na Cille (Máirtín Ó Cadhain) I'm thinking about picking up a few more: >Feirm na nAinmhithe (George Orwell) >An Mairnéalach Dubh (Joseph Conrad) >An Druma Mór (Seosamh Mac Grianna) >An Daid is Cliste ar Fad! (Ross Collins) But maybe that'll be on my next paycheck.

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I harbor dark thoughts of destroying my library and rebuilding it from scratch

>>9370 I'd just pack everything away instead. I've had this consideration and I'm glad I didn't. One of my out of print books is worth like tens of thousands of dollars apparently, and I can't justify spending that.

>>9369 Did you have any trouble understanding a lot of the archaic and dialect terms in Ulysses?

>>9373 not him but it wasnt bad (I'm a native english speaker). Can imagine it being pretty rough if you're esl.

>>9374 Are you Irish? Joyce used a lot of Irish English terms which is what I had to look up the most in the earlier pages, now it's just largely Latinates/Greek terms I'm unfamiliar with.

>>9373 I haven't dealt with any problems yet, but I'm on a break with it.

>>9375 Im irish in the way that a lot of Americans are, which is to say that I have some irish ancestors most of whom were actually french and scottish and left ireland as soon as they got the chance.

>>9377 To be honest with you, my grandparents on both sides are like off-the-boat irish. Unfortunately, most aren't alive anymore, but they used a soykaf load of hiberno-english apparently. I really didn't know that was a thing either until like a few years ago. I don't really have it as my active vocabulary though because I only really heard it when talking to them. I used to just think it was old people phrases lol

>>6984 i used to have a lot but i selled most of them on my second-hand bookstore, these are the ones left that I keep on my computer desk

This is about half of my collection, the rest is old electrical textbooks, old German literature, and soykaf novels I enjoy.

INFOBLOB MEGA PACK http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13gNcyzC7QvfTbXcVSqorj1pZmFb-csP6 google drive easy to use interface

>>6984 >Decline of the West How is Spengler? I know his thinking is outdated, but the little I do know about him seems interesting. I've heard mixed things about it, however, so I never got around to it.

>>9710 another RIGHT WING BASICS http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pi20Rr9_BxBbMIfcZUTTGslfZTifEiCm google drive easy to use interface download the whole blob or pick and choose

>>9710 >>9716 >library thread >dumps a google drive clearly used as a propaganda dump and not a library

>>9710 wow thank you >>9717 > propaganda dump abit dramatic dont you think?

>>9718 what's dramatic about it? It's literally called "INFOBLOB MEGA PACK" and "RIGHT WING BASICS". I don't think it's a stretch at all to call it a propaganda dump.

>>9714 Spengler wasn't a good historian he was just influential. Online right wing schizos have keep pushing him even though they are exactly the kind of degenerated people he hated. Spengler was a pessimist and a fatalist. Every culture has a soul which is the essence of that culture and like bio organisms cultures have a determined lifespan. They grow into high cultures (e.g. feudal Europe) and then fall into the decay of civilization characterized by urban life and extreme rationalism and brutal savagery for its own sake. Spengler claims Western high culture is now in decline and has entered its final imperialist stage where it desperately tries to prevent its collapse by destroying other societies. There is no reversing this process but it can be slowed down. So Spengler says traditional German conservatives should join hands with socialists to prevent society being overrun with liberals, Stalinists, and Nazi chuds who will destroy the world if given a chance. After WW1, people begun asking themselves how such a civilized society could end up being so brutal and savage? Spengler was trying to answer that question. Alt rightoids like him because they can glue their idea of immutable racial identities to his idea of culture and of course the West has to be in decline so they can save it, although Spengler doesn't believe it can be saved or that trying to do that is even a good thing. He was very critical of liberalism and when right wing Americans whose minds have been poisoned by online politics and cable "news" see their brain begins to melt. >>9716 Most of these books are garbage (the nontechnical ones anyway). Turner Diaries lol why can't you people actually write something worth reading?

I really need to stop hoarding and actually read through these

>>9726 Updated shelf. Finally filled up the top row.

>>9721 >turner diearies is garbage turner diaries was a blast and clearly written by a guy with decent technical knowledge unlike kinda a lot of books. Its not so long as to bore that much and is interesting and twisty enough to be fun imho. Most novels aren't great but this one was fine.

Finally got a shelf after littering books in bags around the house and my CRV.

>>6988 Are you a math major ? I get my eye at your graduate level Algebra book

>>9440 I love your SICP books :D

>>10092 This is actually a great shelf. People will accuse you of no personality, but with such variety you'll doubtless develop your tastes further. Points for the dinosaur and mammals books on the bottom-most shelf. One tip I'll give you is get rid of those penguin editions of those philosophy books and get philosophy books from actual publishers who specialise in philosophy like university presses or Hackett. Also, if you have trouble understanding them then get secondary lit. Especially important for someone like Kant. Reddit has threads about that from people who asked.

