[+] -7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Yeah but Lemmy is so terrible. I think I'll just give up and go back to reddit. Lemmy is cool tech but if you don't want to talk about (((the jews))), there's not enough content and it's a really negative space to visit.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [+] -10 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Sure but there's also a dog whistle aspect. Honestly though as a non-jew but also a non-jew hater it makes lemmy a really unappealing platform when every network I go on just wants to talk about (((the jews))). I know that if you click the link and read the article the word Jewish comes up 143 times and Israel 60 but guys.... I just want to read about Canada or something else unrelated to the middle east.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Does anyone have an explanation or link to the video where he talks about needing streetcars and a subwat that serve the same stops? He references it a few times in the video but doesn't explain why he thinks that and I'm currious.

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I've moved away from the kind of game that has a planned plot and requires players to know a lot of rules. Many players put in as little effort as possible, to the point of not reading rules and not giving notice of a failure to show.

    If you feel you need to invest in characters I'd advise only doing it for players who consistently show up.

  • source
  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    I finished Dawn Shard now and I enjoyed it more than Way of Kings but not enough to want to read more Stormlight Archives. I actually found the story to be a fairly self-contained story on a boat. I think already knowing a bit of spoilers about spren and void bringers was enough.

    There were sometimes parts where characters would mention things like briefly being a king in the past, which I'm sure comes from another book but wasn't important for the plot of this book.

    Overall I'm just not a Sanderson fan I think. I don't like his humour and I found I really didn't care about the characters in Way of Kings. The big problem is that his books are so long and it seems like not much happens until the end. I saw fans calling this an avalanche but I really couldn't stand it. No hate on others who like it but it's really not for me.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  •  

    Upcoming Print-on-Demand Book Price Changes – Effective April 1, 2025

    We always want to keep print costs as low as possible, and it has been years since we passed any price increases through to our publishing partners.

    However, our print supplier, Lightning Source/Ingram, has announced a price adjustment starting April 1, 2025, that will be reflected on DriveThru sites.

    Key Changes

    • Due to increasing supply costs in the US, Black & White print costs in the US will increase significantly, from around 20% for low-pagecount hardcover titles up to about 50% or slightly more for large hardcover books, and with softcover titles seeing an even greater increase.

    • UK print costs for Black & White books will also increase, but generally only by 3-4%.

    • Standard Color print costs will increase, by roughly 12-13% for US printing but only around 3% for UK printing.

    • On the whole, Premium Color print costs will decrease slightly for US printing but increase slightly for UK printing.

    Example 1: A 180-page large premium hardcover currently costs $32.10 to print in the US; after April 1, that same title will drop to $27.80.

    Example 2: In the UK, the same 180-page book currently costs £20.23, which will increase to £20.93 starting in April.

    view more: next ›