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Seven books I keep close because I love them

https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/
41•surprisetalk•1h ago

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mjd•34m ago
And I bet you won't guess what any of them are.
rzzzt•29m ago
Number #8 will surprise you!

I keep a computer graphics book that I'm reading over and over again, just one chapter that is concerned with physically-based rendering. By now the theory is getting so ingrained I could write a path tracer in my sleep! But then again, I don't want to.

mjd•20m ago
The current front-runner is “The Crazy Ape” by Albert Szent-Györgyi, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering ascorbic acid.

It's about how war is perpetrated by the old against the young. I've carried it next to my heart since I was fourteen.

Also, it's quite short and will definitely fit in the space.

A bit more about it: https://mathstodon.xyz/@mjd/116411220100252049

euthymiclabs•33m ago
Pleased to see Roget's thesaurus here. It's a fantastic resource without a great digital equivalent. I've found LLMs helpful in a pinch (and it's certainly better than a standard thesaurus), but Roget's is still the book I turn to for tricky word-picking problems.
criddell•20m ago
I never knew Roget's was organized like that and I have had several different editions over the years. I'm one of those people who always used it as a compendium of synonyms.
leobg•12m ago
I was looking for it after reading the post, but there seem to be so many different versions and edtions. Harper, Penguin. College. The New. The Concise. The International. Some say they’re organized alphabetically. How do I know which one is the kind that the article talks about, if I buy used online and cant look into it?
mjd•7m ago
The one in TFA is Harper and Row, and the later 8th Edition, published by Harper Collins, is also organized the correct way. I think you'll be safe if you can get a Harper version.
Razengan•33m ago
I just need The Wind in the Willows :)
stiiv•21m ago
When is the best time of year to read it?
Razengan•13m ago
When you're trying to fall asleep but there is too much noise in your head, I suppose :)

Actually, Redwall and other slightly-mature anthropomorphic stories are also surprisingly good for that.

But if I had to pick a time of year, then I'd say winter, under the blankets or by a fire.

whitten•32m ago
I’ve been told the Legacy Standard Bible is one where the translators tried to not use the same English word when the original Greek or Hebrew words are different.

FYI: https://m.youtube.com/c/legacystandardbible

reedf1•25m ago
was expecting umberto eco after the first few - I'm sure you've either read him or desperately should!
waffletower•24m ago
A sequel that diverges from and dwarfs its predecessor -- Deleuze & Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus (translated into English) https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816614028/a-thousand-plateaus...
throw7•22m ago
NIV is what I grew up with and I kind of tired of it because of that... I have a soft spot for the KJV/NKJV.
i_am_a_peasant•12m ago
Same, not a believer, I appreciate KJV for its artistic value and it being referenced in so much literature and cinema.
Joker_vD•16m ago
> After several repetitions of this, Samson decides that being shaved, blinded and crushed will be less exasperating than listening to any more of Delilah's nagging.

A very off-tangent note, but I recently learned that Samson's last words, "ἀποθανέτω ἡ ψυχή μου μετὰ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων"/"moriatur anima mea cum Philisthiim", pretty much have never been translated into English literally; it's always "Let me die with the Philistines" for some reason.

jabl•10m ago
We read some passages from Decameron back in high school. Lovely book really, I should take the time to really read it cover to cover.

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https://lxe.github.io/everywebsite/
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