robinsoh

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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Also set up one party states which ideologically align with every US enemy out there including USSR/Russia while completely ruining their own countries. It is unclear if you're referring to Cuba or to Venezuela or both. What
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Nothing has changed. China?
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The full paper pdf is here. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/nr/d2nr00748... The marketing fluff in the techxplore article is a bit too high compared with the actual paper that doesn&
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which Canada had long banned for internal use but only stopped exporting it last year to 3rd world countries after an international outcry. I can't remember if there's still some exemptions or loopholes they're using to conti
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"LWN is located in Colorado, but we are willing to consider applicants from anywhere in the US who can legally work here. Compensation includes participation in our health and 401(k) retirement plans. Applicants from the rest of the wo
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> What an incredible response time. I had no idea e-ink had advanced this much. I'd urge caution. The video is misleading in my opinion as one can't see any detail, the lighting is dim. Look at 5:05. That's a 1 bit mode wh
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> The issue is with how the eink display is not fundamentally not suitable for a format that relies on scrolling more than reflowing. I'm trying to understand your meaning of "format that relies on scrolling". How can this
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Kobo's firmware is very open, although it's technical enough that your average (non-developer) end-user would have trouble modifying That's good to hear. I have no problem with a device vendor focusing on just making sur
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by robinsoh 4y ago
I've also heard (but not verified) that kobo's firmware isn't locked down the way amazon's is, so you can compile and install your own apps and modify system scripts. In other words it's your device, not Amazon&#x27
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by robinsoh 4y ago
Imagine silica dust landed on your lenses. Pressured air on that dust. Scratches.
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> It's not unfathomable that a cheap, automated method of doing this could be developed. And that cheap, automated method will require energy as well. Perhaps a bigger concern maybe that such a method may require a cheap fluid to pr
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> India needs to move to homegrown manufacturing of cheap solar I doubt India could manufacture solar cheaper than China which already has all of the necessary ecosystems for massive scale solar panel manufacturing. > solar energy cou
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> I would buy this in an instant. Except, if it did not achieve your expectations. Note the article is short on facts, high on marketing verbiage. If I'm not mistaken this is the same blogger, Alex Soto who previously made a lot of
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Supposedly it's easier to deposit the eInk layer onto thin glass than thin plastic. So cheaper to manufacture I'm not aware of any electrophoretic material that is manufactured through a deposition process. Could you point me
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by robinsoh 4y ago
I agree with you and have experienced similar problems. I wonder what is the tradeoff between glass and plastic and why they choose one or the other.
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by robinsoh 4y ago
I'm just trying to understand the meaning of "I wouldn't want anyone to be discriminated" in the context of "Now i wouldn't want anyone to be discriminated but still it makes sense to limit green card based on
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Now i wouldn't want anyone to be discriminated but still it makes sense to limit green card based on nationality You're saying you want people to be discriminated by nationality. Correct?
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> (And don't show them to me or tell me what they are, 'cause then it's triple damages.) I'm not sure that's an accurate description of the law. The patent laws authorize a court to increase the damages in patent
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Coca-Cola Conde Nast. Vanguard. Black Rock. And journalists that write click-bait titles and little substance that provides content reflecting the title. The real question is why are we seeing this here on HN?
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by robinsoh 4y ago
Sorry, but to be very clear, all I see in the link is just a forum discussion. No clear request showing ownership and right to claim source code, no clear response from someone clearly representing the distributor of the product saying no s
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Here's one response from the company where they deflect on this issue: https://i.redd.it/0lx58maqrbb51.png Looking at that picture, I see a comment on a forum from "Onyx-Boox.ru". Is that the same as Ony
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Here ya go. Asked and answered. I see the link shows a forum discussion. I guess I was looking for something more like: So if we want to see Onyx punished, then we need to find someone who owns an Onyx that has asked Onyx to comply wit
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> The burden of proof is on Onyx, and not some random commenter who mentioned that there's no proof that they're GPL compliant. I agree with you that Onyx is likely in violation of the GPL. That said, the way I'm used to t
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> I didn’t imply that they are not GPL compliant. I stated it directly. That's good. It would be even better to show that they are GPL non-compliant by showing their response and confirming they're not willing to comply. As you
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by robinsoh 4y ago
If you're a product owner, why not ask her for it? I assume you already asked since you implied they are not GPL compliant. Why not share the data for that and make it public? I'm sure that would get carried by many media channels
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by robinsoh 4y ago
Onyx's CEO seems to be claiming that they're GPL compliant at around 4:50 in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Q5hXGfZPo
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I think the latest research was showing that soil and mycorrhizae networks are very critical to the nutritional content of various plants. The sad thing is that same study (need to find it again) showed that applying conventional fertilizer
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> With partial updates the latency can be pretty low. There are many ways to control ghosting in a way that doesn't affect the latency too much (essentially, refresh asynchronously - and again - only where needed) I would be interes
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> (Ironically eink demonstrated high refresh rate video playback what.. one year ago on their screens? - another vaporware demo) When you say "high refresh rate video playback", you're referring to A2 mode at 8fps right? B
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by robinsoh 4y ago
> Eink displays no longer have that problem. Look at Boox and Dasung displays. Just curious, have you actually sat down and used and looked at a Boox or a Dasung display? I think you'll find that A2 mode is not really what the marke

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