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<p>This book falls into the category of books that I like to call “Fast-food books”. They won’t necessarily make you healthier or your mind sounder, but it’ll feel really good while you’re eating them. There’s only so many anecdotes you can digest. The most common criticism that people have with these kind of books are that they could’ve been summarized in a much shorter format - probably a blog post or two. The same applies here - only the irony is that it is BECAUSE of those blog posts and the reaction it generated that prompted the author to write a whole book about it.</p>
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const copybutton = document.createElement('button');
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copybutton.innerHTML = 'copy';
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function copyingDone() {
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copybutton.innerHTML = 'copied!';
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copybutton.addEventListener('click', (cb) => {
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navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeblock.textContent);
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copyingDone();
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document.execCommand('copy');
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