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Timelord Iain wrote: "Finally hit 10,000 comments after my big commenting spree the past couple days/weeks..."Heh, been a while since we saw you run this mad with delight...and we are all very happy for you, Iain...we know you earned this in all the ways.
A new phone AND whole new avenues worth of books and possible BRs + I think you were also considering a new iPad awhile ago...
Enjoy!
I remember Andy was allllll similarly thrilled with his new gear last December...series of technical posts...😂😂😂
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Heh, been a while since we saw you run this mad with delight...and we are all very ha..."
I picked up an iPad awhile ago... I don't use it much... mostly got it so I can listen/watch Twitch streamers while doing something on my PC's whole monitor, and to run Discord voice chat, because I've had problems with my PC recognizing headphones in the USB extension cord (and my PC doesn't have a Bluetooth receiver)
It doesn't get much use because that kinda stuff gets in the way of audiobooks, and I don't usually need it for anything else... so I forgot I had it when I was setting up Apple's Two-Factor Authentication, which requires a 2nd Apple device to receive the code... oops
I considered buying a spare phone so I don't have to shop for a new one for a long while, even if the same battery problems crop up on this one in 2022-23, but decided against it, for now...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Finally hit 10,000 comments after my big commenting spree the past couple days/weeks...;D"
Ooooh, can't believe I missed this! CONGRATS! :D
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Ooooh, can't believe I missed this! CONGRATS! :D"
I don't know when GR added a comments button to the profile dropdown, but I only have 13-14,000 comments on the entire site... 10k here, 2-3k in GG&G, and the rest sprinkled around...
So the other week I decided it'd be a wonderful idea to ignore my backup camera and knock out my rear window by hitting a dumpster. Decided to celebrate the return of my car by geeking it out a bit. I think I like books involving bridges.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "I don't know when GR added a comments button to the profile dropdown"
I'm not sure I like that 😅 Of course it makes stalking easier, but maybe I don't want everyone to see all my stupid comments in one place 😂
Rob wrote: "So the other week I decided it'd be a wonderful idea to ignore my backup camera and knock out my rear window by hitting a dumpster. Decided to celebrate the return of my car by geeking it out a bit..."That's reeeally really cool! :)
Timelord Iain wrote: "Bridgeburners and Bridge 4?"2 for 2!
And Thanks Anni :)
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I don't know when GR added a comments button to the profile dropdown"
I'm not sure I like that 😅 Of course it makes stalking easier, but maybe I don't want everyone to see a..."
It's much easier to find for your own profile, since you just click your photo in the corner of any page and the button is near the bottom... after a little digging, I was able to find it for other people tho... scroll down to groups on a profile page, and there's a button that says "recent posts" which does the same thing... not just group posts, but status comments/etc... you have a little over 4000
Timelord Iain wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I don't know when GR added a comments button to the profile dropdown"
I'm not sure I like that 😅 Of course it makes stalking easier, but maybe I don't want ..."
Ah ok, I knew this funktion and I don't thinks it's that new, I thought there now would be a huge fat button on my profile page 😂
Actually I've got over 8000, but the group I'm mod at is set to private right now so you can't see them I guess...
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I don't know when GR added a comments button to the profile dropdown"
I'm not sure I like that 😅 Of course it makes stalking easier, b..."
Yea... public posts only...
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Not much tonight. Get the kids to bed, maybe pick a new show to binge wth my wife, and read a bit more of A Little Hatred. Lots of health issues all around this week with my in-laws out of commission the early part and my wife's recurring medical conditions cropping up again. I took off today and we had to get a new toilet (emergency) and had a new dishwasher coming today as it was today already. So I"m glad I took off.Tomorrow take the kids to soccer and then my in-laws take them for the rest of the day while my wife and I attend a co-worker's wedding.
Sunday - head to my folks for a delayed Rosh Hashanah/pre yom kipupr get together (everyone was sick last week) and see if my sister or brother in law have read the above book yet/watch football or baseball playoffs.
So quite hectic!
Gosh, sounds pretty hectic for everyone all round - we're getting ready for my brother in-law, his partner and their 5 children (ranging from 3 to 12) to come and stay with us for the school holidays - I love them all dearly, but am seriously keeping my fingers crossed for good weather so we can do fun 'outdoors' activities. Also, my 16 year old has just got her first ever boyfriend (I'm not really ready for this!) and she's very keen to introduce him to the whole family this week - poor boy, actually seems quite sweet and a bit shy, he has no idea what he's in for, lol :-)
Margret wrote: "what's everyone up to this weekend? My sister is coming over tonight and we're going to a pumpkin festival tomorrow after my son's hockey practice in the morning."Hi Margret. Hope you have a great time at the festival. Fall is just such good fun...and so pretty...
