When I read these stories of bibliophiles and their stacks, I really wonder more about their book flow. How many are they bringing in, processing (reading, skimming, reviewing, studying, etc.), and then what's the output look like. Are they selling them back, donating, or dropped back off at the library.
I used to buy a lot of books. Library book sales were fun - returning with boxes of books. These days I leverage interlibrary loans and reservations to a couple thousand titles a year, but only need a couple of shelves for any given week. My flow is steady and adaptable to the content. Notebooks, Zettle card / bookmarks, and plain text files for deep dives. And straight to trading platforms for certain magazines like BottomLine.
As someone who has lived as you describe for 50+ years, it might be wise to embrace it. "Generalists" often benefit from seeing the similarities between systems, sets, and sciences, leading to insights that specialists can miss. This is how I've been leveraged in places where specialists with deep knowledge have failed (MBAs, lawyers, etc.) It doesn't mean I'm always the best tool, but when there is a project that's really stuck, sometimes I get to be the hero.
You might also relax a little one day and ponder what the core interests have in common. For example, I found I had a few different threads in my studies. Building of any kind - metal, wood, programming, world. So when I drew comics, it wasn't the art of line and form as much as it was the idea of creating a world for my characters to live in. And my science interests turned out to be a spiritual search for truth. Conversely, my religious studies were a way to connect to the early wisdom (pseudo science) and how it shaped modern society and culture.
Even if it isn't some net profit benefit, I'd probably still advise to make the most of it, lean in, and be your ever-lovin' self.
Agreed. I've figured it out during the drier months in the NW of the States. Plenty of work in the woods, workshop, maintenance, and helping neighbors with the same. But winter and the rains I would inevitably put on 10 pounds and lose my super old guy muscles. My mildly successful campaign against the trend is long rain walks and Convict Conditioning workouts.
Witness. I've built three small projects from idea to pilot runs with Ai. Some parts of the process I had some solid experience with, and other parts I was holding the hand of my Ai and hoping he was sober and benevolent. I often had laughing fits of glee when things worked AND I understood them. As good as Ai is at just doing stuff, it's better at explaining and teaching. The back and forth made all the projects better, cheaper, tougher, and ultimately more usable.
Both. I need two covers: one for a wood yard and another for a concrete slab for wrenching on the car. The rest are going to the library for shelving. I say the rest, but I have a feeling there's going to be a lot more finished board than I actually need.
Big believer in this tool. It brings pride and even further diligence to the conscientious reader. And in the case of the slacker, a silent knowing without shaming them, which rarely helps performance. Instead, you can manage the situation stealthily.
This article and others are describing tech workers are leaving their jobs. Or being let go. I'm wondering what people are doing who may be leaving tech in general. Artistic pursuits, new business, or other projects?
If retirement, what does that look like? Seems like very few people retire and do not have some pretty engaging projects, volunteer work, etc.
And if you are under 45, are you turning to other career paths?
And I can't disagree with either, especially the riff raff usage, but the term "takeover" was the one intended to play the important role in the sentence. And it wasn't for the unhoused - but the dealers and traffickers.
Seattle used to have a top notch zine scene - entire sections of stores (music, magazine, comic, game) would have hundreds of local and national zines.
Recently, Seattle's been trying to make a comeback downtown. We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover. One element of the comeback strategy is this Seattle Restored project. Basically, rent free storefronts to small businesses.
For father's day my ladies brought me to one of them:
You'd be right. Flash backs of course to BBS homepage / door designs. Getting the -=[[UNIX]=- to look just right. Or the layers of ///FILES\\\ to flash. The graffiti style was beyond me, but the tables and sketches were very pleasurable time sinks.
I once saw a TUI adventure game that had windows - game scene, profile, comms, etc. It required a substantial screen size to really work well, but it was outstanding in brevity and communications. And no colors.
Almost word for word what I was thinking! The UI doesn't really get in the way but it feels like it isn't quite designed for people. And the content is excellent. I'm oddly tickled by the uniqueness of it.
As I think it would be lost with a ASK HN, I'll just beg here, what other sites have you seen that take a completely different / odd / "special" approach to UI for ordinary presentations / purposes?
Have to say, the headline alone had me reaching for the pointy hat. Wonder if it was the statistical anomalie or the content that got the parent comment to post?
I bet you're right. First time using a chain clamp, and it was brandnew. Broke on the third pull. Might have to watch a video - maybe I used it wrong? Seemed pretty straight forward and I wanted something that would span several filter types.
Absolutely tried that. The tin gave up faster than Khalid at Zanzibar. It looked like Popeye used his pipe on it. It was a cheap 1384, so single wall and cardboard were the only resistance.
Since posting, I got it running, PTO and deck line up great, fuel filter is clean and clear, it runs better than it has in years.
3 hours trying to remove an oil filter from tractor. Chain clamp mishaped it, I ended up shredding it, ripped out the innards, all the tin down to the intake rim (yes, shredded metal everywhere) until finally used needle nose spread open in two of the intake holes and a plummers wrench for torque finally loosened it.
Reading Brand's quick little life changer kept me going with surprisingly few cuss fits:
And it made me wonder about a what pathways are still available for a HeathKit-ish revival. Between ESP flashers, swapping from really busted up originals for parts, and hacking for a new use...seems like there is already a culture out there waiting for another "accident" like Heathkit to happen.
I'll be noodling on this in the notebook for sure. Listing resources, possible kits, allies, etc.
The signs sure seem to be indicating a Gen Z rollback to the analog and middle tech. Newspapers, books, cursive clubs, letter writing (pen pals), cassettes and albums, printed photographs, even carb/gas based auto hacking. These are just in my circle, but I have seen stories in the paper too. Anyone else seeing interesting trends from the youngers? I especially like to see the blending of new and old - like building a music server for VLPFM neighborhood station, hyper local phone co, text clubs on paper, etc.