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Re:The Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (2013) by michaelmrose on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:50AM (#21234056)
Anyone who thinks Amazon is a fit replacement for libraries hasn't thought the matter through much.

If one has 12-48k to pay rent this year a few hundred for a machine, about 1k for internet access then one can pay 10 a month to access a worse collection a homeless man could check out at the library.

Access to the rest of human knowledge is available for 10 to 100 a pop.

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Re:The Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (2013) by huffmsa on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:08PM (#21234185)
A cellphone, a cheap data plan + prime will run you ~$500 at the most.

Or ~$1.50 a day. And you get the rest of the internets knowledge included.

No hours of operation, no librarians giving you dirty looks

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