>>8913 Oh yeah their economic philosophy was psychotic. Hitler was Austrian so you must be talking about Austrian economics.

Top shelf are almost all Buddhism books or Indo-European studies. The stack to the left of my monitor is a light "currently reading" list, although everything below the 8th one down I haven't really touched, and I have already finished LOTR (although not the appendixes). To the left of that stack is other misc books. This is probably ~15% of my collection? Most of it is at home on a proper shelf, although I have more in my room that I'll post later. Most of the books I have are library books, and I'm surprised to see no other library books in this thread.

It aint much but it's honest work Most of what I read is now done through epubs. Even though I live a short distance to some of the greatest libraries you can't beat the convenience of anna's archive, gutenberg, and the anarchist library :) >>6984 upvote Present Day, Present Time! AHAHAHAHAHA!

>>8827 Where'd you get Uncle Fester?

>>10216 I see that В Пути down there! My 3rd year textbook. Also own that same copy of LOTR, wonderful edition

>>7564 shulgin book looks very cool >>9440 our shelves are very similar in a way >>10216 >>10218 someone donated it to me, haven't gotten to it yet. do you think it's a great resource?

organized my library and added the rest of my bookers

>>10216 What ebook is it? Display looks really nice

>>7545 Que massa :) Tenho alguns desses na biblioteca do meu quarto!

>>6984 Your taste is like /g/, /po.l/ and /lit/ had a child.

>>10311 wtf, his first 2 pictures are awesome. Third one less so, but still tolerable. Here is one of the few pictures I took of my library I had over a decade ago. Sadly it was taken just after moving in, so most of the books are still in the green moving crates on the floor. But once I had unpacked everything, I had roughly 20 shelves packed with book. Most bought, some printed out and put into folders (as you can see in the picture). Got an old-school HP LaserJet 5 with extra paper reserve just for this. The 30000 page toner drum would cost around 50€ and it would take it most of a day to print out a book, but that was jsut fine with me. Eventually I had 5 entire shelves, one for each subject: Physics, Maths, Informatics (basically CS), Mechanical Engineering and Misc. The shelves were cheap plastic ones from the local hardware store, but to me they were just as useful as the fancy wooden ones from the local university library. Currently I mostly have ebooks as pdfs, around 200k of them (99% are textbooks), but that does not really look impressive as a real physical library

>>9791 you have soykaf taste clearly

>>10329 tell me a better autistic revolution porn book Im waiting

>>8011 >infinite jest isn't cut into segments for portability you're never going to make it

Got around to picking up some more textbooks since I last posted, here's a few books I'm working through. >>10140 >Points for the dinosaur and mammals books on the bottom-most shelf. Thanks, mate! I picked up the first on a whim since my university was mentioned; Steven Brusatte is a great writer; I'd recommend both books for anyone interested in some good pop-science lit. >One tip I'll give you is get rid of those penguin editions of those philosophy books and get philosophy books from actual publishers who specialise in philosophy like university presses or Hackett. I'll look into those publishers, thanks for the recommendation!

Here is my pathetic current bookshelf containing a small fraction of the books I've owned and lost over the years.

>>10245 how is parallel worlds?>>10245

>>8826 may i please get the LSD and explosives one? i'm curious what's written in them. also, bump. this thread is awesome, don't let it die

>>10685 Wow, looking at your medical instrumentation book. Have you worked in this field? I'd love to myself. Which of the electrically-focused books of that shelf are your favourite?

Got some awesome new books for my birthday been wanting for years. Bumping to remind myself to post pics later.

>>10687 > C wizards reference Is this book any good? > Learning debian Is there any value on this? Isn't debian just like any other distro? Also, i thought the K&R C book was thicker, i have it bootlegged but it's definitely thicker

>>7547 This is a board for people with above 100 IQ

bump, this thread is pretty /comfy/

There is more to it, of course, but it's mostly weeb stuff (mainly BL)

>>11574 So you must be out of place here then

>>11569 >Also, i thought the K&R C book was thicker, i have it bootlegged but it's definitely thicker the difference between the two is that one is the first the second the second edition. the second edition provides appendices amount to an extra hundred and something pages.

>>11762 Dzień dobry. That’s a really nice collection you’ve got there, Lain. I bet talking to you in person would be a blast.

>>11834 my train of thought is bit too jittery for that. I WILL yap about biopower when discussin yaoi.

>>11762 Strasznie zbazowana kolekcja byku! Najbardziej szanuję osobną półkę na Hegla i Marksa.

