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raddevus wrote: And I have at least 20 more solid recommendations. Would you mind to send me them per PM?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I will try to pull the list together over the next few days and PM them to you.
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cool... thanks
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Anything by Charles Stross - particularly the Laundry Files series.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 9-Jun-18 15:08pm.
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Audible has a lot by Charless Stross, but not The Laundry Files...
I'll check it out, thanks
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That's odd - the Laundry Files series is in the UK version:
The Laundry Files Series Audiobooks | Audible.co.uk[^]
Try checking for the individual titles:
- The Atrocity Archives
- The Jennifer Morgue
- The Fuller Memorandum
- The Apocalypse Codex
- The Rhesus Chart
- The Annihilation Score
- The Nightmare Stacks
- The Delirium Brief
- The Labyrinth Index (coming in October)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Ah, was searching for a book with the title "The Laundry Files"
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Maximilien wrote: I hate audio-books; I hate self development books. Let me guess, you also hate Smurfs?
Maximilien wrote: Get a e-reader instead. Well I hate reading...
I'll check out your recommendations, thanks!
Dune is actually a series I've always wanted to check out, heard good things about it
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Sander Rossel wrote: Maximilien wrote: Get a e-reader instead. Well I hate reading...
you know "hate" is such a strong word, these days almost considered un-PC, but anyway
reading is fine, still can't get into e-reading (particularly technical books), I find it difficult to 'flip' back to previous sections to refer to something written earlier - using a slider moves the pages too fast (and if it's some sort of logarithmic slider no proper feel for how far I am along), page-up/downing-ing too slow, and word searching doesn't cut it when I know sort-of how far along in the book what I'm looking for is by thickness rather than page number.
Anyway unless you read almost all day everyday a real book (even better if 2nd hand) is more environmentally friendly than an e-reader, and lately recognised as better for your eyes (health) too.
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Lopatir wrote: you know "hate" is such a strong word, these days almost considered un-PC, but anyway I really hate you for saying that
Lopatir wrote: lately recognised as better for your eyes (health) too Audiobooks are even better for your eyes!
I really miss ctrl+f in print books sometimes.
When I'm on vacation I usually read a print book, last one was about one and a half LOTR book
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Uhm - he drives! I'd rather he listened to audible books that read ebooks while driving!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Sander Rossel wrote: Since I still have a huge commute of over an hour, single trip, traffic not included, I decided to give it a go.
That's nearly three hours wasted each day.
Maybe Elon Musk can help you with that problem. You obviously need to be taking the high-speed tunnel system to your office. Maybe we can get an ejection seat installed and shoot you directly into the office while you are sitting in the chair.
Don't bother eating breakfast... if you pay extra for the Deluxe fare... you can get the intravenous breakfast at no additional cost. Caffeine is included free of charge.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Randor wrote: That's nearly three hours wasted each day. Yeah, that's why I'm trying to make it productive
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Sander Rossel wrote: So shoot
Bang!
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Marc Clifton wrote: Bang!
Was that a rimshot?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Was that a rimshot?
Yes.
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I enjoyed Pratchett very much, as well as currently the series of Raymond Feist
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Put Pratchett's on my wish list, might take me a life time to finish.
I found book 34 and an average book is about 10 hours, so that's 340 hours or 170 days of commuting, I currently commute 2 to 3 times a week so that's 68 weeks or well over a year
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Goedel, Escher, and Bach is an interesting book.
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So I heard, I actually already searched for it, but it's not on Audible
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Anything by Terry Pratchett.
But if you want a a first off suggestion you should go for Good Omens[^], It's hilarious.
Having seen the movie Omen is helping but not necessary, oh, and the link has spoilers.
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For Audible: Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities." [^]
"Devil in the White City" Erik Larson : Random House, AudioBooks
For print: "Sand" by Wolfgang Herrndorf (original in German, this link to an English translation) [^]
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
modified 10-Jun-18 14:24pm.
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Error- "The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more"
This is error showing only file upload in hosting.
locally program in working.
modified 9-Jun-18 2:24am.
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satyawan.pisal wrote: Learn more You could start by reading the red words at the top of the page.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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