A series of books I wanted just had their Kindle versions evaporate. Not that I could afford them all right now, but I was planning to, over time. I wonder if this has happened before, like a glitch in Amazon, and they'll pop back into existence again.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Hopefully your luck is better than mine - last time I had a series of books disappear (an entire author's catalog, actually), it was due to the court battle between Amazon and the publisher and they've never come back.
Thanks. That's terrible.
Really, it just cost both of them more money. I had them all in paperback already, I just wanted access to them immediately badly enough to be willing to pay for Kindle copies rather than unpack all of our boxes of books searching for it. I wound up saving money and the boxes still haven't been unpacked, but at least we found that series.
I can still buy the paperbacks too; it's just no longer my preference. I love physical books, but the Kindle just makes things so easy. The only physical ones I read now are comics or library books.
I've contacted the editor of the series and she thinks the e-rights must have expired, so she's getting in touch with her agent.
Dave
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Random, huh? How's this for random?
https://www.newsweek.com/man-sex-injured-beaver-washington-1106423
WASHINGTON MAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTS INJURED BEAVER AS WOMAN TRIES TO SAVE IT
Yes, that's the actual headline.
https://www.newsweek.com/man-sex-injured-beaver-washington-1106423
WASHINGTON MAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTS INJURED BEAVER AS WOMAN TRIES TO SAVE IT
Yes, that's the actual headline.
...wrong beaver.
Amateur - everyone knows if you want to fuck animals in Washington, you go to Enumclaw.
GasBandit
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Wow, just got the fanciest, high-falootinest employment ad I've seen in radio since I started working here 15 years ago. Most of our employment ads are for entry level stuff... office assistants, chicken processing workers, daycare, etc...
These guys are hiring an "ExESS Implementation Project Coordinator" and requires a Masters in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
Go big or go home, I guess!
These guys are hiring an "ExESS Implementation Project Coordinator" and requires a Masters in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
Go big or go home, I guess!
From the project page you linked I see no reason whatsoever to have a Chemistry degree, but whatever. Would it HELP? Maybe, but it's a f'n software project. You need expertise on what fields are needed and things like that, but that's not the same as coordinating the software project itself. Just ask @Tinwhistler, I'm sure he'd agree with me that somebody who is an "expert" in the field is NOT the ideal person to be managing the software project. Some people are multi-disciplinary, great, but a masters in the Chemical part of it? That is NOT needed.
GasBandit
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My coworkers and I are of the opinion, given the demographic of the station they are advertising on, that this recruitment ad is to satisfy a government requirement for a position to be advertised, but they already have someone they want to put in that position from in-house. My guess is, the masters degree in chemistry requirement is there to scare off applicants.
Ah yes, the old "We need a candidate for this position who has a Masters in Chemistry, with a thesis related to Long-chain fatty acids, who also happens to be between 5'10" and 5'11" tall, and red-hair helps." Oh look! We already have that person internally!
GasBandit
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And I want to date her!
GasBandit
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Yuuuuup confirmed... they are only airing this employment ad ONE time, total, on a station whose demo doesn't exactly scream "masters degree in chemistry." They want a notarized copy of the script.
Definitely "government mandated public notice" vibe to it.
We're charging them 6x normal rate, though, at least.
Definitely "government mandated public notice" vibe to it.
We're charging them 6x normal rate, though, at least.
belgariad? Malorian? Sparhawk? the whole shebang!?
What did @Sparhawk do?
That's the catalog.
I HAVE INTERNET AGAINNNN!
Also, yes, hello my friends. What did I miss these...what two-ish weeks?
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Also, yes, hello my friends. What did I miss these...what two-ish weeks?
Only two things that I've seen available in the US are "The Rivan Codex" and "Redemption of Althalus." None of the individual or collected of Garion or Sparhawk available in the US, nor of the hugely disappointing Younger Gods series.
Dave
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So I just listened to the new Kanye song "I Love It". While it's got kind of a catchy beat and the video is funny, the song just SUCKS. Overproduced bullshit with absolutely no redeeming value. Much like most of Kanye's other stuff. Yet of course the fanbois are falling all over themselves to proclaim is "genius". Ugh.
I guess I'm finally getting old enough that I'm firmly out of touch. I tried to listen and I even got all the way through, but there's no WAY I'd have let my kids listen to this.
I guess I'm finally getting old enough that I'm firmly out of touch. I tried to listen and I even got all the way through, but there's no WAY I'd have let my kids listen to this.
I don't quite know how to tell you this Dave, but you're not actually *finally getting* old!
Some people like acrobatic filigree engraved baroque intricate stuff, other people like autotuned smooth unbroken polished mathematically perfect curvature. It is what it is.
--Patrick
I dunno, there's this English guy who's dropped a new disc today, and it sounds pretty catchy to me...
I remember when that guy did some backing music for Kanye. Hopefully he can do well on his own.
I'm fairly sure you've been involved in the raising of a brood. How do you still have the fantasy that you can control what children or teenagers listen to? Their dad saying "this sucks" would definitely have an effect, but it would be the opposite
You’re saying that my kids won’t do everything I tell them to without question??