Probably allowing everything but producing reproductions.

Basically they could use the ideas from the book and whatnot to do whatever. But they couldn’t just print duplicates with a different cover and sell them for cheaper.

Not only that, he struggles with any kind of romantic relationship writing. My wife also tried to read mistborn but kind of lost her shit when the only thing described was a short kiss across all that time.

Tress and the emerald sea is a good starter. It’s in the cosmere, but it’s shorter and kind of gives a feel.

Magic systems are not about what is possible, but the limitations.

That reduces diabetes risk, but not CKD risk.

Cats evolved from desert dwellers and often don’t like drinking water, they rarely do so in nature and get most of their liquids from their food. If a cat only eats dry food and doesn’t drink enough kidney disease is just an inevitability. Of our 3 cats only one of them drinks water regularly.

Dry food is the worst between their diabetes risk and CKD risk.

I feel like that’s the entire point of the article. These technological “solutions” are being forced on us more and more and they are often I’ll conceived. Like QR ordering only systems.

They are usually overpriced because someone is getting commission, but it’s a great way to find unique Xmas gift ideas to buy elsewhere.

It’s like the entire white collar industry. I think they think it’s beneath them, and they think they will be special.

Why not just scientific papers I’m general? I don’t really care about AI.

Unfortunately my toddler doesn’t have the same reading interests as I… I also don’t know if I could handle listening to my own voice.

Yeah, but is there anything that’s not >$100/month to transcribe one book worth of audio?

Is there a public tool to turn a book into an audiobook now?

Why not too old? I bought 4 gen 4 & 5 kindles off ebay for like $20 on purpose. I hate backlights and they still work great.

I feel like it’s a more middle class/poor US thing. They often also keep their toilet cleaning brush out in the open, displayed in a fancy caddy.

Might just be lack of closet space? Perhaps the plumbing is so shoddy it makes sense to keep it out for easy access.

Do you have a multi use one? Some can invert the flanges into itself to become sink plungers.

Everyone seems to have a cup plunger made for sinks next to their toilet instead of a toilet plunger near their toilet.

A toilet plunger has flanges:

I have seen this plunger close to zero times when visiting people and using their bathroom.

How do ads generate enough revenue to sustain themselves?

Because a third of Americans are uninformed, another third is misinformed and thinks the current administration is in line with their goals, the other third is being gaslit by the other 2/3s that this is normal… And for those not buying the gaslighting, they are ignored and still too small of a group to do much.