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I've been on the fence for this product, but this device seems designed for handwriting which I have no use for. Writing by hand is slower than typing, produces

I've been on the fence for this product, but this device seems designed for handwriting which I have no use for. Writing by hand is slower than typing, produces text which is harder and slower to read than typing, and typing produces text which is searchable without relying on flawed handwriting recognition. Handwriting is really only for old people, teachers grading papers, and signing documents. Its too large to be an ereader and it doesn't have enough ram to be anything else. I love that its a real gallery 3 color eink screen instead of the half-measure of spectra screens, but I want this screen in my laptop where I can drive it with powerful hardware and an open operating system.

4gotunameagain 2y ago
> Handwriting is really only for old people, teachers grading papers, and signing documents. ahaha. Is walking only for old people too, as the young ones only drive ?
- craftkiller 2y ago
  Not a good comparison because: 1. Cars have existed in approximately the same form factor for the entire lives of the vast majority of people alive today. Convenient, portable machines for typing are a relatively new product. You can easily see the age gap, ask a teenager to type something and then ask a retired person to type something. One of those two people will struggle. I can't remember the last time I wrote something other than a to-do list, but my retired parents regularly send me photos of hand-written notes. 2. Driving and walking do not cover the same use cases. You cannot drive through the grocery store and most people cannot walk 100+ miles away.
fragmede 2y ago
they sell a keyboard for it
- craftkiller 2y ago
  Thats falls under the "doesn't have enough ram to be anything else" bit. Yes, they have a keyboard, but how am I going to run emacs+rust-analyzer or emacs+latex in what remains of the 2GB of ram after the OS takes its slice?
  - Y_Y 2y ago
    Your emacs doesn't run on your server!? You can ssh or vnc or even use gtk's web backend.
    - craftkiller 2y ago
      haha that is a good point. I could set up a development VM on my 1U and use this as a dumb terminal. That actually could be a pretty good set up and could easily fit in the ram constraints. Now I'm back to being on the fence.

4gotunameagain 2y ago

> Handwriting is really only for old people, teachers grading papers, and signing documents. ahaha. Is walking only for old people too, as the young ones only drive ?

craftkiller 2y ago
Not a good comparison because: 1. Cars have existed in approximately the same form factor for the entire lives of the vast majority of people alive today. Convenient, portable machines for typing are a relatively new product. You can easily see the age gap, ask a teenager to type something and then ask a retired person to type something. One of those two people will struggle. I can't remember the last time I wrote something other than a to-do list, but my retired parents regularly send me photos of hand-written notes. 2. Driving and walking do not cover the same use cases. You cannot drive through the grocery store and most people cannot walk 100+ miles away.

fragmede 2y ago

they sell a keyboard for it

craftkiller 2y ago
Thats falls under the "doesn't have enough ram to be anything else" bit. Yes, they have a keyboard, but how am I going to run emacs+rust-analyzer or emacs+latex in what remains of the 2GB of ram after the OS takes its slice?
- Y_Y 2y ago
  Your emacs doesn't run on your server!? You can ssh or vnc or even use gtk's web backend.
  - craftkiller 2y ago
    haha that is a good point. I could set up a development VM on my 1U and use this as a dumb terminal. That actually could be a pretty good set up and could easily fit in the ram constraints. Now I'm back to being on the fence.