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Fikar och läser om Anthem av Ayn Rand. Det var många år sedan jag läste boken och den tar inte mer än en dag att läsa.
Jag är inte överens med Rands skrivande i hennes större verk men Anthem funkar.
Jag kan säga mycket om både Ayn Rand som författare och "filosof" men jag anser att man bör läsa henne. Även om man avskyr henne och hennes verk. Hon har influerat många makthavare ...
#aynrand #books
I’m very much enjoying Isaac Asimov’s Foundation.
What other classic science fiction books should I read? I’ve read very little of the genre.
My friend published her first book today!
Check it out if you like fantasy books!
#books #scifi #fantasy #buymyfriendsthing
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A Day of Breath - Angry Robot
A dark and imaginative fantasy filled with demons and religious conspiracy, A Day of Breath is a perfect read for fans of Naomi Novik and N.K. Jemisin.Angry Robot Books
Finished 'The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds' by John Higgs a few days ago, and been thinking about it ever since.
Utterly compelling and a lot of fun, I cannot recommend it highly enough - with the caveat it's not a straight bio but more an exploration of intersections of the band with Discordianism, the Illuminatus! trilogy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Alan Moore, Situationists, Doctor Who, global economics, the number 23, magical thinking, synchronicity and more. #books
What is one book that positively shaped who you are as a person and how did it influence you? At what point in your life did you read it?
Fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel, audiobook: however you define "book" for yourself is fine with me.
Let's support real tech publishers like @mwl nostarch.com but also more philosophical authors in our bubble like @pluralistic - otherwise the self-digesting heaps of silicone from moltbook will push us into intellectual slavery.
Physical media ftw.
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#physicalmedia #books #music #movies #dvd
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Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.www.youtube.com
Läst No Strings av Lucy Bexley för några år sen, lyssnar nu på ljudboken. Glad att jag plockade upp den igen, sån otroligt charmig feelgood.
#bookstodon #books #sapphicbooks
Testing out Margins, a book tracking app. If you use it, let's follow each other.
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#Books #Apps #BookTrackers #Reading
New small open-source project of mine: a web-based, offline-first speed reading tool.
Source code: github.com/ronilaukkarinen/spe…
Demo: speed-reader.rolle.wtf
#OpenSource #BuildInPublic #Reading #SpeedReading #RSVPReading #Books #Apps
GitHub - ronilaukkarinen/speed-reader: Open source speed reading tool that helps you read faster by displaying one word at a time at your eye's natural fixation point.
Open source speed reading tool that helps you read faster by displaying one word at a time at your eye's natural fixation point. - ronilaukkarinen/speed-readerGitHub
"An 8K video is 10 times heavier and more polluting than an HD video. On your smartphone, you literally can't even see the difference. It's pointless waste."
From '99th Day: A Warning About Technology' by Gerry McGovern
Brave New World: Justice for creators in the age of GenAI, a major study of GenAI’s impact on creative work, calls on the government to immediately implement CLEAR, a new regulatory framework to protect the livelihoods of authors, illustrators, musicians, performers, and photographers, or risk the decimation of the UK’s £124.6 billion creative industries sector.
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The report uses evidence from over 10,000 creators. It's essential reading.
Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI - The Society of Authors
We have joined forces with other creator-led organisations to co-launch a ground-breaking report showing the onset of a creative jobs crisis in the UK.SoA Staff (The Society of Authors)
I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then.
But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example.
I read a lot and have mostly been using getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features.
So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that?
#Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost
Bookshelf: Library & TBR Tracker
Bookshelf is the only reading tracker app that helps you track your library, build a lasting reading habit, and better remember what you read. Beautiful. Fast. No signup required.Bookshelf
Finished "Cuba: An American History" great read, learned a lot about Cuban, Spanish, and United States history that I did not know before.
Just a reminder! If you are looking RSS starter packs, The RSS Review has downloadable OPML files for each category. They can be imported directly into your feed reader to subscribe to the entire category at once.
If you want to add a feed or feed category, then post it in the comments.
#tech #technology #rss #rssfeeds #rssfeedreaders #socialmedia #indieweb #personalweb #smallweb #blogs #gis #movies #tv #books #comics #health #history #music #science #software #opml
Folks, our very own @gerrymcgovern has his new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, coming out next Monday.
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“99th Day is essential reading for anyone who cares about our planet. Prepare to be disturbed, enlightened and inspired.” – Justine McCarthy, The Irish Times
And, if you’re in Ireland, Gerry has a book tour in February. If I’m in the country, I’ll be at the Dublin event on the 9th. Hope to see some of you there :)
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#99thDay #books #environment #climateChange #capitalism #technology #BigTech #technoSolutionism #fascism #ireland
Why you should read a forgotten 80s bestseller about #lesbian nuns - the reason is much more wholesome than you think.
(Also truly living my best Catholic school girl life - I love Autostraddle's lesbian drama content and it's thrilling to get to write heretically for them!)
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What We Can Learn From Lesbian Nuns
A forgotten 1980s bestseller on lesbian nuns is the antidote to dating app burnout and the "cool queer" rat race.Carolina Flores (Autostraddle)
In light of the LLM research I do, this article is fitting
Read that to see how messed up the alleged Nvidia stance is
#Programming #Nvidia #GPU #Anna #Archive #Books #library #ClosedSource #LLM #slop #bad #technology
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'NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books' * TorrentFreak
NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'earth' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain's a straightforward, no-nonsense carpenter. No one he works with would ever imagine what he gets involved with outside the day job.
Modern fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore. The series starts with The Green Man's Heir.
Amazon
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Kobo
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Find a full roster of purchase links at Wizard's Tower Press
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#books #writing #SFF #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy
The Green Man’s Heir
ISBNs Paperback: 978-1-908039-69-9 Hardcover: 978-1-908039-70-5 EPUB: 978-1-908039-67-5 MOBI: 978-1-908039-68-2Wizard's Tower Press
Hello Universe!
Moved to new server.
Re-introduction - Been on here since 2022 and should write an intro again. I'm deaf, I'm a fan of open-source projects, so this will be short and sweet.
Post random ramblings, news, techie stuff, boost mostly cat pics. I just like computers and hang around here.
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The #MagicInTheMundane tag has reminded me of the time I'd just finished a book and was looking at the shelves, wondering what to read next. Suddenly the setting sun turned vivid orange and hit one section, as if it had poured through the narrow passage of a megalithic chamber to show me what to pick. The effect lasted bare seconds. Just long enough for me to snap a photo and to choose the Tore Renberg novel it shone upon. Because obviously I was not going to defy the gods.
Do fantasy/sc-fi readers agree with this? I love specualtive fiction, but I also love me some good non-fiction, am I the weird one? 🤔😁
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