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daly 2 days ago [-]
Tsundoku.
I own about that many. Fortunately a large percentage is PDFs.
Never the less I have about 200 linear feet of shelf space to
hold my books in my "library" and in my home office.
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bvanbranden 2 days ago [-]
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rekabis 1 days ago [-]
I use a nearly-abandoned piece of software called BookCrawler to track what I own so I don’t accidentally get second copies. I started using it in 2012 with my iPhone 4s, by 2017 it ran into something like a stack overflow error with the database and certain features like stats and search went titsup and never recovered.
My collection at the time was just shy of 3,000 entries. In the decade since, backups of the DB have more than doubled in size, so I know it’s grown appreciably.
What makes my collection an issue is that I collect hardcovers almost exclusively, not only for the larger print size and ease of handling, but also because hardcovers are more shelf stable. Let’s just say that I am planning to have stacks on rails - I think it’s called high density mobile shelving - in the basement, where a concrete foundation ought to be enough of a support.
deadletterq 2 days ago [-]
This post is AI generated, please delete.
drivers99 2 days ago [-]
What makes you say that? I didn't get that feeling at all, and found it pretty interesting as well.
tim333 2 days ago [-]
Things like:
> Not eventually. Quickly. The relationship between books and shelf space is not linear; it is exponential,
Are pretty AI in style: Over use. Of. Short. Sentences. - The it's not this; it's that - in a way that doesn't make sense - I mean books/meter is linear.
etc.
Not sure about the morals of using AI. I assume there really is a Bruno van Branden with 28k books?
pipolo 2 days ago [-]
I too enjoyed reading it and found it well written, with only a few passages that made my “AI” nose perk up. But FWIW, Pangram agrees with deadletterq. Guess this is one of those <matrix_steak_joe_pantoliano.jpg> moments.
I own about that many. Fortunately a large percentage is PDFs. Never the less I have about 200 linear feet of shelf space to hold my books in my "library" and in my home office.
My collection at the time was just shy of 3,000 entries. In the decade since, backups of the DB have more than doubled in size, so I know it’s grown appreciably.
What makes my collection an issue is that I collect hardcovers almost exclusively, not only for the larger print size and ease of handling, but also because hardcovers are more shelf stable. Let’s just say that I am planning to have stacks on rails - I think it’s called high density mobile shelving - in the basement, where a concrete foundation ought to be enough of a support.
> Not eventually. Quickly. The relationship between books and shelf space is not linear; it is exponential,
Are pretty AI in style: Over use. Of. Short. Sentences. - The it's not this; it's that - in a way that doesn't make sense - I mean books/meter is linear.
etc.
Not sure about the morals of using AI. I assume there really is a Bruno van Branden with 28k books?