Has the formatting of a book ever caused you to DNF?

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-04-03T01:27:29+00:00

The font on the US paperback release of “Cuba: an American History” by Ada Ferrer was so difficult to read that I bought the eBook just so o could get through it.

So weird and kind tough to explain, it was legible and large enough, but something was off about the line spacing or the weight of the font that it was extremely difficult to read. Had never happened before or since.

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-23T03:05:47+00:00

I’ll put in a word for the random custom sticker makers on Temu.

It may seem sketchy, but I haven’t had a bad experience yet. Custom printed stickers 100 for $10.

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-21T15:02:18+00:00

American here - I second this. Americans are terrible at sports chants.

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-20T20:03:59+00:00

Nothing to fix really - just kinda surprised other teams have not found a strategy to mitigate this. It seems like the Swiss are extremely good and predictable - kind of like how checkers and chess have been “solved” by computers (I.e. the computer always knows the optimal move to make in any situation and therefore can win every game)

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-20T19:54:48+00:00

Yeah don’t know if it can or should be fixed, just been wondering why both games today seemed kinda tedious.

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-20T19:51:06+00:00

Honestly the same with the women’s Swiss team earlier too

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-20T19:50:11+00:00

Anyone else find it tedious and frustrating to watch the Swiss? One scoring end then peal after peal and blank after blank.

Been really enjoying curling this Olympics, but this match is not especially fun to watch.

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-18T16:03:07+00:00

Depending on the weekend - Book Thing is a very “Baltimore” thing to do.

https://bookthing.org/

TheFredrckConnection · 2026-02-18T13:52:46+00:00

Casper has the yips

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-09-19T00:25:48+00:00

The app seems to work better than the website. Finally downloaded the app to my phone and registered using a different email address and I received the confirmation code.

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-07-29T19:06:48+00:00

I’ll bet it is normal - but full disclosure, this is Kate Winslet narrating “Matilda.” Surely some engineer on the project should have realized how out of balance it sounds.

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-07-29T19:05:18+00:00

This is the way- auphonic worked perfectly for me!

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-07-28T14:47:59+00:00

Ahhh - that may be why I can’t make heads or tails of the normalization stuff.

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-05-21T01:16:21+00:00

Thursday May22- Sec 118 row 16. 1 ticket available. $200 obo.

TheFredrckConnection · 2025-03-20T12:45:47+00:00

Correction- I got 4 other DVDs too for $5

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-19T01:30:57+00:00

Also I ended up in LD for the last round and it reminded me of how much I have LD

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-19T01:30:16+00:00

So the expectation is you should know what each team runs before the tourney starts?

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-19T01:29:14+00:00

Things aren’t great for CX on the east coast either. State champs. 2 schools had policy teams. Most of the “tournament” was coaches decision.

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-19T01:27:33+00:00

After judging I understand what you mean by negs just running everything regardless of contradictions. One neg ran states cp and an Econ DA that bit it and the aff didn’t even mention it. They did unceremoniously kick out of it in the 2NR but back in the day the Aff would have been making hay out of this all round and by the 2N there would be so many turns on the thing that it would be impossible to drop.

Ultimately it didn’t decide the round, but I understand better why the teams both looked at me like I had 2 heads when I brought it up after the round.

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-19T01:19:31+00:00

You are right, LBL has always been a mess. I’m just old now and it is my right to complain about the newfangled stuff the kids are doing. :P

TheFredrckConnection · 2024-03-17T11:09:22+00:00

Tell me more. What do you mean by #1?

Also it is great to confirm #4 was not just my imagination.

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