started reading Beneath the Underdog
#Jazz #CharlesMingus #reading
reading
给前两天说的花了一倍价钱淘旧书补充个说明，我应该属于花钱比较节俭的人，但购物欲一点也不低，上班几天就得通过消费抚慰一下，在抠搜与花钱之间最终找到淘二手书这条途径，也就是不管怎么说钱花在书上不冤。当然，钱花得越少就能存得越多，多年下来关注各种淘旧书的途径（跟关注股价指数似的），发现是 Thrift Shop 的价格最划算，本地的一间店里软皮 $0.50 一本，硬皮近年来升到了 $1.25 一本；邻镇的店里更便宜，软皮 $0.25 一本，硬皮 $0.50 一本，缺点是镇上人口不多，书源较少；而本地图书馆处理书的价钱最近调整为无论软硬皆为 $0.50 一本，但书更新得没有 Thrift Shop 的勤；而我前两天淘的书来源于 Goodwill，这家非营利公司好像统一了书的定价，软皮 $0.99 一本，硬皮 $1.99 一本，Amazon 上热销书还要更贵一些，$2.99 起跳，我如果不是特别喜欢就不会在 Goodwill 里买了。现在的淘书频率大概是一周一次，平均每周能淘个一到两本，所以一年也就是一百来本，加起来也贵不到哪里去，但购物欲就轻易地被满足了，就算买回来不读（喂！）也觉得是赚了。现在读书的频率大概一年也能到一百本，但问题是读的那一百本跟淘的这一百本不大重合，所以想读未读那个列表越来越长，今年是不是要往这个方向努力努力（到现在还在问这个问题估计就是没戏）？
Just a quick reminder...
If you’ve read my book, 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt' I’d be grateful if you left a review wherever you prefer.
This isn’t a plea for 5 star ratings; it’s a request for honesty. Books are personal: I dislike plenty, feel neutral about many, and love a few. Whatever your response, reviews really help. A wall of 5-stars is wonderful, but it can also feel suspicious to readers. A mix of perspectives shows the book is being read seriously.
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‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says
"Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study
我的读书习惯演化史 https://blog.douchi.space/reading-habbits/?utm_source=douchi.space
小时候我是一个超级爱看书的人，每周末雷打不动的娱乐活动是我爸带我去书店泡一下午然后买两三本回家。这个习惯持续到高中后期被高考荼毒就断掉了，大学和工作后的几年期间都没怎么读书。这两年少了年轻时候的学业、工作和生活压力，逐渐感到精神生活空虚，就又逐渐重拾了读书的习惯。
这横跨快三十年的读书习惯演化史，也刚好经历了纸书是唯一选择时代，到互联网兴起有了桌面端阅读渠道，再到 kindle 只手发明了电子书市场，再到智能手机兴起各家平台和设备百家争鸣的时代的跨度，算是一个普通的阅读者对时代的见证吧。
下期 Patreon 选题 https://www.patreon.com/posts/103504990 ：
- 我现有的软件订阅
- One bag travel 小技巧
- 高光时刻
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#softwareEngineering #computerScience #programming #commonLisp #history #essay #reading of Whither Original Thought #transcript from @kentpitman
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/show/kmp-whither-original-thought/
with a link to its beginning in the interview.
I chose to hand-transcribe it to remove (and probably introduce) discontinuities.
A central theme is the tyrannies of programming libraries and the question of having exhaustive knowledge of your increasingly numerous dead forebearers.
Read it yourself (and/or listen finally).
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I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.
@bookstodon
比例一样的情况下，牛奶里加茶和茶里加牛奶是一样的吗？
竟然……不是。牛奶里有疏水性的脂肪和蛋白质，倒进茶的时候分子会改变形状“蜷缩”起来形成小球，也就改变了味道，会有种轻微的焦糖味。当奶被倒进茶里，头几滴奶被热水包围，更有可能有明显的变化。而茶倒进奶不存在几滴奶被孤立的情况，这种变化就较少。从而这两种制作奶茶的方法即便比例一样味道也会不同。
当然，味道的偏好较为主观，比如 1920 年代的英国就分成了两派激烈讨论（颇似中国的咸甜豆花……）。Ronald Fisher，一位英国数学家，在给另一位生物学家 Muriel Bristol 提供茶的时侯 Bristol 拒绝了，因为她只喝先茶后奶的，并且能尝出区别。Fisher 认为这是无稽之谈比例一样怎么会有区别，于是两人决定盲测 8 杯茶，并且引来一众其它科学家围观。出乎 Fisher 意料的是，Bristol 每一杯的盲测都“猜”对了。
当众丢了面子的 Fisher 不敢相信有味道区别（当时的科学还无法解释）觉得 Bristol 是蒙的，但稍稍计算发现全靠猜的话只有 1/70 的概率能猜对。只要把盲测数量提升到 12 杯就能很大程度提升准确的信心。随后几年里他受到这个小实验的启发，总结出了许多现代仍在使用的科学实验概念与方法，如 null hypothesis, statisitical significance （互联网公司做 A/B test 的应该很熟悉），以及用小样本的不准确风险，深刻影响了现代科学实验方法。书里点评道：Not bad for a guy who couldn’t make proper tea.
