salamandersauce

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by salamandersauce 6y ago
It can run Microsoft Office. You can program in a Python IDE and run code (Pythonista). You can create CGI on an iPhone. Most of the limitations you mention like compiling are completely arbitrary and added by Apple. The devices are powerfu
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
No. Publishers can disable DRM if they want on Kindle. The reason they stopped accepting Mobi is because it's an ancient format that lacks a lot of features over ePub and Amazon's newer formats. It's like Apple not accepting
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
That seems like a weird stance to take when they sell it for Kindle on Amazon.co.jp.
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
Just images. I don't care about smart panel stuff. It's easy to go AZW/ePub to CBZ/CBR but Kindles don't natively support that or at least they didn't last time I had one. Going ePub to AZW is more complicated
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
Check out Boox. They make eInk Android tablets so you can just use the Kindle, Kobo, Google Play, Libby, etc. apps on it with no problems. No need to convert everything, crack DRM etc. Even those crummy textbook publisher apps work too. The
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
I wouldn't say perfectly. Amazon's own tools do a far better job than Calibre for ePub to AZW which shouldn't be too surprising because that's how they're typically made. Calibre is handy thanks to plugins but I hav
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
Nope. Large eInk is unfortunately super niche and expensive. Dasung also has eInk products designed to be monitors but they are just as expensive as Boox's stuff while doing less (but they are better as monitors). Since Boox's pro
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
They aren't doing anything. Bank of Canada said they don't want to adjust rates for a couple years, ruling parties have been mum on the whole thing because it benefits a good chunk of voters that are homeowners. Right now it seems
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by salamandersauce 6y ago
In my mind it's in it's own category. Yes, homemade mac and cheese is "better" but it's also very different. I don't really consider it the same thing just as I don't really compare fancy swiss dark chocol