EntropicalVacation@midwest.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 16 days agoClassy Faustian ruleimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down15
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minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·16 days ago“I bought another book” transactional people will ask if you REALLY need more books reminds you you live under capitalism and sends your money to someone who has enough money already “i downloaded this PDF, and found a way to directly support the author (donation of some sort, some sort of merchandise, some other third thing)” you didnt have to pay 3 different middlemen (a bookstore, a publisher, the manufacturer) you either kept more of your money, or the author got more than if you had bought the book you can share the pdf with friends and family, and it isnt taking up space. finding a way to support the author is optional if its a college textbook or some shit you’re required to have.
minus-squareExplosiveLynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·16 days ago you can share the pdf with friends and family, and it isnt taking up space. Ah, yes, but how will this appease the book hoarder in me?
minus-squaresnoons@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoYou can back it up across multiple RAID arrays as well as put it into cold storage on blu-ray discs.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoBlu-ray disks are awful for cold storage.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoPretty linux file explorer ux on a pi, projected onto a wall.
minus-squaredecipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 days agoI’m supporting my bookstore(it’s a small business and the old man is nice).
“I bought another book”
“i downloaded this PDF, and found a way to directly support the author (donation of some sort, some sort of merchandise, some other third thing)”
finding a way to support the author is optional if its a college textbook or some shit you’re required to have.
Ah, yes, but how will this appease the book hoarder in me?
You can back it up across multiple RAID arrays as well as put it into cold storage on blu-ray discs.
Blu-ray disks are awful for cold storage.
Pretty linux file explorer ux on a pi, projected onto a wall.
I’m supporting my bookstore(it’s a small business and the old man is nice).