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books are grea *chops down the amazon*
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Xaris posted:it's not government ran tho. my isp gutted my usenet access a couple years back too on demand has nothing on me able to get (redacted) from the first season on. it is true though most of usenet is CP and viruses
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Nov 2, 2014 05:10
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Having trouble remembering the last time a book crashed on me.
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Nov 2, 2014 06:03
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Trixie Hardcore posted:I do re-read some books. Usually fiction, books I have a sentimental connection to, but since I mostly read non-fiction I don't feel the draw to revisit most books. There are just so many books I haven't read and unless I've somehow forgotten a big portion of the book or the content was over my head the first time I won't re-read a book over reading a new book most of the time. friend me up on goodreads
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Perfidia posted:Having trouble remembering the last time a book crashed on me.  i bet having money in it makes your wallet really uncomfortable anyway
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Nov 2, 2014 07:53
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SpeedGem posted:on demand has nothing on me able to get (redacted) from the first season on. Truth
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Nov 2, 2014 07:56
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you can't really get a big pile of e-readers and light them on fire the same way though, you know? they're missing that certain something
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Nov 2, 2014 08:07
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Xaris posted:it's not government ran tho. my isp gutted my usenet access a couple years back too you're lucky, most ISPs did that 10-15 years ago
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Nov 2, 2014 08:08
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gary oldmans diary posted:
I'm far too dumb to understand this so yeah sure OK Moridin920 posted:you can't really get a big pile of e-readers and light them on fire the same way though, you know? they're missing that certain something Cut out the back of the teakwood chest for bonus fuel. e: poo poo, camphorwood!
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Nov 2, 2014 08:25
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Ebook readers are great until you take one trip to a used book store or thrift store and buy 30 books for 5 dollars and go "well poo poo"
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Nov 2, 2014 12:11
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who cares how you read a book as long as you read it
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Nov 2, 2014 13:15
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jiharlequinade posted:who cares how you read a book as long as you read it I read my books out loud in Gilbert Godfrey voice
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Nov 2, 2014 13:45
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Sir John Feelgood posted:there's a lot of crappy real books out there, and they suck. but if you spend a bit more like from library of america, everyman's library, or the folio society, you can get nice rear end books. library of america is extremely my poo poo. can you reccomend anthologies like it??
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Nov 2, 2014 14:08
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one time i read consider phlebas on ipad 1st gen and it was like looking into a laser pointer. good book tho
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Nov 2, 2014 14:26
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Book piracy is my bae
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Nov 2, 2014 14:29
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TheJoker138 posted:But for real I use a Kindle because I don't have room for actual books, and carrying around a ton of books for school sucks. So instead of carrying around a twenty pound backpack I just throw my kindle into my back pocket. Ah let me just take this 7-9 inch tablet out of my back pocket every time I sit down, oh by the way I have a kindle, see it? I take it out of my pocket when ever I sit or do anything. Oh no, I'm sitting down again, guess I got to take out my kindle people who put anything in their back pocket are weird, but let me guess you wear jorts with extra back pockets also a black person may take it out of your pocket hope this helps
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Nov 2, 2014 15:25
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Meowbot posted:Ah let me just take this 7-9 inch tablet out of my back pocket every time I sit down, oh by the way I have a kindle, see it? I take it out of my pocket when ever I sit or do anything. Oh no, I'm sitting down again, guess I got to take out my kindle 
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Nov 2, 2014 15:36
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so instead of buying books for college i can pirate them to an e reader?
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Nov 2, 2014 15:40
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Pookum posted:so instead of buying books for college i can pirate them to an e reader?
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Nov 2, 2014 16:20
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physical books are sometimes better for finding specific translations
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Nov 2, 2014 16:23
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probably better to read textbooks on an ipad due to the kindle's surprisingly poo poo PDF rendering, but then again the textbook piracy scene is still not so great. I imagine this varies by field though. I wish I could have gone in on my textbooks with a group of 10 other students, bought it, removed the book's spine and binding on a table saw, and run all the pages through a stack scanner so we could share the pdf
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Nov 2, 2014 16:24
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Xaris posted:imagine if the government ran a video/game center where you could walk in and grab a dvd from a new movie/game for 3 weeks for free Had those on the various military bases I lived.
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Nov 2, 2014 16:32
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also, many libraries rent ebooks and audiobooks through Overdrive (https://www.overdrive.com/) which is awesome
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Nov 2, 2014 16:38
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Mein Eyes! posted:also, many libraries rent ebooks and audiobooks through Overdrive (https://www.overdrive.com/) which is awesome I think your statement needs clarification. It is awesome that libraries rent ebooks and audiobooks. Overdrive itself is not awesome and is a giant pile of crap.
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Nov 2, 2014 17:59
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Pookum posted:so instead of buying books for college i can pirate them to an e reader?
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Polygoon Window posted:library of america is extremely my poo poo.
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Nov 3, 2014 01:49
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Pookum posted:so instead of buying books for college i can pirate them to an e reader? No lie, I saved myself tons of money doing this when I was in school. Of course, they were pretty quick to legally rape the specialized textbook piracy sites.
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Nov 3, 2014 03:39
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Mnemosyne posted:I think your statement needs clarification. forgive me i should have clarified how frustrating it is to use overdrive, though I still use it
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Nov 3, 2014 06:02
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haha i have an e-reader on my phone and can read a cool book when i have to wait for poo poo instead of zoning out like a dip poo poo wasting time sucks to be you op
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Nov 3, 2014 06:22
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Pookum posted:so instead of buying books for college i can pirate them to an e reader? lol if you didn't already pirate most of them gently caress you I ain't paying $200 for a book you wrote bitch that poo poo is on the internet in PDF and ebook format for free
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Nov 3, 2014 07:06
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Free public domain books on the Kindle are awesome. I mean, so are pirated books, but I hate it when the formatting gets all hosed up. I like reading on the Kindle because you can adjust the font size. I have concentration issues these days that make me get lost very easily in paragraphs of small text. And, my vision gets blurry after a while of close focus. So being able to make the text bigger helps me out! Buuuut you just can't replicate borrowing a book from a friend 
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Xaris posted:(Used) Kindles are like $35. Viggen on SA-MART sells a bunch of refurb'd ones that are really good. That's about the price of a new hardcover book or two. lol, let's just ignore that a lot of used books can be had on amazon for basically the cost of shipping also, library supremacy, bitches. if your library doesn't have a book you need ask whether or not it participates in an interlibrary loan program - chances are a library in an *actual city* near you might. this also works for movies and TV shows
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