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Our HR "coordinates" with us and it's not much better.

The form clearly states that they start on the 15th, then ask on the 10th why the user can't start work.

They put the wrong office location so we ship their equipment to the office listed on the form then ask why the user can't start work.

They send an immediate termination notice for a user that leaves at the end of the month, then ask why the user can't work.

They mark that the new hire doesn't need a laptop on the new hire form, then ask why the user can't work.

It's almost like the forms are intended to convey information for others to act on.

I just replaced a Kindle Paperwhite that was probably 7/8 years old with a Kobo Libra 2. Can't compare it to a modern Kindle, but the Kobo screen is bigger and looks more like paper.

My only gripe is that the software has some odd design choices. On a Kindle, the night mode button is on the main drop down menu, but in Kobo you have to hit the gear button to get to the settings, then scroll down a page to toggle night mode.

Both devices seem to read most formats out there. Look up a program called Calibre to maintain a local library on your PC and convert formats easily.

The main selling point for the Kobo was not sending more money to Jeff Bezos. I cancelled Prime last year and the Kindle was my last link to the Amazon ecosystem. I usually get my books from the library or other online sources but sometimes I'd be out of town craving a certain book and I'd buy it on the Kindle just for ease of use.

Maybe I'm just getting old but the gameplay loop of Rockstar games has gotten tired. RDR2 was gorgeous but the mission formula was just so boring.

If I'm using the computer I'm in a program. If I'm not using it, it's asleep. Don't really get the point of anything other than solid black.

I don't understand why today's standards require background for everything. We don't get Ripley's backstory in Alien and it's not needed. Even in Aliens, we only get her backstory (her having/outliving a daughter) in service of the plot and themes.

I hate being forced to sympathize with characters because of their tragic backstory. Why not write a compelling character through their actions? Tight plots with no filler are where it's at for action movies.

Seriously. I only finished the main Book of the Fallen series this early this year and just can't get interested in anything else fantasy now.

It's one thing to make you feel something when a character you've been with for 10 books dies, but when an author can do the same with a character you're with for a handful of pages, it's something else.

!Abasard's death in Reaper's Gale still resonates with me. !<

"Gimme a beer"

You can make real cheeses melt better by using powdered sodium citrate. The ratio depends somewhat on how hard the cheese is but it's somewhere around 2-3% sodium citrate to cheese.

The Goonies

I have a 2 year old who is obsessed with them. She loved the picture. We have to take a picture with one every time we go to the store.

My dad is a civil engineer though, so we're not a good test case.

I'm not watching the show, I just happened to be browsing All and caught your post and read your reviews. I remember being shouted down on the other site in the Fantasy and Books subs for disliking what I'd read of the series and wanted to offer my thoughts. I'm also always looking to find good recommendations. I just finished the main Malazan series this year and while it was a struggle, I felt like there were constant rewards for the struggle.

I came late to fantasy in general. I was a sci-fi kid (except for Tolkien) until after college, so I was pickier to start with. I'm middle aged now and have limited free time so I'm much more judicious with my DNF rating anymore. I've also mellowed out so I'm not about to knock anyone for liking something I don't.

Book 3 was where I gave up on the series. I want to say that I was in my early 30s when I started the series and had many of the same problems you did with it. Friends of mine who highly recommended it had all read as teens.

There are so many good books out there that I don't have time to struggle through one I don't enjoy, much less 10.