Raking in obscene amounts of money by working people to the bone and forcing them to pee in bottles and not be able to take proper breaks is unconscionable in my book, and can't bring myself to support such a morally repugnant business model.
https://quillette.com/2019/07/19/the-problem-with-tourist-jo...
I don't doubt that much of the reporting on the working conditions at Amazon warehouses has been exaggerated, but someone who views taking a sick day in a year as a moral failure is not a good spokesperson to make that case. And it's interesting that he doesn't mention that the "Jeff Bezos's generosity" he benefit from came exactly because of those Amazon critics he's debunking (Bezos said so himself).
More than that, it's not what a great number of Amazon workers say. And have been saying since at least 2012: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-...
I do super miss my college library
You do have to be careful as you could receive an unauthorized print from a less scrupulous dealers but I’m not sure how common that is. I don’t think I have personally. One copy I received had me question it because it was a bad printing but it appears to be a licensed print (C Programming Language, 2nd ed)
You just have to be willing to wait for the shipment and be willing to keep your own private library.
Edit: looks like the beans had already been spilled on that one. Well my experience has been good
If you're in Chicago, it's even longer than 21 days. It's just short of forever.
The Chicago Public Library recently abolished all late fees, forgave existing fines, and now if you check out a book, it automatically renews something like 99 times.
"a system that for years has locked out library users when they accrue $10 worth of fines — a penalty that disproportionately affects poor families who need free access to books and high-speed internet the most."
"one in five cards that are blocked in Chicago belong to kids under the age of 14"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/30/20890138/chicago-publ...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/
https://www.booksamillion.com/
And speciality ones like Alibris, AbeBooks, etc.
Plenty of options besides Amazon.
Planets are in chaos as Sith Lord Bezos faces his long adversary Obi Elon Kenobi over the fate of the government of the beings and droids.
Elon, please grow a goatee
I had to go through all those "are you really, really sure?" Only to be required to call them after all that and say, YES! I AM SURE
#BoycottBezos
Because the only good thing he can think to do with his money is go to space. Maybe he's doing this so he can keep the profits and try to catch Elon