I that Matt fucking Parker?
I worked with him last year for Pi Day and I can confirm he’s legit as nice in person as he is on camera. Also he never swears, unlike James Grime who’s a hilarious potty mouth :D
I haven’t watched a Numberphile video in a while, probably not since the lockdowns. I have to say, James Grime doesn’t give that impression at all. Something about James “singing banana” Grime being a hilarious potty mouth is in itself very funny to me.
I actually love that James swears like a soldier. Don’t know why exactly.
Thinking about it, I would be equally happy to learn Matt swears and James doesn’t. Must be something about the ‘insider’ information!
The Matt Parker? Of Parker Square fame?
Yeah but probably better known for Asteroid 314159 right?
I love Matt but it was very confusing seeing him peeking out of my memes
Zoom on his jacked XD Video to this meme YT Video
Well I guess it’s a bit of a Parker meme tbh
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Nice, I haven’t seen this template with Matt Parker before!
I’ve also uploaded it to imgflip.com
who’s that guy and why not use the original?
Matt Parker is a YouTuber who teaches about cool math shit. He is here instead of Drake because Drake is a hunk of human shit.
Is that actually Matt Parker though? Strikingly similar, but the first picture looks off and I’ve never seen him with facial hair.
Thanks!
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Oh, I had no idea Goodreads was owned by Amazon. Thanks! I’ll definitely make a switch.
Now do IMDB
Movies: Letterboxd
TV Shows: Serializd
For books, I too use Storygraph. But I might switch to Hardcover later. I have been using Storygraph for like 3 years and in that time nothing really changed, improved there in my opinion. Socialization is almost non-existent. They still don’t have “profile” pages for authors. If you click on an author, all of their books are just thrown in there together in one place. No filters, no picture of the author, nothing.
Hardcover looks interesting, it’s a bit like letterboxd, that’s why I like it. App is a little bit slow and I wish more people used it because there is not a lot of reviews and ratings for books. So if you want an alternative to goodreads, which has a lot of users, then storygraph is probably the only option.
I used to use Hardcover but stopped after realizing they use AI-generated art on their platform.
I love letterbox, but not really a replacement for IMDB.
I’ve been using tv time to track tv shows, but haven’t really been a fan. Definitely going to check out serializd.
I’ve used trakd for a number of years with no major complaints. Its cools being able to look up an actor and see the “seen in” section, as I have it set up to automatically track my watches in jellyfin/IINA and then I manually enter the ones I watch on streaming services
https://hardcover.app/ is another good one.
I use it and storygraph both
Using ephebophile Drake’s Hotline Bling meme format. 🚫
Replacing him with Matt Parker who just wants to see the world learn. 🙌
Someone should name some town’s open space after him. Pave it with the numbers, too.
Last month I had an unusual charge on my credit card, saying “audible”. I don’t have an audible account, neither does my wife (she used to have one but even then it was charged through Google play, not directly to the card). I checked all of our emails and even checked both our Amazon accounts (don’t remember why exactly I got clued to checking Amazon), but nothing there matched with anything we had purchased. So I notified my bank, replaced my card an all that.
One week goes by and suddenly my wife’s Amazon account is nuked. Most of the books she bought for her kindle, lost. Her outstanding purchases, no info on them anymore. She can’t copy the books that are still on the kindle anymore either. Her author profile was also gone, along with any small profit she made from the couple people who bought her stories.
We tried to contact Amazon to figure out what happened, but got no response. Then we used a local website that is used to complain about services and wrote there everything that happened. Amazon replied saying that her old account had been disabled and then she tried to log in with the same email again and that created a new account which caused the old one to be deleted forever so now they had no info on why her account had been disabled (which is complete bullshit). Amazon also notified the website that the issue had been resolved by that response, preventing us from sending any additional message.
Aaaaaaand this is why I pirate
Same!
Always go to the company before going to your bank. They often have policies where they’ll suspend your account if you do chargebacks before going through them.
I would, if I had any way to know what company it came from.
