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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???
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In article <pan$73944$c5a11a4$1232f6e1$bfc66baa@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:28:04 -0700, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:57:51 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
>> <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:32:33 -0400, Tony Nance wrote:
>>>
>>>> More signs of madness in this crazy world:
>>>> 
>>>> I just ran across the results of a poll that asked 29,000 Americans
>>>> about their book-owning habits, and friends, I am shocked — shocked! 
>—
>>>> to report that there are people who have absolutely no organizational
>>>> system whatsoever. Worse — worse, I tell you — there are some who 
>sort
>>>> their books by color. Color!
>>>> 
>>>> Here’s a link to the main source (published in October):
>>>> https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/47712-how-many-books-
>>>americans-own-and-how-they-organize-them
>>>> 
>>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>Then there are people who heard about this, evidently,
>>>and tried it out.
>>>https://wapo.st/463w5h9
>> 
>> It's guarded by a dragon. Even being referred by "a WaPo reader" isn't
>> enough, it wants /my/ email for "free" viewing.
>> 
>
>Sorry about that. I'm not surprised, though, the Post is more
>aggressive about pushing ads on its own subscribers than is the
>New York Times.
>
>> Here's a clue, WaPo: if I have to give you something to get something,
>> it ain't free.
>

You can get around many (not all) paywalls by going to "archive.is"
and plugging in the URL you are interested in.  If they don't already
have it, you can request it be archived, which, if it works, probably takes
two or three minutes.

The page for the WP url above is:

		https://archive.is/HYK1b
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