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This should make a big difference with my next Michael Kramer book ;) (He's a pretty great narrator, but he reads slow... I could probably speed him up to 4x)
Note: it's a $3 app...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Finally found a good iphone app for fast audiobook listening... it's called Greenlit Audiobook Player, and it goes up to 3x speed and has a setting to trim silences... only minor thing, is that the..."Haha finally, it's about time you found something decent. Hooray!
I think we already talked about audiobook apps twice and both conversations were so long ago
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Yea... this felt like a final followup to those discussions where I asked about apps... but I didn't want to try and figure out where/when those discussions were... probably last year...
My new phone is on iOS 12 and iPhone 6S, and I updated the apps on there after I copied all the settings from my old phone... and Audible interacts with iTunes 10x worse than before... if I try to play a book from iTunes, the buttons don't work, and clicking anything just cycles the playback speeds from 0.75x/1x/1.25x/1.5x/2x/2.5x/3x... it's weird... so I needed a new app if I wanted to try speeding up my books more, again... Audible is great for books downloaded directly, tho...
I don't have an iPhone, so I can't compare and also I tend to listen at 1.5x-1.75x speed normally, only going up to 2x speed for slow german narrators or some Worm audiobook chapter, cause they are really slow. But I do see why getting the right audiobook app is important. I actually have 8 different apps installed to listen to audiobooks and music, because I really need all of them 😂
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I'm getting there, too, with iBooks, Audible, Hoopla, VoiceDream, and Kindle (for Kindle Unlimited Audio titles... altho that might have been a waste because they don't sound good with the built-in player), and now Greenlit
Timelord Iain wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "I don't have an iPhone, so I can't compare and also I tend to listen at 1.5x-1.75x speed normally, only going up to 2x speed for slow german narrators or some Worm audiobook chapte..."Why don't you listen to kindle unlimited audibooks with the audible app? Works just fine for me :)
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THANK YOU... the interapp interactions are weird... either it didn't work before because I downloaded the book directly into the Kindle app, or it's because I hadn't allowed Kindle permission to make notifications on my device, but when I downloaded the ebook of book 2 in the series, then switched over to the Audible app, the book was available for download from the Cloud... I only now, finally found the first book further down the list around when I added it to my Kindle app...
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I think for next year I'm not going to agree to more than two or three BRs a month. That way, If I'm finished I can jump into any that I fancy or schedule some last minute ones but I'm not under pressure. I've put way too much pressure on myself this year to the point where it's not always fun and I feel like I'm forcing myself to read.
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Charlie wrote: "I think for next year I'm not going to agree to more than two or three BRs a month. That way, If I'm finished I can jump into any that I fancy or schedule some last minute ones but I'm not under pr..."I share your thoughts on this one. Allthough, most of them are interesting BR's, I don't like the feeling that I must/need to read. It can't be a task...
On the other hand, my books of the Nevernight - chronicles and the first book of Licanius have finally arrived! Yay!
Saar The Book owl wrote: I share your thoughts on this one. Allthough, most of them are interesting BR's, I don't like the feeling that I must/need to read. It can't be a task...On the other hand, my books of the Nevernight - chronicles
Yay! I have the Nevernight chronicles on ebook but I really want physical copies, they're so good!
Timelord Iain wrote: "I just keep finding new ways to read more/faster... but I don't particularly intend to use that to do more BRs, just more Free Reads... BRs tend to clump together at the beginning of the month, and..."
Yeah, I think if I get free time I'll use it for free reads. I've missed just browsing my shelves and picking up whatever I fancy.
Just learned that France v. England and New-Zealand v. Italy were canceled (Rugby World Cup).Beyond the weirdness of having no contingency plans (a typhoon in Japan during the typhoon season? Who could have guessed? :O), I'm so sad to be deprived of the chance to witness:
1. The All-Blacks crushing yet another team (that's always fun)
2. A match against France's biggest rival on a world stage.
I get the concern for security, I really do... But it was the Crunch, damn it! :( :( :(
Virginie wrote: "Just learned that France v. England and New-Zealand v. Italy were canceled (Rugby World Cup).Beyond the weirdness of having no contingency plans (a typhoon in Japan during the typhoon season? Who ..."
