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https://twitter.com/amirzakerii/status/1078350601354805248/video/1

Catching up on e ink being expensive, even if the patent was lost I don't think there would be much competition either

The market just isn't that big and it's getting smaller by the day with all the people using tablets (which are both cheaper and doing a lot more)

Only ~~faggets~~ people reading a lot or actually caring about having a 'high quality' reading experience go for e ink nowadays

That's fine m8

I have an "open source" one

Can't remember its name

Oh right

Touch Lux

I *think* it's custom whatever using a shit ton of open source

But take it with a pinch of salt

the point with it is you can customize it very easily (custom apps & shit) and it doesn't really care about locking you into proprietary format

Also physical buttons

(but also touch screen at the same time)

And kinda cheap, I think I got mine around 80 euromarks

The main problem is... well it's a hassle to read manga and such

I mainly read manga because I'm a *weeb*

Sure, whenever I read a *real book*, I like to read it on it

But for everything else, it's "meh" at best

Controls are unresponsive, zooming in is a royal PITA, and the DPI is not enough to be comfortable for reading small characters (and that happens a lot)

In the end I bought a Fire 8" HD (replaced my Fire 7 that I bought for 30 euromarks)

I only use this one

I use comicrack, synchronize what I read with my PC

And it just works™

And as much as I'd like to go full e-ink reading for my mangos, I just can't see it happening anytime soon

Those things run on potato CPU so any kind of image transformation is gonna be sluggish

And high DPI / big screen are way too expensive for that

I can do without color, though it would be a plus

But all those problems have been there since... well the first kindle

And I don't see those being fixed anytime soon

It's doable but it's not done, it's been technically feasible for years but nobody do that

And idk why

There's a market for that

Not a big one, yeah, but there's one

And battery life isn't that much of a big deal honestly

Sure, current e ink device can boast a week long autonomy

But if they slashed it to like even a few days, I'd be fine with that

If they put an actual decent CPU

Do you read books?

Not autistic stuff like mangas/manwha/comics

Yeah

In that case, buy an e-ink device

Don't waste 100+ whatever your currency is on it

Entry level kindle is usually fine if you can handle being part of Jeff's botnet

Some of them are hackable but iirc not all of them

idk what's the state of the kobo's market so I won't dwelve too much into it

I bought a Lux because I'm a hipster, it's great because it supports a wide range of file formats and can be customized with non-existent apps because nobody cares about it

Yeah well go for it then

It's good shit

You can usually find good deals on second hand ones

Just bear in mind that e-ink means no compulsory backlighting

Some entry level got no backlighting, meaning it's just like a book, you can't read it in the dark

(without external LÄMP)

Though some of them can be fitted with led lighting

(in cases)

Kindle being one of the most popular e-ink devices you can pretty much find anything to customize it

Sticker ~~for added faggotery~~, cases, protections and such

And the older ones at least (dunno about the last gens) are very easy to service in case you're very clumsy

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466203/Top-VPNs-secretly-owned-by-Chinese-firms?_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJka2FuZW1pdEBkajkuc28tbmV0Lm5lLmpwIiwgImtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiZTdZQzN1In0%3D

Remember when murican were laughing at EU for Article 13? Well, I certainly do hope they got a loicense for memeing https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/11/creating-copyright-court-copyright-office-wrong-move

@Matthew this article is from 2017 but its introduction into Congress is much more recent https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2426/BILLS-116hr2426ih.pdf

Other than that you could just read books

The Bible would be a good start

So it's fewd posting time I see

Gotta feed that brainlet belly

@Matthew what's the title of the manga you posted a pic of yesterday? (<https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/531212403858472967/632333801070002186/Screenshot_20191011-164757.png>)

Also @thelizard

Not for motorcycle Cole

They need to do a lap with training wheels

Thanks Matt

Application user

We have named users for 'humans' and application users for application

And sometimes humans have to impersonate application users

I always had 2 accounts

Nah matt it's not for those driving too close but for the assholes that drive with high beam behind you

Sometimes they manage to blind me while being almost 100 meters away

And yes that's illegal to use high beam when someone is blatantly in front of you, but what are you gonna do?

Not sure if that's a good deal or not : https://www.banggood.com/NEJE-DK-8-KZ-1000mW-Blue-Violet-Laser-Engraving-Machine-Mini-Desktop-DIY-Engraver-Protective-Panel-p-1326301.html

45$ feels quite a bit low for something like that

??

Ah, maybe

Well 23€ rebate for a cookie is a fair trade to me

But well, that is if this thing is decent enough

Pretty much sure I can fetch those from one of my friends who work in labs

Though since I'm a bit paranoid I'll probably just put the device in another room when using it

So it's recycling, how kind of Chinks to reduce my carbon footprint even when I buy shit on the internets <:wholesomethonk:373550351082848267>

Moving out of the way sometimes doesn't work unless you just go sideway, wait for them to go ahead of you and then continue... and on a motorway that's not always doable particularly when there's traffic

And that unfortunately happens quite often since I'm in a quite congested part of the country

Sometimes I just pull the rearview mirror up in order not to be blinded by it but it's really not ideal as I'm still blinded by the side mirrors and I don't see shit behind anymore

https://twitter.com/AyySquidly/status/1192610604986425344?s=19

Apparently they start at 4PM

For God knows reason

What coupons are confirmed working?

Typed free hong kong in ali

Got this

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000208292562.html

@Tribit I fucking hate you