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by pidg 6y ago
I do this too. As well as ebooks, I have all my household manuals on it (washing machine, gas boiler, etc.) plus manuals for various devices - so much better than either keeping the paper ones, or keeping PDFs on the computer, as you can an
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by pidg 6y ago
There is a beta feature for using the reMarkable as a 'whiteboard' but it's very very buggy right now.
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by pidg 6y ago
I always found it remarkable that a small regional studio like DMA could come out with two of the most important video games ever made (Lemmings and GTA).
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by pidg 6y ago
The fact that it's a single-purpose (ish) device, and that it feels and works so much like real paper. It's like being able to carry an infinite number of infinitely long paper notebooks with you. I used to get through about one p
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by pidg 6y ago
Response time (i.e. pen touch to pixel appearing) on the latest generation of e-ink devices is literally imperceptible, though I believe they've had to cut a few minor corners to get it to that level.
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by pidg 6y ago
I own a reMarkable 2. There is certainly enough to justify the cost, if you are a prolific note-taker. Conversely, I find it hard to justify the cost of an iPad, becuase I already have a phone and several laptops. I can't see a situati
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by pidg 6y ago
I use Violentmonkey - I can't remember why, but I probably installed it due to the Firefox issues years ago and carried on using it. No complaints here.
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by pidg 6y ago
Reminds me of the (apocryphal?) story that the 'OK' button is only labelled that way because in user testing people read the original text - 'Do It' - as 'Dolt'.
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by pidg 6y ago
> for a price At risk of seeming like a shill (I just like Groupy!) there seems to be a 50% discount code here, making it the price of a coffee: https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/groupy
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by pidg 6y ago
Their 'Fences' app is excellent (which was the app I bought the bundle for). In particular, the ability to create a view on the desktop onto another folder. This lets me split my desktop into 'local' and 'cloud&#x27
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by pidg 6y ago
Not free (or 'free') but there is a commercial app that does this very well indeed - Stardock Groupy. It was bundled in with something else I bought years ago and I just leave it running as it's quite handy. https:/&#x2
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by pidg 6y ago
You're definitely not alone. The sudden switch to WFH, combined with lockdowns etc, caused me to experience pretty severe stress/anxiety issues for the first time. I severely underestimated how vital seeing others every day was fo
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by pidg 6y ago
Me too! My rM2 has quickly become one of my most-used daily devices, between note-taking, reading/annotating PDFs, reading ebooks and doing sudokus.
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by pidg 6y ago
I think that's a little unfair. Gutenberg has some annoyances/quirks, but if you're starting from scratch and using a modern theme it's not bad by any stretch. Having been in the position of rebuilding two sites from scr
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by pidg 6y ago
Not to mention that Portugal has a nationalised healthcare system. I think I'd rather have 430 Eur + nationalised healthcare than $1260 and have to pay out of pocket (or deal with years of paperwork and insurance claims)
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by pidg 6y ago
I guess freedom of movement allowing Eastern Europeans to legally live, work and pay tax in Western Europe without jumping through hoops, and immediately being able to benefit from the social systems there.
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by pidg 6y ago
The occasional donation to a non-profit might help people subsist, but it doesn't build a better society with more opportunities for everyone. Nobody needs an obscene salary for writing code when others are struggling to afford the b
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by pidg 6y ago
Came here to say this. Chatroulette added unnecessary 'features' that just introduced more friction into the experience (as it were). Which seems to have meant users gravitating to Omegle's bare bones (no pun intended) approa
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by pidg 6y ago
It's a novelty gift, like land on the Moon or naming a star.
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by pidg 6y ago
You'd be better off becoming a Lord or Lady of Sealand: https://sealandgov.org/shop/become-a-lord-lady-baron-or-baro... The Principality of Sealand is a micronation off the coast of England. Its territory comprise
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by pidg 6y ago
Let's not forget that Britain could have had mega fast fibre broaband in the 1990s if Margaret Thatcher had allowed British Telecom to proceed instead of 'leaving it to the market to decide'. https://www.techradar.
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by pidg 6y ago
There's an option in fb2k to send opened files to a named playlist (e.g. 'New'), in which case it doesn't disrupt any other playlists you have open and just plays the file like Winamp.
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by pidg 6y ago
Flash Player works as a standalone app iirc. https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
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by pidg 6y ago
No BBC tie-in games like Geordie Racer or Through the Dragon's Eye either!
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by pidg 6y ago
It's not shallow semantics when what they're saying does not reflect the way these terms are used by many (most?) professional marketers.
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by pidg 6y ago
Just wait till you try the cake though.
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by pidg 6y ago
I work for one, and would also not recommend it, unless you like saying the word "hyphen" a lot.
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Optical media life expectancy: Avoid DVD-R(mark-taylor.me.uk)
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by pidg 6y ago
Given someone called John who is a racist, can you find a way to say "John is a racist" in E-Prime without making John seem less racist?
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by pidg 6y ago
I never turn off airplane mode, so my Kindle can collect all the data it likes! :)

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