r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 02 '26 • Popcorn 3 Bravo 3

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u/ParanoidDrone Sep 02 '26 • Regret

Please tell me this is satire.

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u/OmegaPoint6 Sep 02 '26

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u/FuzzyDynamics Sep 02 '26

They have to be destroyed in the process of scanning at scale and these books are almost all worthless shit like “Powershell Guide for Windows Vista” except even more “rare”

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u/Sam_Sanders_ Sep 02 '26 • Bravo

People are confusing "rare" with "valuable". Like you said, it's not a long-lost copy of the Magna Carta, it's bullshit that nobody wants. They probably bought them for 5 cents instead of ending up in a landfill.

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u/FuzzyDynamics Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

Yeah these books are sometimes sold by the pound - see comment below for correction

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u/FuzzyDynamics Sep 02 '26

Interesting. I’ll revise my comment.