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iPad: The Missing Manual | J.D. Biersdorfer

I just upgraded my IPad to iOS 18.4.1, and now Litsy isn‘t working right. I can‘t like posts, and it won‘t let me add an image to this post. Anyone else having similar problems?

LeahBergen Eek! I haven‘t upgraded to that one yet. 4d

TheBookHippie Ack. I didn‘t update yet. It is my fear as Litsy just gets managed not updated. 4d

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @TheBookHippie Strangely enough, I updated my iPhone to the same iOS with no problems. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4d

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TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d

willaful oh no... 4d

dabbe Probably a dumb question on my part, but did you delete the Litsy app, then put it back on there, and then restart your iPad? That might help. I'm scared to offer advice, though, because Litsy is such a dinosaur app. C'mon, Tim @ LibraryThing; update this app! 4d

rubyslippersreads @dabbe Not yet. I‘ll try that next. 4d

tpixie @LibraryThing @timspalding001 @conceptDawg56 (edited) 4d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 4d

rubyslippersreads Thanks, everyone. Uninstalling/reinstalling seems to have fixed it. I was going through Litsy withdrawal. 🙀 2d

rubyslippersreads @tpixie Thanks. I wasn‘t sure who to tag. 2d

rubyslippersreads @dabbe That worked. 😸 2d

tpixie @rubyslippersreads glad it worked! 😅 I don‘t know if any #Librarything workers are on Litsy anymore - these seemed to be different profiles than their originals Great advice @dabbe 🏆 2d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads YAH🤩🤩!!! 2d

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TieDyeDude

Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 | David E. Nye

#tuesdaytunes

I've been finding comfort this week in revisiting 80s/90s country: Doug Stone, Collin Raye, Lonestar, Sawyer Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Clint Black's D'lectrified was a childhood favorite, and, listening this morning, I couldn't remember for sure whether The Galaxy Song was from Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkjzmuEBbo) or Animaniacs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BphgKX-DZE), and that made me smile 😊

TieDyeDude Obviously, it was Monty Python 😝 Going back to the album, though, it starts of with some straight fun song, shifts to some beautiful duets, and ends with a couple excellent re-recordings of hits. Clint doesn't seem to get the reverence afforded to, say, George Strait or Garth Brooks, but he was a superstar in his prime and was one of the few singers that wrote his own songs. 2mo

TheBookHippie If I remember right Clint is/was a decent human as well? 2mo

TieDyeDude @TheBookHippie As far as I'm aware :) 2mo

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JamieArc 90s country - I can still see some of those music videos in my head 😂 2mo

MemoirsForMe Love Mary Chapin Carpenter! 🙌🏻 2mo

Kerrbearlib Not a country singer from that era, but have you heard Orville Peck? I just discovered his music and it‘s so good! 2mo

TieDyeDude @Kerrbearlib Yes, I've listened to him here and there, but really got into him last year when he released his duets album Stampede. He's got an amazing voice and style! 2mo

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JulietteReadsALot

Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI | Anil Ananthaswamy

Here are my Valentine's gifts from Barnes & Noble.

Two books that seem very interesting
And a Moomin bag, because... I love the Moomins!!!!

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BBowling

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story | Kara Swisher

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Very insightful look at the tech oligarchs. An intelligent, creative, but largely an emotionally immature lot. She follows their careers and social rise from the earliest Silicon Valley days to present day. I was left with great respect for some and loathing resignation for others. A valuable read for the time we are in.

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Schwifty

The Twittering Machine | Richard Seymour

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This is a must read for anyone interested in or horrified by the ways in which social media has disrupted how we write, communicate with each other and conceive of ourselves, politics and society. Moreover, this essay in book format reads as part philosophy, psychology and history to deliver a thorough analysis of the present danger posed by the “social industry” especially in relation to conspiracy theories and political campaigns. Great read!

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DogMomIrene

Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear | Michael Bazzell

#TodayILearned more about Spyware😡🤢

I haven‘t read Ronan Farrow‘s reporting on Pegasus, but this 61 minute documentary on HBO Max gives a great overview.

Tagged the book that‘s lauded as the best owner‘s manual on going off the digital grid. We‘ve got the book and someday I‘ll read it. Just doesn‘t seem like there‘s much you can do to minimize intrusions unless you‘re truly willing to give up connected tech. I‘m not there, yet.

Bookwormjillk This one might fall in the category of do I really want to know 😂 (edited) 5mo

DogMomIrene @Bookwormjillk Exactly! 😓 5mo

Suet624 Remember when we heard our tv‘s were catching what we said? I remember the Good Wife having surveillance as a running part of a season? I know ads will pop up on Facebook if I talk about a product with a friend. 5mo

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DogMomIrene @Suet624 I never watched The Good Wife, but sounds like they were on top of issues. AI has really upped the creepy factor for me. I had blogged about caring for my dogs. Took a long hiatus because of life stuff, but started to get back into it… only to realize that anything I create and place online will be used to train AI. I‘m in the process of closing up my blog and related accounts. I‘ll stick to reading and just posting about books. 5mo

Suet624 Wow. That‘s a huge bummer to have to stop writing your blog. 😳😩 5mo

MemoirsForMe Oh, this book and AI give me the creeps too. Big digital brother is always watching. 😬 5mo

DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe Yes! I‘ve been deleting various online accounts for a few weeks now. Being thoughtful about which accounts, like Litsy, that I‘ll keep. 5mo

MemoirsForMe Ditto! 5mo

Amiable I love Ronan Farrow‘s work. I saw him in person in Hartford a year or so ago —he was on a panel that discussed the dissemination of disinformation and the future of the media. 5mo

DogMomIrene @Amiable Would have loved to have heard him speak on a panel. I love his work too. I haven‘t read his books, but they‘re on the TBR. Also, would love to read a book from him on disinformation and how it spreads. 5mo

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catiewithac

Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation | Cory Doctorow

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Cory Doctorow‘s entertaining treatise on interoperability. 💻 🛜 🆓

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Bethanyroe

The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place | Andy Crouch

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We have made a lot of changes in recent years to move our family away from Tech dependence in centrality. This book very practical advice on how to do that in all areas of life, and most importantly, it gives the heart and why underneath it all. It‘s not about a fear of some thing, but a desire not to miss and gain the greatest things.

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catiewithac

Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires | Douglas Rushkoff

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Page-turner examination of the corrupting influence of extreme wealth and blind faith in technology. This won‘t be the last book I read by Douglas Rushkoff. A true visionary!

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ClairesReads

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology | Chris Miller

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The blurb made me think I was the target audience for this book but I‘m really not. I was interested by the geopolitical and global economic influence of chip technology, and although this was a thread which ran through the book, for much of the book this is bogged down in highly detailed discussion of the mechanics of chip technology. I was not smart enough to penetrate this and I got bored. On reflection I should have quit while I was ahead.

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