Perhaps.
What I actually want to know is the rarity of the books in question.
antonim
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So, what is the book that they tracked? What other books were in the order alongside it?
Yeah, the prices are mind-boggling (but worth it in the end). Hope it will work out for you.
That sounds about reasonable. But how many people upvoting the meme have such a modest result in mind?
Every single time this meme is posted, it is pointed out that the number in the above part is delusionally low. And yet the meme is reposted again and again both on reddit and on Lemmy and god knows where else.
And apparently the word comes from latin “tenebra”.
No, what source told you that? It's from Proto-Slavic tьma (darkness), which is a native word. Related to Latin tenebrae, yes, but through a common ancestor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer
This essay is effectively a classic.
Even if it's not necessarily a bad thing for Wikimedia Foundation to have so much income, just a few days ago it's been revealed they have made a contract with a union busting legal agency, since their workers are forming one. In other words, money that people donate for Wikipedia is spent on internal bullshit conflicts by the increasingly insular leadership.
the employees are few
WMF has 650 employees.
What they're going to demand is preventing arbitrary layoffs, less bullying in the workspace, etc. Supposedly the Foundation is very toxic workplace. It's not (just) about the money.
Don't abandon Wikipedia over this, if it's useful it's useful (though it shouldn't be overrated). Do reconsider donating to Wikimedia Foundation, since the money apparently can be spent even on union-busting.
Relevant to mention: I've just posted a thread about users reporting that apparently WMF has hired a union-busting firm.
https://lemmy.world/post/50205578
It is publicly confirmed that WMF contracted the notorious union-busting law firm Littler Mendelson to fight Wiki Workers United.
(I also posted it to this community but it got deleted by the autobot.)
Edit: I just realised the OP link/article talks about this as well, ah 🤦♂️
Also may be worth mentioning the later part of the article, talking about Abstract Wikipedia, a beta project regarding whose future a request for comments has been called. Many editors believe it is unviable and a waste of money and time: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/The_future_of_Abstract_Wikipedia
Mind providing the parts that you think are more relevant?
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Thanks. I can't help but conclude that the public outcry is exaggerated – the books being bought are evidently selected at random. The chances of the companies buying some particularly rare (and more expensive) book this way seem slim, since they probably don't want to waste too much money.