Audible is an Amazon company. Even if it’s sus and doesn’t look like it’s actually from Amazon, you should still contact them so they can investigate on their end. Because if you do chargebacks and it WAS them, they lose money and might suspend your account as a result.
audible is owned by amazon…
He was saying it’s a suspicious charge and he doesn’t have any accounts with them
So assuming it is Amazon doesn’t seem right
But you should still contact Amazon support so they can investigate on their end. They then might give you the green light to contact your bank for resolution if they don’t see anything on their end.
I saw no reason to go through the trouble of doing that since those big companies make it so hard to reach out to them and there was no link between the charge and us.
I understand that, but I just explained to you why you should in the future.
Direct links since OP doesn’t actually want to drive traffic to those sites and I do
Does anyone have a review or thoughts on all these different trackers? I started switching to StoryGraph but new ones keep popping up and I don’t want to have to try them all.
(StoryGraph, bookwyrm, hardcover, open reads, library thing, others)
I’ve looked at Storygraph and Bookwyrm. Storygraph is leaning pretty heavily into AI usage, so take that as you will. I, personally, did not like it so I bounced (I didn’t think it was adding anything useful–maybe they’ve improved it since then.)
Bookwyrm is federated, so you pick an instance you like, etc etc. Bookwyrm’s federation means that the same book will be scattered across instances, which makes doing review research a little difficult, but their search function is pretty solid for pulling all the books in, so at least you don’t have to work too hard to find what you’re looking for. It’s also reliant on the community for filling in metadata/adding new books, and I’m kind of shocked at how frequently people don’t put in basic metadata, but it’s not the end of the world for me.
I do really like the “community” vibe of Bookwyrm. I’ve even found someone I started following for reviews because their tastes/opinions line up with mine.
Both services have solid import options for moving off Goodreads, but I will say I think Storygraph’s is a bit better than Bookwyrm’s for that.
EDIT: Also worth mentioning that Storygraph paywalls some features, and Bookwyrm is completely free.
Thanks. I didn’t know bookworm was federated like that. I personally don’t look for any social aspect besides occasional reviews. It is interesting that StoryGraph has lots of tags and very detailed reviews about plot and characters.
As far as I know, there is only some kind of AI summary for books. I wouldn’t call it “heavily into AI”. You can turn it off in the settings.
On the app you even have to turn it on because its off by default
I’ve only looked at BookWyrm and Storygraph and BookWyrm seems pretty small so there arent many reviews. Thats why i switched to StoryGraph
I really like librarything, but the app doesn’t have all the features the website has. In general it’s great for cataloging your own books and crowdsourcing information but doesn’t have the community aspect, although the website does have message boards.
I tried storygraph briefly, but didn’t keep up with it. It felt like a chore to me at the time.
I’m intrigued by BookWyrm though, and am interested to see what others say about it. Haven’t tried it yet but definitely considering it.
StoryGraph is centralized and US -based. Bookwyrm is decentralized and part of the Fediverse.
The choice is easy to make.
Goodreads is like Yelp for books.
Find a book written by a right wing author. Hundreds of ratings, and the reviews don’t even talk about the book beyond the description. Lots of pesudo-science and bad faith arguments.
I got scammed by a few books. And worse, call out the issues with the books and your review gets shadow banned. Amazon doesn’t have a urgency to remove these fake reviews because it’ll affect sales.
I don’t really use Goodreads much but BookWyrm looks good so I’ve just switched over.
You can even post a review on Lemmy (^_^)
Oh, sick! How? I’d love to start sharing them to Lemmy and getting conversations going.
Whenever you write something public on Bookwyrm just add the mention of the community in the following format @communityname@instance
Check [email protected], I did a few experiment there. Content is in french but the format for sharing a book page, or a review should be the same whatever the language.
Also, you can post your review on [email protected] to experiment without spamming anyone.
Awesome, thank you!
You’re welcome (^_^)
Adding I use bookwyrm because it’s federated and uses activitypub so I can just boost my reviews from mastodon if I want to share them there.
Yeah I just moved to BookWyrm, but was checking out StoryGraph today as well. Looks interesting, but I’ll probably stick to BookWyrm if StroryGraph isn’t federated.
It is not, not to confirm.
I’ve stopped using goodreads, but haven’t switched to bookwyrm yet. I’m using the lack of import from goodreads as an excuse to keep procrastinating.