My college rugby team (I used to play on the wing or more I used to mauled by bigger players rather when I played on the wing) was playing a game close by to me (about an hour away today). My old housemate is coaching now but got too busy to go see them play. It would've been fun.
@Charlie: I just love the covers of the Nevernight chronicles. The drawings are so beautiful!@Virginie: it's a really big typhoon. I've saw it on the news this evening. The heaviest in 60 years! But I understand your dissapointement ;)
Oh yeah, I saw it on the news too. Scary :OI totally understand why the games couldn't be played. Safety first!
To be honest, I'm more disappointed by the decision to cancel rather than report and/or move the game to another location. While such a big typhoon couldn't have been anticipated, the decision to hold such a big tournament in Japan in typhoon season meant alternatives should have been prepared in case of perturbations due to the weather. I don't understand the unwillingness to work around the weather.
There's also the disrespect to the Italian team by implying that their game being canceled doesn't matter 'cause they would have lost anyway, and the unfairness of having 3 teams (potentially more) being having a lot more rest & prep time.
The way I see it, my most anticipated game (and possibly my enjoyment of the rest of the cup) were axed not because of a typhoon, but by lousy organization, and that irks me.
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I don't know if it's only on my screen, but since yesterday I can't see the updates on the main page. There's a message 'load more updates', but nothing is loading. Anyone has this problem also?
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Just checked and mine is fine... in general, tho, I wouldn't notice, since my homepage goes directly to the notifications page... I rarely look at the front page anymore...
Ow, okay, it's strange. I've tried Explorer and Firefox, but but at work. I'm going to check it at home tomorrow. How did you do that to go direclty to the notification page?
@Saar/@Charlie...Nevernight really is good! 😊😄☺️ I just read the first two...will read the third next month...@Saar...you are in for some good times...💙
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Saar The Book owl wrote: "I don't know if it's only on my screen, but since yesterday I can't see the updates on the main page. There's a message 'load more updates', but nothing is loading. Anyone has this problem also?"I'm having this problem today. Was fine yesterday. I bet they have some intermittent issue going on.
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Embrace the Notification Only Life :D
Zaara wrote: "@Saar/@Charlie...Nevernight really is good! 😊😄☺️ I just read the first two...will read the third next month...@Saar...you are in for some good times...💙"
I've started twice the first book, but always put it down to give other books priority. Nevertheless, what I've read is really good. I've read about 200 pages.
Saar The Book owl wrote: "Zaara wrote: "@Saar/@Charlie...Nevernight really is good! 😊😄☺️ I just read the first two...will read the third next month...@Saar...you are in for some good times...💙"
I've started twice the fir..."
I hope you get through it, the ending is great.
Charlie wrote: ""Yeah. I plan to.
Saar The Book owl wrote: ""
Happy to come chat with you whenever you get moving on it...should you choose to post on the threads...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I don't know if it's only on my screen, but since yesterday I can't see the updates on the main page. There's a message 'load more updates', but nothing is..."Notification only doesn't show me friend's reviews unless I'm doing it wrong :)
Charlie wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "Zaara wrote: "@Saar/@Charlie...Nevernight really is good! 😊😄☺️ I just read the first two...will read the third next month...@Saar...you are in for some good times...💙"
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When I've finally finished Empire of Storms, then I'll start :D
Zaara wrote: "Charlie wrote: ""Yeah. I plan to.
Saar The Book owl wrote: ""
Happy to come chat with you whenever you get moving on it...should you choose to post on the threads..."
I will definately :)
Narilka wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I don't know if it's only on my screen, but since yesterday I can't see the updates on the main page. There's a message 'load more up..."It seems to be an ongoing problem. I don't see reviews, posts...Only the first 4 posts or so.
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It's a definite tradeoff... ever since the front page changed to the new layout a year or 2 ago, I've just been unsatisfied with the front page anyway... it's so selective in what it shows... even when you tell it to show you things...
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I’ve been offered a freelance position at a tv studio and I am so happy right now. I’ve been looking for a job for awhile now and finally with a bit of luck I’m..."
How wonderful, Ahdam! Lots of new things happening for you...all the best. And btw, I DID watch that link you posted...
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But y'know something? My favouritest post of yours will always be The Selfie with God (by now I think everyone here knows I refer to BranSan in Deific terms) but...just in case...I hereby #protect myself from Ahdam's comfused face...
*gentle kick*
Also...I didn't see all the NOS4A2 chat on this thread until it started popping agn...looks like it will be a busy BR. Good..good...nice to see that you may be there, Siobhan.
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