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The fact that we have to scan any technical book published after 1980 is a distortion of capitalism. The obvious most efficient solution for everyone would be to have the darn fully searchable digital version of the book + the source code.



It's plausible that the fact we have so many amazing technical books is also a "distortion of capitalism". The obvious most efficient course of action is to not write a book.


But books predate capitalism as well... Dating back to times when writing or copying them was even less efficient...





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