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jason2323
Adding this to my (admittedly infinite) reading list!
sgt
Is your reading list a stack or a queue?
serallak
If it is like mine, it's an unordered set.
epgui
Wonderful! I would totally pay for a print copy, for what it's worth!
thekashifmalik
Me too! I don't see it on Amazon yet.
melx
Ditch Amazon. Support independent publishers/bookstores.
PostOnce
That's not an argument, that's a command.

Why support indie publishers / stores?

(I already dislike Amazon and don't use it for anything at all, I'd just like to hear your argument)

epgui
Not everything has to be an argument. Most communication is not an argument.
PostOnce
You can't just command someone to do something and not explain why, otherwise, obviously, they're not going to follow the command.

The argument would be for the purpose of convincing me that the command has any merit, right? After all, I'm not employed by the guy who made the command and he's not a government officer, so why should I listen?

revskill
Why print ? It's impossible to search.
marginalia_nu
Searching 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
Pretty crazy how not everyone seems to understand this.
jsty
Impossible is a bit of a stretch - that both search engines and books contain an index isn't a coincidence.
johnnny
Databases too have indexes! Almost as if that makes it easier to search for both machines and humans!
sgt
The 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
Read 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
In the ancient texts, there was a section called an "index" which mapped keywords to numbered pages in the text.
anhtran
Very good content for this summer.