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minus-square@ursakhiin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThe correct method of sorting is by randomly assigning each book a unique identifier that only you are aware of and organizing by that. It’s like the Dewey decimal system but more creative.
minus-squareCylinsierlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat’s just a “more steps” version of my method which is to jam it randomly onto the closest shelf wherever it fits.
minus-square@gabal@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThis is my method as well. A few weeks ago I took out a book from a shelf because and then couldn’t put it back even though it was on that shelf a few minutes ago.
minus-square@Notnotmike@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI enjoy the Algorithms to Live By strategy of putting the most recently read book “first”. So the left-most book on the shelf is the last book I read
The correct method of sorting is by randomly assigning each book a unique identifier that only you are aware of and organizing by that.
It’s like the Dewey decimal system but more creative.
That’s just a “more steps” version of my method which is to jam it randomly onto the closest shelf wherever it fits.
This is my method as well. A few weeks ago I took out a book from a shelf because and then couldn’t put it back even though it was on that shelf a few minutes ago.
I enjoy the Algorithms to Live By strategy of putting the most recently read book “first”. So the left-most book on the shelf is the last book I read