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Trying to figure out which books to bring and which to leave

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Posted 17 October 2018 - 06:18 PM

View PostAbyss, on 16 October 2018 - 03:24 PM, said:

Here, let me make it easy for you...

Take the next ten or so dead tree books that you have not yet read and plan to. Pack those.

Tell yourself that if you desperately need to reread any of those other books, you can get an ebook and do so because its much faster to search and you can have it with you everywhere, not just at your hovel that you're barely going to live in for long enough to grow mould in the shower. The MBF is available in collected ebook edition, goes on sale routinely, and Steve needs your money more than you do.

Leave all your other books at your parents' place.


You (and your spine) are welcome.


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Posted 17 October 2018 - 10:21 PM

View PostTheRetiredBridgeburner, on 17 October 2018 - 03:50 PM, said:

A Kindle would just be another backlit screen, and I always read in bed of a night. I'd have to change that habit first I think.

If you're getting an actual e-ink Kindle e-reader, that is untrue. An e-ink screen is opaque, so a Kindle e-reader is side-lit, essentially the same as shining an LED flashlight on a book's pages. (Or, if you're like me, shining a flashlight on an older model, pre-light Kindle.)

Now, if you're talking about a Kindle Fire tablet, then yes, that's a backlit screen just like any other tablet computer. (I really hate how tablets and phones have overshadowed dedicated e-ink readers, to the point where people now just say "ebooks are bad for you!" No, dummy, it's your choice of reading device that's the problem!)
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 08:15 AM

View PostBriar King, on 17 October 2018 - 04:45 PM, said:

What the hell is sleep hygiene?


Mostly a silly medical term for "common sense". It's all the things they tell you if you complain about having trouble sleeping (low light in your bedroom, no looking at backlit screens an hour/two hours before trying to sleep, have a hot bath before sleep, use lavender stuff blah blah) before they go "Oh, you're stressed? Yeah, that could be it!"

Some of it is good advice, some of it I'm sceptical.

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View PostTheRetiredBridgeburner, on 17 October 2018 - 03:50 PM, said:

A Kindle would just be another backlit screen, and I always read in bed of a night. I'd have to change that habit first I think.

If you're getting an actual e-ink Kindle e-reader, that is untrue. An e-ink screen is opaque, so a Kindle e-reader is side-lit, essentially the same as shining an LED flashlight on a book's pages. (Or, if you're like me, shining a flashlight on an older model, pre-light Kindle.)

Now, if you're talking about a Kindle Fire tablet, then yes, that's a backlit screen just like any other tablet computer. (I really hate how tablets and phones have overshadowed dedicated e-ink readers, to the point where people now just say "ebooks are bad for you!" No, dummy, it's your choice of reading device that's the problem!)


Oh, that's good to know, thank you :lol: I had made that same error and assumed they were all one and the same.

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Posted 18 October 2018 - 03:23 PM

View PostTheRetiredBridgeburner, on 18 October 2018 - 08:15 AM, said:

Oh, that's good to know, thank you :lol: I had made that same error and assumed they were all one and the same.

Happy to help (and to spread the Gospel of E-ink.) I hope you check it out!
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Posted 18 October 2018 - 07:30 PM

View Postworry, on 16 October 2018 - 06:50 PM, said:

Buy all new books.


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Posted 18 October 2018 - 07:33 PM

View PostBriar King, on 17 October 2018 - 04:45 PM, said:

What the hell is sleep hygiene?


It's been studied for decades. It worked for me for awhile. I still do some helpful things just by habit.
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Posted 25 June 2019 - 10:18 PM

Just counted the books on my to-read shelves, and I'm at 127.

I need to stop buying books.
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Posted 26 June 2019 - 05:02 AM

View PostWhisperzzzzzzz, on 25 June 2019 - 10:18 PM, said:

Just counted the books on my to-read shelves, and I'm at 127.

I need to get more shelves.


FTFY.
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