（看到的时候我内心吐槽道 Not bad for a guy who tried to mansplain what’s proper tea. 就 mansplain 不可怕要是能深刻反思自己学点什么那也不错 🤣）
- 昨天在 How to win friends and influence fungi 里读到的很有意思的知识 （不过书一般也就几篇有意思的建议感兴趣的借下就好了）
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「知识分子基本上关切的是知识和自由。但是，知识和自由之所以具有意义，并不是以抽象的方式（如“必须有良好教育才能享受美好人生”这种很陈腐的说法），而是以真正的生活体验。知识分子有如遭遇海难的人，学着如何与土地生活，而不是靠土地生活；不像鲁滨逊（Robinson Crusoe）那样把殖民自己所在的小岛当成目标，而像马可·波罗（Marco Polo，1254-1324）那样一直怀有惊奇感，一直是个旅行者、过客，而不是寄生者、征服者或掠夺者。」
#reading
I need this machine really badly.
I can't believe that Project Gutenberg has 74k+ FREE ebooks that I can just download if I want 😃
Pretty amazing 😁
What counts as reading?
In my post, I reflect on my relationship with reading and reading contests to think through how gamification influences what we count as real reading, among many other factors.
https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2024-09-06-what-counts-as-reading/
I’m Lauren, a creative professional and writer in Cape Town.
I love all things #reading #writing & #design - I have a #communications and #GraphicDesign business & many #creative interests
I’m #SelfPublishing soon!
After connecting with the #IndieAuthor community I made a series of #canva #tutorials to help them design and market their #books
My flagrant use of tags here is a good representation of my approach - full enthusiasm at max speed 😂
I look forward to connecting!
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My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books #holiday #vacation #reading
「从严格的军事角度说，西班牙作战并没有给我们带来多少知识。但它明确了至关重要的一点：尽管穆斯林在自己的土地上与有补给问题的敌人作战，他们也总是避免对阵战，极其依赖城墙防御；但这种依赖并没有错，因为在城镇化如此之高的地区，法兰克 人发现取得进展是一件极其缓慢的事，特别是因为他们的攻城器械还不完善。和与萨克森人的战争一样，除了个别例外情况，他们的军队在野战中远强于穆斯林。同样的情形也发生在与阿瓦尔人的战争中。」
#reading
用《君幸食》中扶夏总结的中餐烹饪方法术语一秒钟把敷衍食堂变高大上 https://blog.douchi.space/fancy-food-name-from-invitation-to-a-banquet/?utm_source=t.me/mtfront
《君幸食》里面有一篇讲中餐各种烹饪方法的文字的颇有意思，透过非母语但绝对比 99% 的中国人更热爱中餐的扶霞笔下的解读（我看的是中文版，又要从英文再译回来但保留外来者的观察视角，真是太有意思了，译者何雨珈对扶霞作品的翻译我也一直很喜欢！），突然对这些本来习以为常但又一知半解的词和与之相关的菜又更珍惜了。灵机一动摘抄下来，按这个起名方法，感觉我的敷衍食堂山猪快手菜也能变高大上了呢。 
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Do you track your reading habits? "Like the things we eat or the ways we move our bodies, the books we consume get talked about as yet another avenue for self-improvement," writes Tajja Isen for The Walrus. Here's her story about the problem with reading lists, and a way to make them useful and even lead to more enjoyment. Tell us in the comments what you think — and if you track, why.
#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Reading #ReadingLists #Goodreads
Options: (choose one)
读过 秦制两千年 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
这种短平快博客文章集合式纵向横跨各朝点评政治制度的通俗历史还蛮好读的，不爱读政治如我也看得津津有味。虽然能感觉一些部分作者主观叙事导向较强但整体这么看历史上的制度演化确实比在看通史大部头记叙事件中零散拼凑容易理解多了。好多段都不禁恍然大悟你们现代这些小伎俩原来是跟老祖宗学的。当然由于众所周知原因只写到清朝灭亡些许遗憾，以及每章都是单刀直入有代表性的切片，没有串联碰上不熟悉的朝代被直接点到可能会有点 out of context。 #reading
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Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on #Mastodon where they post new books they add!
Go follow them: @gutenberg_new
Here is my #introduction because I’m #newhere.
Like so many others, I’m a refugee from Meta/X. Mastodon is giving me some hope that I might find a #community in social media. Happily married. Resident of Florida but currently on slow travel in Costa Rica. My passions are: #writing – my web site (link in profile) has info on my novels and occasional #popculture essays - #movies , #reading #fiction and #nonfiction , and #photography
I look forward to connecting with the Mastodon community!
Sure, but does anyone start reading the classics? Reading on any level should be encouraged 😊
@reading @bookstodon @bookbubble @humour
#ReadingMemes #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #YA
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Recommendation #Bookrecommendation
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
