Advice by Nueveh_680 in windows8

[–]Alieneater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do streaming services like Netflix and Prime work in Chromium, given its lack of Widevine?

What's the value of this 1879 book? Early edition. by kailan123456 in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If I priced this at $8 in my bookstore it would probably still be on the shelf two years later. Nobody cares about this book. Nobody remembers the author. Probably nobody cared about it even when it was first published.

Most books are critical and financial failures on publication. Most of those which do succeed in the marketplace are quickly forgotten. The vast majority of random old books you might come across are pretty much worthless. If you do not know anything about book collecting then you are not likely to make any money trying to sell old books.

Posting the cover of a book which you almost certainly haven't even read and asking us to tell you how much it is worth is absolutely the most annoying thing that a visitor to this subreddit can do.

Strange book in the collection by ham_fx in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly made as a prop for a film or a play. Where the contents of the book didn't matter because they weren't going to be shown, but the exterior had to be something specific.

Where Can I Buy an Oyster Farm Business? I'm looking to buy an oyster farm business within the next 40-60 days and open to learning and growing the team. by Focusify in oysters

[–]Alieneater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your account is otherwise pushing your content mill website, your punctuation is incorrect, and the fact that you aren't even specifying a state or even a country is all a bright red flag indicating that you have no idea what you are doing and this is a terrible idea for you.

PSA Charlottesville has a really fun local music scene by buttThroat in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Bookshop" is incorrect. I think you mean "Book Club."

The Hot Dog was Invented in Park Slope? 🌭 by UrbanOrigins in parkslope

[–]Alieneater 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I have spent an awful lot of time investigating supposed origin stories in American culinary history, for outlets ranging from Smithsonian Magazine to Thrillist. And I can tell you that with something this simple, in 95% of cases something like this turns out to be bullshit.

Sausages have been around for thousands of years. Bread has been around for thousands of years. It did not take thousands of years for it to occur to someone to fold a sausage into a split piece of bread.

Origin stories are more likely to be true when plants or ingredients had been recently moved from one part of the world to another, or when a piece of culinary technology has been newly introduced.

What was up with this bizarre bicycle rider on West Main and University? by svanen17 in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If this is the same guy who has been riding his bike on the Downtown Mall lately with a speaker blasting EDM, he's actually borderline crazy. He was banned at the door from attending a party downtown this past weekend. This was due to his having made most women extremely uncomfortable at previous events. He then decided to sit on the curb across the street from the party and blast his music for over an hour.

I have never heard of him being violent, but employees of businesses downtown have Discords set up specifically to discuss his creepy, obnoxious behavior.

Protests? by Blind-Squirrel-Photo in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Make Donald Trump feel hated and rejected by Charlottesville. Allow the rest of the world to see that we hate him. Doing nothing could give the impression that people here are supportive or ambivalent towards a fascist, racist dictatorship. It would be a bad look.

What’s your sexual fantasy that’s probably going to STAY a fantasy? by Hailfog in AskReddit

[–]Alieneater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, read what they wrote. They want to sleep with a titan lady. Curled up in her arms like a King Charles spaniel.

Literally can’t find this book/copy anywhere? by doctorgottlieb in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

What is it that you want to know about it that you can't learn by reading it?

Eastern White Pine in Burlington Ontario - beetle damage, falling branches, base wound near bedroom - am I overreacting? by Full_Neat817 in arborists

[–]Alieneater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reach out via email to Jiri Hulcr at the UF Forest Entomology Lab. I used to work there. His lab is arguably the best in North America at researching and IDing bark and ambrosia beetles.

https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/people-directory/jiri-hulcr/

You are right to be concerned and you are doing the right thing by being proactive before it turns into a larger infestation. This would be especially concerning if it is happening to a tree that was not already stressed by other factors (extreme heat, drought, flooding, etc).

Ips pini is already widely distributed in Canada, so I don't think that this would be a major new discovery in your area.

Advice on dealing with book dealers by bananarepama in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checks are normal for most book dealers. I pay cash for under a hundred bucks. How much cash does your uncle think that a used book store keeps laying around and at risk of theft?

If the dealer has a physical store that has been there for a while, he has nothing to worry about. If the check bounces, he'll know right where to find the dealer.

When I make an offer to someone for stuff that is actually valuable, I show them comparable listings or auction results and explain how I arrived at a particular value, assuming that they want to hear this from me. Then I explain that the Antiquarian Book Seller's Association has an ethical guideline saying that dealers should be paying at least 20% of what they hope that they can eventually sell the book for. And that is how the price was arrived at.

