After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
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@mcc@mastodon.social @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems I have lived with cats.
@superpositionedkat @whitequark my experience is that paper tends to move in semi-arbitrary ways if you do not weigh it down, with the tendency increasing noticably in a bound codex, and increasing exponentially more than that if there are cats in the building
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I have come to very much like it when books have large print and also glow in the dark
@mcc if only pages were made out of these local things
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I have come to very much like it when books have large print and also glow in the dark
@mcc I concur. Using my preferred font in 22pt is an accessibility blessing. I only miss the new book smell.
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@superpositionedkat @whitequark say you don't own a cat without saying you don't own a cat
@mcc @superpositionedkat @whitequark
I currently don't live with a cat, but when I lived with a baby, that baby was also able to turn pages on my e-book.(And it once completely destroyed a printed-on-paper magazine.)
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc I have an amber clip-on reading light for reading in bed. Still not as good as an e-reader, but doable
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc this seems like a solvable problem but not in ways that don’t involve unhealthy radiation and/or heavy metal exposure. probably for the best we invented ereaders instead
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@superpositionedkat @whitequark my experience is that paper tends to move in semi-arbitrary ways if you do not weigh it down, with the tendency increasing noticably in a bound codex, and increasing exponentially more than that if there are cats in the building
@mcc@mastodon.social @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems (I would suggest the possibility that it is not truly possible to "own" a cat, though I suspect this is, regrettably, demonstrably false.)
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I have come to very much like it when books have large print and also glow in the dark
@mcc have you tried radium? You'll love it for the rest of your life!
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@mcc have you tried radium? You'll love it for the rest of your life!
@a2_4am radium is the future… if you're not using radium you're being left behind
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc My favourite thing about ebooks is the adjustable font size. There are pros and cons to paper vs ebooks, but I love being able to have a consistent font across all books.
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
I do not like to read books, i get super tired when ever I try, thought about getting a kindle or something like that, but never got to it.
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc Paper books can be better for reading outside under a tree on a sunny day though.
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@mcc Paper books can be better for reading outside under a tree on a sunny day though.
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc Am I to understand that the bedside lamp has become extinct?
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc or when I press on a word and its definition or translation doesn't show up ...
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
I constantly tap the right side of the page anticipating that it'll turn.
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I have come to very much like it when books have large print and also glow in the dark
@mcc I have a large print hardback of The Hobbit. Reading it is pure luxury
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc
Sibling in suffering. I bought a bunch recently because support local bookshop, and I figure I should get back to books I own rather than licence.It is hard. I've read more eBook words in the meanwhile though I've started more paper ones
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After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark
@mcc This. I feel this.
For me tho, I normally have a paperback that I get from a local Little Free Library AND a number of books on my phone/tablet/DataHaven (they sync).
I like to read before I go to bed, but I want everything shut down and all the lights off before I jump in bed ... so, device.
During the day at a cafe or on the bus or whatever I prefer paper. I can usually finish a paper novel in two or three days like this. Digital takes me longer because, well, sleepy time.
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@mcc Here in California there's some nice weather at the moment. Though we'll see how bad furnace-temperature heat spells and choking wildfire smoke are this season.
