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I wish Kobo would accept my Kindle as partial payment for one of their units. Can't wait to switch away from Bezos.

Reminder: don’t trust third parties with your digital belongings. Not because they’re evil, but because they’re third parties. And third parties, by definition, are people who today are on your side and tomorrow will sell you to the highest bidder.

It happens in life, and it happens on the internet. Today, your digital life, files, photos, chats, etc, are on a server run by a company with a cute logo and a manifesto about privacy. Tomorrow, that company gets bought by a billionaire with lizard-like features, changes its terms and conditions, and your stuff ends up on a marketplace for five cents a bundle.

The vast majority of people still today directly associate any stomach pain with stress as their first thought. I would even venture to say that many doctors still inquire about stress during a consultation. Even though it is not the cause of ulcers, it is true that stress amplifies the symptoms of existing ulcers and increases stomach acid production. Personally, I find stress fascinating.

While I agree that this is often used by dictators to exercise their will and justify it by any means they can find, I don’t see the connection between a totalitarian regime and Argentina.

I agree that this would be a great addition.

For anyone interested in the origins of jazz I recommend the book Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development by Schuller. It covers mostly 1920-1930 and a bit of its origins is west Africa.

We should have something similar to Apple's hide my email for phone numbers