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I just put my Calibre library in Dropbox and get apps like Calibre Sync for Android. It integrates with Dropbox, downloads the library metadata on demand, and lets you download the books you are actually reading.

I combine this with sorting by recently modified/custom Calibre columns for managing what is Todo or various 'shelves'. It lets you make a custom 'tag' column.

Re:EpubPress, turn web content into ebooks on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:23PM (#31046652)
I've written similar scripts to do this, but lncrawl replaced most of them https://github.com/dipu-bd/lightnovel-crawler/
Re:Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks (2019) on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:27PM (#28674190)
You can also get these for running ethernet over coax as well. Can't speak of the experience, though I'd bet it would be better than over power because it is isolated.

My apartment has some places that have coax runs but not ethernet runs.

Yeah, in my experience a lot of 'general' book reviews are super critical and don't really try to hook you. Going through several reviews, you just come away with the collected gripes and nitpicks of what is otherwise a good book.

I find that I get sold on a lot more when it is just a random single comment on some thread somewhere that focuses on a single aspect of a book.

If you can find a hyper specific subreddit/forum/etc. for a sub-genre you like, then you will spend more time reading books than reviews...

Re:Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @04:15PM (#28306364)
I'm guessing this:

> A memory hole is any mechanism for the deliberate alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts or other records, such as from a website or other archive, particularly as part of an attempt to give the impression that something never happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole

Re:People expect technology to suck because it sucks on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:31AM (#24590860)
Well, Chrome used to do this too until they removed it in 2016. Internet explorer does this. It was more of a default than a 'feature of Firefox'.
I remember for a brief period where there were 256 GB micro SD card listings on Amazon...before there were any real ones released by anyone.
Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:24PM (#15761209)
Access does have a datasheet view, but it is _much_ less powerful than Excel e.g. copy/paste multiple cells, fill down, and it is SLOWER.
Re:Exa, a modern replacement for ls on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:19PM (#14923991)
Well, it can be typed easily with one hand. At least it has that going for it
Re:Build2 – A C++ Build Toolchain and Package Manager on Thursday May 04, 2017 @06:41PM (#14269522)
What we really need is the cargo of C++
Re:Amazon's Antitrust Paradox on Friday February 03, 2017 @07:10PM (#13564585)
Both sold by Amazon, and third party.
I would think that the fact that it is fresh water vs. salt water wouldn't impact sea level on the basis of changing density.

Take two situations:

1. A mass of sea water is replaced by the same mass of fresh water. Sea levels/volume would increase as the average density would be lowered. (this is not the case)

2. A volume of fresh water is added to the ocean. Then V_total = V_ocean + V_freshwater.

Re:Google Noto Fonts on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:19PM (#12655262)
On my system, it puts the backtick as an accent mark. When I type more than one backtick, they overlap. "`a" displays as "à". "``a" displays the same.
Would lights need to be run on the UPS, or just the audio equipment?