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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> e-ink displays have not really improved significantly in terms of resolution and refreshing speed. When we started using E-Ink displays in 2010, we were getting 6" 800x600 panels. In 2017, we're using (standard, not top of th
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Onyx Boox Typerwriter is an E Ink 2-in-1 laptop(liliputing.com)
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
We must give credit to Hollywood for making us look like saviors throughout the world. I was amazed that an educated Vietnamese engineer actually thought Rambo was based on a real life story. I didn't have the heart to tell him about t
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> I meant the waveform data at offset 0x700000 on the internal storage of the Kobo devices Waveform data is unique to each batch of panels and there are also tuning parameters for each batch of power management circuitry in a board. A Ko
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> "tens of thousands of colors" rather than true color My meaning by true color was color achieved through actual pigment pixels versus older E-Ink products like triton that achieved color through LCD-like RGB color filters on
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> remember the lawyers are fronting literally all of the cost here. What does that tell us about the way our legal system works?
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> Related question: what's the state of color e-ink displays? They demonstrated true color in 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2V9iuTW3sA I would guess another 3 to 4 years to consumer availability.
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> while reflex LCD, which the Boogie Board uses, is instant. You're comparing two different things. Boogie board is not a display panel with a matrix that can be controlled electronically by software. There's no "pixels&qu
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> the most challenging bits to liberate will be the EPDC firmware Could you clarify exactly what you mean by "EPDC firmware"? afaik, it is already published so what needs to be "liberated"? The devices you're ta
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
I can understand why they chose OLED to invest in. But I think longer term, due to the low power characteristic electrophoretic or interferometric would be much more exciting for mobile displays. I'm still waiting on the roll-able E-In
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by linuxkerneldev 9y ago
> when I see the photos of India, I see poverty, people starving, literally living in garbage Lets take that sentence and s/India/Flint/. "When I see the photos of Flint, I see poverty, people starving, literally livi
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
I'm no LF fanboy, but the tone of this article doesn't really help any cause. I think the key question would be to ask what percentage of the funds LF receives are effectively used for FOSS purposes. If it turns out some of those
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> the support engineer's response (that ends with blocking the user's device for good) _is_ a bona fide tantrum, worthy of textbooks. I don't think that's a support engineer. I'm pretty sure that's Denis Gri
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> I'm confident that a tendency to violence does in fact decrease in certain societies. Could you elaborate on which certain societies you mean? Thanks.
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
Steven Pinker's assertions in TBAOON are nice and intellectually attractive but ultimately, difficult to prove or disprove. Naseem Taleb had quite a strong reaction to it. " "Pinker doesn’t have a clear idea of the difference
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> as much as Hawaii (or even Alaska) is part of the United States of America. Hawaii is a terrible analogy to use. Hawaii was annexed by military force on behalf of the American pineapple and sugar mafia (Dole, etc). https://e
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> A large part of India is quite religious and Hinduism is the main religion The article mentions: Ahmed, a middle-class slaveholder in Uttar Pradesh in India, was eager to show me around the village where he was a member of the ruling e
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> From their perspective it probably would have felt like sinking into savagery. This sentence is incongruous with the rest of your post. Why would you think such a thing?
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
This is a very good point. There seems to be no coverage of whether the actual perpetrator was ever caught. We employ and compensate the police, admins and fund the judicial system, at least partly in order to serve as a deterrent to crimin
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> what's the economic return on proselytizing? Interesting question. I did a quick check. It looks to be incredibly profitable, at least for main stream religious organizations (which tend to also be tax free). The two top links for
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> E-ink displays are grayscale Most, but not all. There are commercially available E-Ink color displays (using color filters) such as E-Ink Triton , http://www.eink.com/display_products_triton.html . A year ago, E-Ink de
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> Has anyone hacked the boogie board? It is extremely cheap. It's not a software controllable display. It uses a film concept similar to an etch-a-sketch and in the recording model, it uses a touchscreen to read the pen action, but
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
I remember that several Xorg developers alleged that Paypal robbed Xorg. I think Xorg never got anything back. https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1417033.html I recall reading a bible quote or might have
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
I agree, I didn't intend to imply that it was in anyway historically accurate. However, it does communicate some of how the EIC operated at that time.
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> I am very scared of the future (which is already here) of mega corps Mega corps, to me are just continuations of previous entities like the Dutch and Anglo East India Companies which in their heyday exhibited much of the same activitie
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
This $27.8 billion dollar valuation tells me that somewhere along the line, my job and lifestyle have caused me to detach from a significant chunk of society. I've never used Snap or their platform. I don't even really know what t
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> People expect ethics and morals from people. Startups are run by people. I agree with your sentiment. That said, would you expect ethics and morals from a CEO that organized a Sally Hemings[1]-Thomas Jefferson party? Would you expect e
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> you say that's a negative? Yes, I perceive that as negative compared to someone who did not exhibit that mistake. I'm not saying that's a no-hire or an extreme negative. I'm trying to communicate that is an indicato
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> we don't support people who say they made a mistake and are seeking help. > you only end up with really good liars in charge. There's a difference between someone realizing they've made a mistake and openly admitting
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by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
> Should Hans Reiser be given a second chance because he's good at file systems? I'm not sure I'm able to follow your analogy. Hans murdered his Russian mail-order bride who was getting a divorce from him. There's a p

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