I’m guessing most of the Beehaws at least have duplicates since they cut themselves off.

Do you have the ability to request new books in your library so that that way you could get things you are into? There’s also always shadow libraries.

You’re probably right - the inflation rates were low for a long time so to get that high from indexation on a 100k loan would be pretty unlikely.

Probably medical degrees etc. However, if I were to do a masters in CS it would be 70k so my total debt would be up to something like 110k. Thus, if I do a masters it will be a cheap US-based one I can cashflow because that’s just a stupid amount of debt.

Yeah I assume the reason there isn’t is because the general ones are US-centric by default and then everyone else has to have somewhere specific to go. But I guess if they want their own dedicated place too why not?

National pride ✨

Cool the world

We’re paying them to produce this pollution.

Just read reviews?

Woah you were busy

I’ve read both but Animal Farm was for school so naturally I didn’t like it. 1984 was great not just as an interesting read but to understand all of the cultural (and culture war) references to it.

That should definitely be illegal.

I don’t think they’ll stop until they have the whole historic area of Israel (which includes more than just Palestine.) Crazy that this is allowed.

I feel like Niven just couldn’t write people at all (especially women.) He had some cool concepts but I won’t be going back to his work.

I second Boox as a decent option (though less polished.) Allowed me to get rid of my dumbass Kindle and Kobo dual set up because if there was a book that was exclusively on the Kindle store I can now just get it in the app rather than owning a whole other ereader. The only thing I don’t like about it is it is not as good as either Kobo or Kindle for dictionary lookups. This is especially important to me because I read in foreign languages and need it to be able to either give me a definition or translate it no matter how it’s conjugated. I have found the Kindle app for Android though works pretty well for that purpose so there is an ok solution.

I got a Boox Nova Air and it has some trade offs. None of the ereaders are open source/Stallman-esque ethics friendly really but I do like that with Android based readers like Onyx Boox you can read in whatever app you want (like I had some purchased on Kindle, Kobo or even the Libby library app or Scribd subscription service.) This works for me since I can have those multiple sources. However, I found the Kobo Libra H20 to be a more polished and enjoyable experience so if all you’re doing is putting files on and not worrying about having multiple source access then I’d recommend that form factor.

I have City on my (endless) TBR, good to hear it’s worth it.

Ooh some Aussie settings too. Very interesting.

It’s hard to turn more conservative without actually owning a stake in anything as our parents did.

I don’t think it makes sense to vote for something you don’t believe in just because others you disagree with will make the same vote.