• Stern
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    5 months ago

    Yea hahaha whod collect shit they’ll never make any use of

    looks at my steam library

    Looks at my bookshelf

    Looks at my to-watch list on Amazon/Netflix/et. al.

    leaves quietly

      • FlowerTree
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        55 months ago

        If the document isn’t DRMed, then it would be pretty noble. Who knows, maybe once the original document is lost in the sands of time and becomes lost media, your copies will be the only few ones left.

        • @meliaesc
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          15 months ago

          True hoarding mentality!

  • @[email protected]
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    235 months ago

    I save up tons of open discussion threads, articles, GitHub pages, etc on my phone or computer over time. Eventually, I pick a day to just blast through as many as possible, closing them as I go. I’ve spent so many hours of my life trying to close out stuff that is no longer relevant (but still unread) because I was approaching the max number (500) of open tabs on my phone.

    It’s a consequence of being curious, lazy, and impatient at the same time.

    • @[email protected]
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      35 months ago

      Assuming it is Safari browser on iOS… and if you just want all your tabs gone in seconds: just long press „Done“ in tab view and a „Close all“ option will appear.

      • @[email protected]
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        45 months ago

        And first you can long press the name of the tab group and select “copy links” if you want to paste them into a note for posterity

        And this is what grandpa was browsing in July 2024

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        Thanks, I know. The point is to build a reading list for later when I have a long window of free time.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        I use Pocket for things I wanna find again later, but that’s after I’ve already read it. If I just go directly to Pocket without reading it’ll get forgotten.

  • @9point6
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    125 months ago

    But my friend, by downloading all this shit from the internet archive I, too, become an archivist!

  • moosetwin
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    75 months ago

    that’s what torrenting is for, by seeding you also help other people download files they’ll never read

  • Boozilla
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    65 months ago

    giving myself side-eye regarding my e-book collection

    • BubbleMonkey
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      85 months ago

      I have a collection of over 80k ebooks. I got most of them in huge download packs decades ago, and removed duplicates. it’s a surprisingly small folder.

      I did the math on it long ago and it would take more than 200 years, reading an average of one full book a day, every day, to get through them all.

      So I’m happy just knowing that if I get through some of them, it’s better than none of them. Time is limited, make the most of it by doing what sparks joy, and not worrying about what you didn’t get to.

  • @norimee
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    65 months ago

    I have a bookmark folder with links to interesting articles that I plan to read someday…

  • @RightHandOfIkaros
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    55 months ago

    Excuse you, you can’t download books from Internet Archive anymore, you can only rent one of their 10 digital copies (thanks publishing companies).

    • @[email protected]
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      -55 months ago

      Blame internet archive for acting like they weren’t violating copyright for some things. They screwed the pooch for us

  • @pete_the_cat
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    35 months ago

    I finally cleared out my “e-books” folder on Google Drive which had PDFs from like 10-15 years ago that I’ve never read 🤣

  • southsamurai
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    25 months ago

    I don’t because I don’t really have the storage space. But I would if I could afford to, just so that I could have the folder shared on soulseek. Preserve and share, especially the niche, oop, or otherwise hard to find literature.

    So I just keep the stuff I will read, which is still a pretty big chunk of data, despite ebooks being fairly small individually.