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  • about the beginnings of: Google/Facebook

    From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Sun Jul 5 13:02:00 2020
    Hello poindexter!

    ** On Sunday 05.07.20 - 10:41, poindexter.fortran wrote to Moondog:

    Search engines have gone a long way. On the TV seres Halt and Catch
    Fire they dramatized what the search engine designers were
    encountering regarding relevance of searches...[snip]

    I just finished the audiobook Into the Plex - it's about the beginnings
    of Google, and goes into great detail about what made Google beat out
    the Alta Vistas, Yahoos, and Excites of the day.

    Definitely worth checking out.


    Title = In the Plex

    The softcover will be out in Feb '21


    The newest by the same author Steven Levy = "Facebook: The Inside Story"

    A nearly 6 minute clip is available here:

    https://libro.fm/ashlies ..and just enter facebook in the search.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ogg on Sun Jul 5 21:47:24 2020
    Re: about the beginnings of: Google/Facebook
    By: Ogg to All on Sun Jul 05 2020 01:02 pm

    https://libro.fm/ashlies ..and just enter facebook in the search.

    I just met a guy who works at libro.fm - sounds like an interesting alternative to Audible, and a nice way to help local bookstores in the process.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ogg on Mon Jul 6 20:46:23 2020
    Re: about the beginnings of: Google/Facebook
    By: Ogg to All on Sun Jul 05 2020 01:02 pm

    Definitely worth checking out.


    Title = In the Plex

    The softcover will be out in Feb '21



    why's it such a long time to get on softcover. i'm not gonna pay 30 bucks for something with bad reviews. people say it's boring.
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  • From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to MRO on Mon Jul 6 22:51:00 2020
    Hello MRO!

    ** On Monday 06.07.20 - 21:46, mro wrote to Ogg:

    Title = In the Plex

    The softcover will be out in Feb '21


    why's it such a long time to get on softcover.

    Sometimes a hardcover NEVER gets released as a softcover. That could be
    for a variety of reasons. Among them, the book sells so well as a
    hardcover, there is no rush to introduce the competing softcover version.

    Many very good and popular books fall into that category: Michelle Obama's book, the recent Harry Potter extended stories, etc. Just both of those have well exceed the typical 8mo to 1yr before being available in
    softcover. Still no sign of the softcover version yet for them!


    i'm not gonna pay 30 bucks
    for something with bad reviews. people say it's boring.

    What reviews are your reading?

    About 135 people on Amazon took the time to write reviews, and the overwhelming conclusion is very good.

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  • From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 6 23:19:00 2020
    Hello poindexter!

    ** On Monday 06.07.20 - 00:47, poindexter.fortran wrote to Ogg:

    https://libro.fm/ashlies ..and just enter facebook in the search.

    I just met a guy who works at libro.fm - sounds like an interesting alternative to Audible, and a nice way to help local bookstores in the process.

    The libro.fm initiative is amazing. DRM-free. A subscription can be put
    on hold and existing credits are retained.

    The only niggly little detail.. my shop only gets a payout when a book is purchased a la carte, or if someone "gifts" a book to someone else.

    An initial membership and purchases using a monthly membership are not counted for calculating the "cut". :(


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ogg on Wed Jul 8 10:27:39 2020
    Re: Re: about the beginnings of: Google/Facebook
    By: Ogg to MRO on Mon Jul 06 2020 10:51 pm

    i'm not gonna pay 30 bucks
    for something with bad reviews. people say it's boring.

    What reviews are your reading?

    About 135 people on Amazon took the time to write reviews, and the overwhelming conclusion is very good.

    i just googled it and saw reviews.

    there are so many bots and shill reviews for stuff like that on amazon, i dont trust them.
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