I didn't realize how many books I had until I started this. I need to build another shelf. 1/4

>>11853 Here are the next shelves. 2/4

>>11854 These are the last of the ones that I have on shelves. 3/4

>>11855 These are from my to read pile and what I'm currently reading. 4/4

>>11856 If Im going to get one good Texas book, which do you recommend ? Doesn't need to be an all encompassing history but it can be. Thanks

>>11857 Definitely Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans by T.R. Fehrenbach, it covers Texas before, during, and after independence/statehood. The History Texas by Edward has some interesting stuff, but it's extremely dry.

>>11853 Nice, I need to try getting into Ellul again. Last time I started reading Technological Society it felt too dry and I quit. Recently I read some Ivan Illich, which was very enjoyable and resparked my interest in Ellul. Which book would you recommend starting with?

>>10092 Good to see Aristoteles; wheres' Husserl and Heidegger?

>>11863 Propaganda was the first Ellul book that I read, I think that either would be a good starting place. They both can be a bit dry at times, but not to the point where reading it is a slog.

>>11836 the best left-wing books are next to monogatari though Present Day, Present Time! AHAHAHAHAHA!

Part 1/3 of my shelf Most of the books I have are science fiction. I also have an offline audiobook library (shout out to ABB and Sirin Audiobook Player) as well as some PDFs.

>>12032 Part 2/3 of my shelf I've almost got the entire Xeelee Sequence collection, if anyone else knows about Baxter I'll be amazed. Only a handful of people I know have only heard of him.

>>12033 Part 3/3 of my shelf And a little atory. >be last year, Christmas break >go to Kentucky over the week to visit brother's fiancé's family >there's a really cozy bookstore nearby where we're staying. You can actually sit down and vibe there, it's a rare 'third place' >owner is chill as hell, knows my brother from previous trips >sad that there aren't any decent bookstores in my area Anyways, Dave (the owner) let me buy some books he was originally gonna take home. Those two being Broken Angels and Market Forces. Mason (my brother) had bought me the Red Rising books a few days prior.

>>7545 Muito legal os livros, anão.

>>9716 this collection recently updated

>>12074 here is image woo hoo :)

>>12075 why does it eat my image and not post?

this is my bookshelf it's mainly indie comics and manga with some computer programming and how to use linux books.

New updates, some read, some not yet. Orignaolioli

>>10328 finally found some more pictures, barely took me two years to do so

>>12212 image wont load?? Hell? Yesterday it was "flood detected" bs

American book covers are so colourful and decorative. Mine are mostly white and minimalistic.

>>12214 Yeah white books kinda suck. I hate my Oxford Classics. That's a really nice collection. Also damn I'm jealous that you know French (I'm guessing native?), you get to read greats like Mallarmé and Lacan in their original language. Also if I were you I'd burn Russels History. There are not many histories of philosophy that get so many thinkers wrong. I'm still not sure if he is malicious or just could not understand Kant and Hegel.

>>12215 I bought it secondhand for 3 €, and because Jorge Luis Borges said that it was the book he would bring to a desert island. What would you recommend I read instead?

>>12219 You can't go wrong with Copleston's volumes. You can pick and choose which ones interest you or progress through them in order.

>>7545 Muito bom os livros. Tenho essa mesma versão da Bílbia.

>>12214 >french tl of Ulysses man I do want to read it at some point but that's the kind of book I wouldn't trust a translator with

Why do so many of you have "how to use Linux" books? I've never personally found books like that to be particularly helpful. Writeups and discussion on the internet have always brought me to what I wanted to know faster in the case of how to use an operating system. These books always just collected dust on my shelf rather than being helpful as a guide or reference.

>>12253 Technical literature as a genre is like that... Even algo books are arguably less efficient than just reading wiki + a maybe a bunch of research papers + quickly going through a couple of in-depth blogposts and internet discussions. I would never buy a technical paperbook again, I would only ever consider buying fiction, and even then, it's more of a fetish thing, because it's arguably better for environment to use some kind of kindle.

>>12253 technical literature helped me when i was illiterate enough that i wasn't able to search for information on my own

>>12255 bad take. there are benefits to in-depth exposition that wikis (especially an encyclopedia) entirely lacks. if you wish to understand a topic thoroughly, a focused book by an expert always trumps the alternatives.

>>12257 Probably worse than searching multiple expert sources online, but it depends. I can see how some medical topic might make sense to have precompiled for you rather than trying to compile soykaf ton of info yourself, on the other hand, I don't know a single technology or computer science topic like that.

>>12253 >what I wanted to know... here is the issue. Imagine a complete noob. He does not even know what he wants to know. "Unkown unknowns" and all that. A book is knowledge you need plus knowledge you do not need plus knowledge you did not even know you needed. The last part is the important one. How would you know how to configure "fish" without knowing that it is a "better" bash without knowing what bash is without knowing what a terminal is?