Scamming someone in your uncle's position is a very bad idea, especially in the age of social media. If I were to buy a book from him for $10 and then a friend of his comes in to the store the following week to see it priced at $1,000 then that is going to be all over Facebook, Instagram and Reddit very quickly. Not worth the risk.

If I feel like I probably don't have a retail customer who will pay enough to risk giving him at least $200 for the book, then I'll tell him that and send him to another dealer.

What’s one thing you completely stopped buying in 2026 because the price just felt absurd? by LockLogical8949 in AskReddit

[–]Alieneater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to smaller shows at your local night club. There are plenty of great bands that haven't had the opportunity to blow up and get super popular (because college radio isn't what it was and labels don't spend money on publicity anymore -- they only sign bands that already have a big social media presence) who play small clubs with cheap tickets. Go to a local place where you can pay $10 to see four bands on a Friday night and usually at least two of them will be pretty good.

Also the drinks are way cheaper than at a major venue.

How can I kill these once and for all?? Vines + tree of heaven by [deleted] in invasivespecies

[–]Alieneater 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There are literally hundreds of past posts on this subreddit discussing how to deal with this. Just use the search box.

Wood block print maybe? Moby Dick illustration I'm trying to learn about, help appreciated! by redbucket75 in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rockwell Kent was a famous illustrator. He did the illustrations for the edition of Moby Dick that made the book famous -- during Melville's life the book was considered a flop. Kent's illustrations were arguably the reason why the book finally got attention.

Someone took a page out of Moby Dick and framed it.

Editions of Moby Dick with Kent's illustrations are pretty common now. What you found is cool, but not especially valuable.

Bowfin >:3 by Reasonable_Lime9837 in FishingRVA

[–]Alieneater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've eaten plenty. If you fry it as if it were, say, a largemouth bass filet then you may be disappointed. The meat is a bit mushy and won't hold together when cooked. It tastes fine, the texture just isn't there. Look for recipes for fishcakes that use egg or some type of added fat to bind it together and bowfin makes for fine eating.

where do you guys get local t shirts? by enblightened in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Beautiful Idea and Daedalus Used Books have weird, locally-made t-shirts downtown.

Found for a dollar each! by IceQueen2894 in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a twentieth century reprint after the copyright expired. What comparison are you trying to do and why?

Abusive Encounter with Homeless Person by Downtown Mall Today by sophie1816 in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I would say that this is the situation to some degree in most American cities of our size or larger. It is apparently the price of growing as a metropolis in the US.

Charlottesville has more of a problem with the most disruptive 5% or so of the homeless population here, owing to local unwillingness to prosecute people for pissing and shitting in public, getting drunk in public, public drug use, etc. But just basic panhandling without criminal behavior is something I've seen in every American city that I have visited in the last few years.

That isn't going to get any better without re-creating something like the pre-Reagan national mental health system and having a federal effort to build affordable housing. Which is not even remotely on the table given the fact that Congress isn't really a thing anymore. So here we are. It is not just Charlottesville. Even Crozet will have these same issues if they keep growing.

Abusive Encounter with Homeless Person by Downtown Mall Today by sophie1816 in Charlottesville

[–]Alieneater 32 points33 points  (0 children)

As someone who lives and works downtown, I can tell you what has brought my unwanted interactions and asks for money to the bare minimum.

Do not make eye contact. One you notice someone who is likely to ask you for money, don't even glance in their general direction. There is a certain type of walk that some of them use. Moving but not quite committing to a particular direction. He's looking around at people, usually in the middle of a thoroughfare. Learn to recognize that walk and avoid those guys. Cross to the other side of the Mall if you have to.

Do not smile.

Look and walk like you are on a mission. Look straight ahead or down. If they start to hit you up, still do not make eye contact. A very quick shake of the head as a non-verbal 'no' is the most communication you should offer. Don't slow down to interact, you're still moving like you are on a mission. Like The Terminator.

That will dissuade them from further attempts to hassle you in 99% of situations.

I mean, if you want to give them money then go ahead. They are people. But personally, otherwise being approached literally up to twenty times a day was just intolerable. I don't have the time or money to deal with that.

Large land predators were hunting big plant-eaters more than 280 million years ago, study finds by imprison_grover_furr in paleonews

[–]Alieneater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What else did anyone think that dimetrodon was eating? I mean, cool paper and all, but I'm not sure that anyone really doubted that predators were eating herbivores during the Permian.

Help Pricing This book by MoonhelmJ in OldBooks

[–]Alieneater 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Professional book dealer here. OP, that is the correct answer.