What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? - Chand John
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Silence
As a volunteer/worker at an archive, jazz archive in Denmark. A place where there are 66. 000 collection of jazz samples, cd's, vinyls, etc. I came across this video and learnt the quick sort method, it really helps the fast process on gathering samples together. And I got to mention that the archive only depends on volunteer worker, having no machine that could order the samples in chronological order or alphabetical order and besides the data base (PC, mostly everything is done by hand.
It feels really great on doing such work, by sorting things together chronologically and alphabetical order. The work is long and sometimes devistating, but the result are very satisfying.
Now, I have a dream education in working such places like an archive, libraries, old bookstore and such, cause everyday it feels like a long puzzle and every each bit and pieces has a story they have to tell.
The great thing I'm looking forward to, is to learn new ways on sorting things out.
For those who played WoW back in 2004-2007.
It really makes it feel like playing World of Warcraft (vanilla) where you had to grind the last part to the endgame, really adventurous!
Thank you for sharing such knowlegde!
Cheers!
- Kaff.
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As a volunteer/worker at an archive, jazz archive in Denmark. A place where there are 66. 000 collection of jazz samples, cd's, vinyls, etc. I came across this video and learnt the quick sort method, it really helps the fast process on gathering samples together. And I got to mention that the archive only depends on volunteer worker, having no machine that could order the samples in chronological order or alphabetical order and besides the data base (PC, mostly everything is done by hand.
It feels really great on doing such work, by sorting things together chronologically and alphabetical order. The work is long and sometimes devistating, but the result are very satisfying.
Now, I have a dream education in working such places like an archive, libraries, old bookstore and such, cause everyday it feels like a long puzzle and every each bit and pieces has a story they have to tell.
The great thing I'm looking forward to, is to learn new ways on sorting things out.
For those who played WoW back in 2004-2007.
It really makes it feel like playing World of Warcraft (vanilla) where you had to grind the last part to the endgame, really adventurous!
Thank you for sharing such knowlegde!
Cheers!
- Kaff.
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Clinton
Okay, my on-campus JOB in college - LITERALLY - was sorting and reshelving books and scientific journals. We had five floors, and all was based on the Dewey Decimal System. We had a rough sort area and a fine sort area, about 15 shelves for each area. After some experience, it took me about an hour to sort through a whole mess of books and load up about 10 book carts. Reshelving individual books took a bit longer, but we all got really good at it. Not to mention the leg muscles I built up squatting down with armloads of books. For some reason, those all-important scientific journals always seemed to be housed on the bottom shelves!
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Okay, my on-campus JOB in college - LITERALLY - was sorting and reshelving books and scientific journals. We had five floors, and all was based on the Dewey Decimal System. We had a rough sort area and a fine sort area, about 15 shelves for each area. After some experience, it took me about an hour to sort through a whole mess of books and load up about 10 book carts. Reshelving individual books took a bit longer, but we all got really good at it. Not to mention the leg muscles I built up squatting down with armloads of books. For some reason, those all-important scientific journals always seemed to be housed on the bottom shelves!
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Madeline
This is how i organize! ( The first way) When I was little, I used to eat the shortest McDonald's fries first and leave the longest ones for last. I would pick up two fries and have a contest for how long it was. I would then eat the shorter fry, then use the winner and pick up another random fry and compare them again. I would continue until I found the winning fry, the longest in the pack.
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This is how i organize! ( The first way) When I was little, I used to eat the shortest McDonald's fries first and leave the longest ones for last. I would pick up two fries and have a contest for how long it was. I would then eat the shorter fry, then use the winner and pick up another random fry and compare them again. I would continue until I found the winning fry, the longest in the pack.
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Headshot447
I like the explanation and process of this method, but I feel like in this hypothetical the process of finding and placing the books in these subcategories would be just as tedious if done physically. I get that a computer can do it wicked fast, but in reality I can't see it being too much more effective.
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I like the explanation and process of this method, but I feel like in this hypothetical the process of finding and placing the books in these subcategories would be just as tedious if done physically. I get that a computer can do it wicked fast, but in reality I can't see it being too much more effective.
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CallieBestGirl
LMAO why are there so many book sorting nerds in the comments. Just grab books from the Line and make a new line, placing them in the general location they should be based on Alphabetical order. Then when you have all your books, smush em together and boom, done. No 4 Minute Tutorial required
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LMAO why are there so many book sorting nerds in the comments. Just grab books from the Line and make a new line, placing them in the general location they should be based on Alphabetical order. Then when you have all your books, smush em together and boom, done. No 4 Minute Tutorial required
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ps4star
QuickSort doesn't really work in practice like this. Figuring out which books go to either side of the partition would take a ton of time with that many books, for a human at least. The best strategy IRL is to do none of the ones proposed here and just use common sense instead.
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QuickSort doesn't really work in practice like this. Figuring out which books go to either side of the partition would take a ton of time with that many books, for a human at least. The best strategy IRL is to do none of the ones proposed here and just use common sense instead.
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Samantha
I tend to do this for large numbers, choosing a random number and then separating anything more or less than it is. Alphabets though, it's just easier to sort by bucket sort, all A's, all B's, all C's, since there is only a few groups, like separating according to colors.
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I tend to do this for large numbers, choosing a random number and then separating anything more or less than it is. Alphabets though, it's just easier to sort by bucket sort, all A's, all B's, all C's, since there is only a few groups, like separating according to colors.
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Melk
To clarify for CS students, in the bubble sort example, you would usually never know the largest value in a set of elements. Not that it would be impossible, but it wouldn't exactly keep the bubble sort algorithm pure or be of much use.
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To clarify for CS students, in the bubble sort example, you would usually never know the largest value in a set of elements. Not that it would be impossible, but it wouldn't exactly keep the bubble sort algorithm pure or be of much use.
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Tusk
i wonder how much time this could have saved me when I did go-backs at gamestop. It was because of working at gamestop that I felt like You didnt work hard enough unless you had a headache at the end of your shift
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i wonder how much time this could have saved me when I did go-backs at gamestop. It was because of working at gamestop that I felt like You didnt work hard enough unless you had a headache at the end of your shift
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Edward
bucket sort into 26 buckets first, has to be the most efficient way to get them into your existing library - this video ignores the existing books and only gets you to alphabetise the new arrivals
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bucket sort into 26 buckets first, has to be the most efficient way to get them into your existing library - this video ignores the existing books and only gets you to alphabetise the new arrivals
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