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1. nil (josemanuel@mastodon.tetaneutral.net@mastodon.tetaneutral.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2019 19:32:07 UTC nil

   I tried to find bookshops near me that were specialised in computer science, but the few I've found don't have a webpage. And they're not even specialised. They just sell ‘technical’ books.

   It's ok if you don't want me as a customer. Just don't come crying to me later that Amazon is destroying your businesses. At least I, unlike you, tried.

   • nil (josemanuel@mastodon.tetaneutral.net@mastodon.tetaneutral.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2019 19:39:47 UTC nil

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     I miss Informática y Comunicaciones. Awesome people, awesome service. I bought there several knuths, and I would have bought much more if it hadn't closed soon after I discovered them.

     Most people preferred to buy at Cocodrilo Libros, a disgusting shithole by comparison.

     Seriously. What's so hard to grasp about the concept of needing to promote one's own business in order to make it grow?

   • nil (josemanuel@mastodon.tetaneutral.net@mastodon.tetaneutral.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2019 19:50:23 UTC nil

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     I miss Gea. The first bookshop I ever went to and still the best. It was so small, but they seemed to have everything a young man could need. If I had a happy place, that would be it.

     I'm looking at the last book I bought there before they closed: an American Splendor anthology. Now that I think about it, it was the first comic I ever bought.

   • nil (josemanuel@mastodon.tetaneutral.net@mastodon.tetaneutral.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2019 21:47:18 UTC nil

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     By the way, I recently watched this movie called 84, Charing Cross Road with Anne Bancroft (wonderful as always), Anthony Hopkins (not so great) and Judi Dench. Very moving and funny. I highly recommend it if you don't yet know it.