Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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nihil obstat

The Stonecipheco minion Neil Obstat Jr., meanwhile, is named for the phrase of papal censorship, nihil obstat ("nothing hinders"), in a corollary to legalistic control over language.

—p.50 Come to Work (33) by Jeffrey Severs
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memento mori

To be aware of the central Wallace trope of memento mori is not to take up Yorick's skull

—p.49 Come to Work (33) by Jeffrey Severs
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onomastic

there is no way to do real work and thus provide real value or energy, Wallace's onomastics imply, without pulling one's weight

—p.48 Come to Work (33) by Jeffrey Severs
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random variable

Rick's R.V. initials [...] translate to random variable in mathematical parlance, whereas Lenore often has the qualities of a constant.

—p.46 Come to Work (33) by Jeffrey Severs
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immanence

Wallace's thinking was almost always about immanence

—p.45 Come to Work (33) by Jeffrey Severs
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