Andrew Hickey
- Website: andrewhickey.info
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Commented on Dude, you broke the future!
"Maybe I missed something, but what corporation wants its users/eyeballs/ad-targets to start inflicting acts of violence on other groups?" There is a huge market for inciting violence -- the Daily Mail, Fox TV, Alex Jones, and so on all, to...
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Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
"More to the point, the U.S. is by far the biggest market for English-language literature, including the novels of OGH. If Americans reading a story think "What was that about?", it's not good for business." This reads less like a...
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Commented on CMAP: "Why can't I find audio editions of your books in the UK?"
I tried running audible in WiNE, and it did work this time (didn't last time I'd tried it), but sadly with terrible audio. I didn't know about the free Windows VM thing though -- that may turn out to be...
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Commented on CMAP: "Why can't I find audio editions of your books in the UK?"
Audible DRM is easy to break if you have a Windows or Mac computer. If you use GNU/Linux, you can't access Audible audiobooks at all, which is particularly galling as they have a de facto monopoly on audiobooks these days,...