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Leaving technical books in the bathroom is a crucial hack for lifelong adult learning.
Instead of that I read technical books/websites on/near a laptop that I can make flashcards on, then do Anki on the toilet.
I quickly realized that actually I didn't want to learn how to use a sextant.
I read it cover to cover. All those important points, so well structured and organized, and I didn't have to remember a single one of them! I could just let it pass like water.
More relaxing than fiction. No plot to follow, no characters to remember, just beautiful, detailed instructions which I could blithely ignore.
best vacation book of the decade.
tl;dr if you're new, a book might be the way to go. If not, I do not see why you would need a new book, just go here https://learnxinyminutes.com/
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Instead of that I read technical books/websites on/near a laptop that I can make flashcards on, then do Anki on the toilet.
Really, I have little piles everywhere around the house I tend to park for any length of time; I've never been able to do flashcards since my mom made me do them a ton when I was little, one of the ways I just do not learn.
Sometimes I buy a book that in retrospect is not as interesting as I thought, and I regret it. Space and weight are precious resources.
There is something about reading from a screen, even the e-Ink ones, that does not match the experience of reading from paper, in my view. I can't remember being engaged to an ebook as I am sometimes from a good paper book.