>>12258 that's because you likely don't actually know "computer science". *most* topics are massive and a book that provides insight into any corner provides any developer might otherwise miss. the field is much larger than "monkey smash BASH scripts". even such simple skills benefit from exposition when most people are only exposed to windows. deeper topics (like pf) benefit from clear documentation that goes beyond a man page brief. the point is, you are awfully sure when you clearly spend your time - at most - ricing an arch install.

>>12255 >arguably better for the environment to use some kind of kindle And being able to search through it on a desktop (whether epub, pdf, or other) is also nice. >>12256 That makes sense. To get started from zero. >>12257 >always It depends on whether a well written (and up-to-date) book is available for that specific subject you want to learn about. Also, it's not a dichotomy, it's not impossible to do further reading (often with links to that even provided by a wiki article) after beginning with an encyclopedic overview. >>12258 Idem, it depends. >>12259 >"fish" is a "better" bash How perfectly you have managed to capture what's so horribly wrong about some books. The author's opinion(s) being shoved down your throat. >>12260 >you likely don't actually know "computer science" >not "actual" computer science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman >documentation that goes beyond a man page brief No one claimed that a man page brief would be the best source of comprehensive knowledge. >you clearly spend your time - at most - ricing an arch install I'll call your bluff and ask you to explain why that would that be the case.

>mindless bickering over format. fuarrrk off retards. back on topic. anybody familiar with old books about classic mainframe and mini computers? pdp/7 or ibm/360? i had one years ago on the 360 series, but for the life of me cannot recall the title.

>>12213 Where'd you get those shelves?

>>12264 >back on topic it is very much on topic to discuss the format lmao

>>12260 computer science =/= how to use computers, or even how to program. computer science is more of a branch of mathematics. It can be presented efficiently in a textbook, it won't become obsolete in 5 years like most of these "how to use Linux" books do.

>>12269 that's literally what was being said dipshit.

>>12273 and yet, you think "how to use Linux" books are useful, and are teaching computer science?

>>12275 what the actual bleeding fuarrrk are you even talking about retard?

>>12251 11 translators and many more people worked on that translation

> Unknown unknowns Honestly, I used to think just scrolling internet would give you way broader picture, but that was a decade and more ago. Nowadays, books might really be better for this and discovering "unknown unknowns" on the internet is mostly limited to niche subreddit and hackernews comments, and again, you already need to know about those places and I'm not sure how you can even end up there if you're not old. There's no thematic blogosphere like before. Maybe you can get a bit of the same on youtube nowadays, but I doubt it ever goes deeper than the most surface level of anything.

>>12294 fix your soykafty image upload admin I keep getting 500 errors "you didn't make a post" or it straights up doesn't pick up the images like the post above -_-

I have two shelves, some books don't fit so I still need to get rid of some soykaf cannot delete >>12295 since I posted from incog window and lost the password

>>12298 I like the shelf in the first pic. nice small decor too :)

>>8011 >wordsworth i see your wordsworth edition ulysses, and i raise you my shelf of mostly wordsworth books. I really like them. Despite what anyone would say about that editorial, i am from a country with no easy access to english books and most in my language are absolute trash or pretty political. i've wished for english books for two decades. now i can buy them, thanks to wordsworth arriving in my country. they're around 10 dollars each which is CRAZY LOW because here we're used to paying 50 dollars for the cheapest book in our language and english books were always prices around 120-200 dollars (yeah, pretty insane). anyways, technical (programming, networking, etc) books are still extremely expensive but for that we got A4 printing in universities at least, for around 40 bucks i can get a B&W copy of any technical book i'd want (expensive for someone broke like me but i managed to get some books this way anyways)

>>12265 hardware store, the cheapest brand possible. IIRC it may have been "Praktiker" (when it still existed) or "Max Bahr", maybe "Hornbach. I think I paid less than 20 per shelf and each shelf floor was rated to hold 25kg or even 50kg. Plenty enough safety margin for any book. As long as you dont mind the ultra-cheap plastic optics

i found a book in the library with the pages smeared with soykaf. oh god soykaf everywhere. soykaf on the walls, soykaf on the floor. can't you aim for the love of god?!?!

>>12269 >>12275 >>12276 >computer science is more of a branch of mathematics If you take that view, you can specify that you're talking about theoretical computer science in particular looking at this thread has made me realize i pretty much only have nonfiction books and textbooks...

>>12318 >this picture I was literally talking to a friend about that 20 minutes ago. wooo

niggers dont read a books they are retarded

>>12319 Haha, so which camp do you fall into? (picrel: of the "bookmarks" are positioned arbitrarily)

>>12321 >>12321 >>12321 niggers dont Go to camp they too stupid to afford it