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Thanks!

Just found this (orange website though) which I think must be what they were talking about, but I don't fully follow it.

Dug up my passport as well - needs renewal next year. So hopefully this smooth going continues and we don't get a bird flu pandemic! God I look young in that picture.

I really like RealMe, it's super convenient as a verification, especially for those of us with limited forms of ID (I can't actually leave the country these days but I need a passport because I also can't drive).

I did not know about libgourou, that sounds like a good tool.

Not up to speed with the new format but as far as I know, the Calibre situation is very simple, it strips DRM automatically while a book is being imported.

I side load everything onto an old kindle (from 2012, back before they nagged you about the Amazon store) so Calibre is perfect for me.

I'm always intrigued by all your server stuff though.

Ha yes remembering is what I've been using. I tried Goodreads but it always makes me feel like I need to write reviews and I don't want to.

Hate to think how many I read! I'm still traumatized by the time in middle school when they made us write books we had read on a wall chart.

I would totally peruse your bookwyrm/gr though, based on your rec so far!

I think we'd have to be careful about what we reposited (reposed?). Shadow libraries seem to be in the crosshairs at the moment including in NZ.

Trouble is your statement was in answer to @morrowind@lemmy.ml's comment that labeling lonely people as losers is problematic.

Also it still looks like you think people can only be lonely as a consequence of their own mistakes? Serious illness, neurodivergence, trauma, refugee status etc can all produce similar effects of loneliness in people who did nothing to "cause" it.

And Hastalavista if you wanted to find things that Altavista didn't.

That's really interesting. Its output to this prompt totally ignored the biggest and most obviously detrimental effect of this problem at scale.

Namely, emotional dependence will give AI's big tech company owners increased power over people.

It's not as if these concepts aren't widely discussed online, everything from Meta's emotional manipulation experiments or Cambridge Analytica through to the meltdowns Replika owners had over changes to the algorithm are relevant here.

That makes sense. Good, I am looking forward to this octopus book!

Do you use Calibre as your ebook manager too? 🙂

Awesome. Corvids seem like a solid choice.

I am still using... a very old bio-method to track my reading; it has worked up til now but as time goes by data loss is an increasing possibility so I should probably switch to tech. I think there might be a fediverse Goodreads alternative for books? Bookwyrm. Also NeoDB but I'm not sure what that does.

I think I saw something about DIA no longer allowing it for passport renewal. But when I google all I get is articles saying it is being expanded.

Been ages since I had to renew so I'm probably forgetting the poor customer experience part and am about to find out.

😄Hmm does that say something about the books I wonder or is it more a reflection of how many people only read the first part of trilogies?

True, and nothing about them prepares you for it.