Printed words are "warmer" than digital words.Originally Posted by rcarlberg
Printed words are "warmer" than digital words.
Yeah, but he's in denial about it.
I still like going to the public library and reading the newspaper on those big wooden sticks.
It really depends on the size of the conductors in the Cat 6 cable connected to your modem.
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I suppose Audio books played on vinyl are also warmer..?
Regards,
Duncan
Yes, definitely!I suppose Audio books played on vinyl are also warmer..?
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I suppose Audio books played on vinyl are also warmer..?
Guess I'm going to see about getting a knee replacement, current one seems have given up the ghost, just came off a 6 month trial of corticosteroid shots that worked pretty well but there seems little else available.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Bent Knee?
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
You know, there is a function in Kindle called "bookmark". I'd tell you how to do it but apparently I've misplaced my Kindle and can't find it.Having ADD I've always had a problem misplacing things but as I've gotten older it's gotten worse. I once couldn't find a pair of shoes in a one bedroom apartment.
And as for reading glasses, I got my first pair 12 years ago. That was a bummer because I used to have perfect eyesight. My distant vision is still excellent. When I was in the Coast Guard, I once spotted a ship that was 17 miles away... with the naked eye. What is significant about that is that the ship was over the horizon and only the top of the superstructure was visible.
I now have 4 pairs with 3 levels of magnification. My first pair, the weakest, are perfect when I'm on the computer. 2 pairs are at 1.25 (or 1.5) magnification, which I use for general purpose reading. The last pair are at 2 or 2.5 and I use those for reading the fine print on labels or when fixing something that has small screws.
The problem is when the two problems intersect. I lost my computer glasses for three days! Finally found them hanging off a lamp shade. WTF? lol
I've had a Kindle Paperwhite for quite a few years and nearly every book I've read on it I borrowed from the library. And because I don't use Wifi, I have to download them from Amazon's website, which my library automatically directs me to. I think.
However, one of the problems that I've seen is that library books usually come in 3 formats [ePub, Mobi, and azw/azw3 (Kindle's)] and Kindles can't read ePub which sometimes is the only format available. I've gotten around that by converting in Calibre, an ebook management software. But I think that required stripping the book of the DRM and Calibre doesn't support that anymore.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Wait....the earth isn't flat?
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A flat earth is warmer.
Due to it's similarity to vinyl.
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They're both made of recycled dinosaurs.
My wife wants me to retire in two years, but I think that's optimistic; probably more like four (or six). We're pretty well off, but frankly, I'm afraid to retire. The decrepitude and venality of late capitalism mixed with punitive Randian, kleptocratic Republican policy makes me think I should hold on to my job.
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
I think the reasons you cite are part of why I retired at 64 in '09, MoG. We just have a different way of dealing with a similar view of things.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Yes -- and without getting too "political" being tied to a job won't protect you. If anything, it limits your mobility.
I had my own consulting business for 25 years, so I was more of a professional job finder than anything else. I swapped contracts about once a year, on average. Yes, there were times when I went without work for 3 months or so.
The bottom line is I had no problem retiring, probably because I wasn't tied to one job for the last 20 years like most of you. It's gotta be hard leaving your second family, because you do spend more time with them than you do your first family. Suggestion - - why not work for that company on a consultative basis for a year or two rather than just leaving suddenly? Tell them you will work on a retainer basis as needed, or perhaps 2-3 days a week. It will ease both you and them out of your job over time.
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A gentleman is defined as someone who knows how to play the accordion, and doesn't.
The people I know who have retired, including myself, all list the following factors in their decision:Working part-time to transition out wouldn't resolve these issues.
- the commute
- the stress
- the bullshit
- the pointlessness of most business decisions
What many people do (again including myself) is leave a high-paying high-stress industry to take a McJob, with less stress, less pay, no responsibility just for the insurance until they can afford to make the leap to lightspeed.
In fairness, if I hadn't worked for almost 30 years for the State of WI, who has, if you google it, arguably the most solvent public pension system in the country based on assets available to pay future benefits (without even factoring in future potential investment gains), and seems to be the envy of many other public pension systems based on the frequency of visits from those systems to learn how we did it, it might not have been such an easy decision.
Working specifically for the WI Retirement System as a presentational speaker and benefits counselor for all those years allows me to say we instead of they.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
So what you're saying is you made sure you got yours? Bloody capitalist.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
My late socialist parents would cringe if they heard that about their son.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
^lol^
My coworker and I were just talking about exit plans today. He is considering jumping ship when he's 57. We both have stock in the company which we can cash out when we leave (to be paid in 5 installments over 5 years). And the stock (not publicly traded) is expected to shoot up over the next couple years so assuming it doesn't fall precipitously in the next 5-6 years it should be a healthy chunk.
Despite working for a great company, all this talk is all motivated by the idea that we're not getting any younger....so why not get out there and enjoy the freedom of making your own schedule while still having your health? If all the money runs out there's always SS and Medicare. Oh, wait...
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Plasma - exactly!!! You've got to do it before you're dead.
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A gentleman is defined as someone who knows how to play the accordion, and doesn't.
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