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Unredacted files reveal Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world'
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Write a book where the spine is a required piece of the story for its understanding or completion.
Kind of like how House of Leaves is best enjoyed with the actual book.
I read one once where being able to slightly see through the pages was a key part of the plot
Which one, if you can recall? I love interactive books.
It was called 世界でいちばん透きとおった物語 by Hikaru Sugi, but I don’t think there’s an English translation because this kind of gimmick works a lot better in scripts where all characters are the same size, and a translation that ends up with a comparable arrangement of those letters would be a major pain too.
A slow-burn read by learning Japanese first. This one will take me while.
Fuck yeah, I can already reliably recognise like ⅓ of the hiragana set...if there's a multiple choice pick.
I'm taking a course, but if you want to just self study www.kanadojo.com is pretty good, and if you get anki there's a load of free resources to practice listening and reading. Anki is free on android and pc, but costs a bit on iOS. Www.Ankiweb.net
I swore I wouldn't buy another physical book, but I may break it just to be able to read this one.
I love reading actual books. I don't know why you would quit if you can afford it
We're progressing backwards to Victorian times where books are luxury items.
I have to say, there are some advantages to using an light e-ink reader vs a massive book (reading Sanderson hardcovers in bed is basically planking but on your back).
Journey before destination, Radiant
I recently had to move with my physical book collection and swore I wouldn't do it again. I converted it all to ebook now. I'm down to about a dozen physical books, not counting comics and TPBs.
It’s a worthy story. Lots of little Easter eggs.