Are you sure there is non? I thought there was a way but im unsure🤔
.There’s one written but it’s not functional right now
Ahhh hopefully they’re just overwhelmed with to many new people🙈
This isn’t reddit or tik tok you can say fuck you know
I find these reminders way more annoying than people that choose not to swear tbh.
Saying f*ck isn’t choosing not to swear though it’s just swearing but being a bitch about it and not following through.
Why does it make you so angry how other people are expressing themselves? Weird.
Everyone just needs to block this guy and move on. If this is the best he can contribute to the conversation, he’s no better than the average troll.
Fuck bitch slut shit piss cunt god damnit whore bastard fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckkkkkkkkkkk you fuck me fuck everybody fuck the police fuck the world fuck the nazis fuck the oligarchs fuck putin fuck donald trump fuck musk fuck spez fuck your mom fuck your dad fuck you again fuck fuck fuck yeah
Edit: Ooo that did feel good though
Didn’t know Goodreads was owneb by Amazon!
I love BookWyrm so much. It’s my favourite social media.
You have to find and follow a good number of people before your feed really has the right feel, but once you dial that in it’s the perfect cozy cadence.
Is that the better one? IDK I don’t use good reads much and just want a simple good intentioned replacement
I don’t know. I’ve never used goodreads, but I’ve seen plenty of people port over their reviews from there. I don’t think it’s an exact replacement, but I like it. I post my thoughts and reviews on books and books I want to read, and comment on other people’s thoughts and reviews, and TBRs. For me, that’s perfect.
Occasionally, you will find that a book is missing from your Bookwyrm server; finally, this is your chance to show your quality! You can manually add it to the library yourself, for others to refer to.
Here’s a guide to switching I found. I’d try it out on its own a bit first to see if it’s for you.
I just need something that can replace audible.
If you already have your own audiobook files, you can self host Audiobookshelf. I self host from my NAS and use the android app while I drive, but you can also listen in your browser as well and it syncs your progress.
I have it and I really like it. All audiobooks that I buy from Audible are downloaded with BookLibConnect and convertet to
.m4bwith AaxAudioConverter. I can then stream the books with AudioBookShelf.
BookLibConnect and AaxAudioConverter are both Windows only so I have to use a VM but it is still worth it.One of these days, I will dig into the code and rewrite the GUI to be cross platform.
Check if your library has access to libby. Or get a free library card from one of the big cities that does. You have to “check out” the books / audiobooks and they don’t always have everything.
Fun tip for anyone reading this: You can probably get library cards to multiple libraries too. I live in MA, so I have one to my local library (which on Libby/Overdrive is several libraries that decided to roll up together under one banner, so that was cool), and to the Boston Public Library which naturally has a giant selection. Wait times can be long for newer stuff, but the more library cards you have the better the odds of getting something sooner than later.
Another service to check out others haven’t mentioned is libro.fm. this one isn’t self hostable or anything and is more of a direct replacement for Audible. Plus, they support local book stores with their sales and are a social purpose corporation.
How was your experience with Librivox? I personally found it a bit lacking in the current affairs department 😉. (Although I found Quartermain highly entertaining)
Seriously speaking though: I recently purchased the audio book of Picks and Shovels directly from the author. I hope this is the way of the future. I too am dependent on audible and hate every second.
I listen to a lot of LitRPG and the like, and most (if not all) first release on RoyalRoad and then on Amazon. Amazon pick up those that get traction and release them as audio books on Audible. There are certainly other studios (Soundbooth Theater, Penguin Audio), but some authors give exlusive rights to Amazon, unfortunately.
Libro.fm technically can but trying to buy on it instead of using codes J got through Kickstarter literally got mg Visa blocked. So personally I need to time the next time I actually try to buy from them.
The seem to have a large library, and for example carry all four Annihilation/Southern Reach books, which Audible doesn’t.
Bug on the other hand remember to download the books you have on Audible with Libation. Too make your eventual change easier and less painful.
I will check out Libro.fm, never heard of them before but I saw that Penguin Audio sell their books via them.
As for Libation, it looks like it could replace BookLibConnect and AaxAudioConverter as a Linux alternative, which would be nice. Thanks for sharing!
