They tend to be considerably lighter. More importantly they are far easier on the eyes than most tablets due to not having a backlight. The exception for me is oled which is superior to all other solutions when reading white text on black background in a dim room. So now I just read on my phone.
Also it's a fantastic way to support self-published people and read books that would never ever see print otherwise. There's also a lot of great web serials out there that are too long or offbeat to otherwise make their authors money.
I moved to e-readers and never looked back. Not having to dispose of piles of finished books, not having to find my place, lower costs for the books, and they don't cause six hour inkfinger syndrome. Also I bought a Sony ereader, and when their ebook marketplace failed, they did have an end of life plan to let me keep my purchases.
One other huge thing is that Amazon offers ebook credit if you accept slow shipping. I get more than the cost of Prime in free ebooks every year.
You can absolutely kludge up an e-ink laptop or tablet with existing products. A raspberry combined with any number of e-ink screen solutions is quite doable right this very minute, and you can go up from there. But I don't recommend it. There are intractable problems with e-ink's refresh rate, and there's no good way to have color without further screwing with how the white space of the screen looks. You can push the refresh rate on e-ink up a fair bit...but not for long. It'll damage the screen permanently.
Also I'm not sure why you're saying e-ink and oled in the same context given how different they are. If you wanna read on oled, get a used Note 4 or something.
I had a special hatred for people who used their reviews to review reviews.
Oh, you don't agree with my opinion on that show. Thanks for letting me know it got an award. From one organization. That gives awards for twenty subcategories annually. What a fool I've been. Very classy of you to post in a system that disallows any reply.
You guys gotta help me. I tried to sell some scrolls I made, and now they're threatening to take my house. That I built with my own two hands by punching trees.
Used V30's in great condition can be had for well under 500. Headphone jack, works with sd card, fits in a proper goddamn case. The main flaw is that the screen is absolutely disgraceful when dim and showing contiguous colors. It's blotchy and has so many gridlines it looks like a spreadsheet. Literally the worst oled screen I've ever seen. Other major flaw is that security updates will likely be abandoned sooner rather than later. Also they're apparently too stupid to know people might want a flashlight widget.
The article states they focused on Finnish saunas. This implies looking at a place where sauna usage is not even slightly niche, but the article also says they didn't particularly try to do anything useful with the data like filter out lifestyle types.
That said...isn't a 50% reduction in multiple chronic health problems so huge a result as to reflect an almost guaranteed causation? Like, you don't even need a well designed study to find out aspirin is almost a panacea.
The ability to commit "crimes" is desirable inverse to the proportion of meaningful personal freedom you have. There's places where the crimes being stopped are the genuinely horrible ones. So it depends on the society you live in, but then again, so does everything else. If it's a problem, you've already got much bigger problems. Buy some gold coins. And a shotgun. If you're allowed to.
Similar goes for a situation that would make the whole system collapse. Anything that would wipe out that level of infrastructure; You'd better own some farmland, equipment, non-terminator seeds, and hope it's springtime.
What one might do is freeze their credit with Equifax, and only Equifax. That would prevent them from profiting off of you. If a creditor wants to check you, they can use Experian or TransUnion. If the creditor demands Equifax, then you have a choice to make.
Very very similar. Opera is Chrome with a different spin on it. Well, sort of. It all depends on just how dependent chromium is on Google's support. My perception is that chromium's long term existence is completely and utterly dependent on Google's support.
In some ways chromium browsers are the best of both worlds: Google does all the difficult security and infrastructure stuff, including supporting the extension store. Then you strip out all the asshole and have a great browser. It's a great reason to use Vivaldi.
On the other hand, to basing a publicly traded business model off of chromium feels like the act of a wretched scavenger. Can't say I respect it much. Live by Google, die by Google. Sooner rather than later. As stated previously, my attitude depends on how dependent I think chromium is on Google.
You'd be making good points but for the language they chose to use. The thing of it is they had a tag to apply to those they were angry with: GamerGate. However one feels about the events involved, it was an agreed upon name. Not "gamers" but "GamerGate."
A few articles lumped in with the rest were indeed responsible and did use their terms correctly. They don't belong in attempts to pad the lists out. But those responsible articles certainly look to be in the minority. The common trend was articles specifically titled along the lines of "gamers are dead." And plenty of those ran with the idea whole cloth. The message was: It's "gamers" we want dead, not gamergate. It was widespread and despicable.
Was it organic or a conspiracy? I don't think it's crazy to see all these articles released at the same time and imagine writers talking to each other. I don't think it's crazy to see it as a natural trend as you describe. Like I said, it might be worth investigating.
My statement that there was some credence to it being a systemic attack. This is derived, as I implied, from the swarm of "Gamer identity is dead" articles posted in concert with each other during gamergate. Makes me suspicious, like I saw a mask being torn. I don't consider it proof, but it's not tinfoil hat territory either. Here is one list. https://www.reddit.com/r/Kotak...
It's worth noting that New Hampshire residents have the right to remove the Live Free or Die message from their license plates if they sincerely value life more than freedom.
You sound entirely reasonable, but I disagree with your point on not reading. The fact of the matter is we've seen very self-righteous and pervasive commentaries claiming that not reading/watching IS a sign of bigotry. Remember all the stuff written about choosing to not go see Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Wrinkle in Time, and others.
Preceding that you may recall there was a huge mass of articles released in tandem claiming that it was time to do away with the identity of "gamer." I think there is at least some credence to the idea there is a systemic and concerted attack on a lot of geek culture. It might actually be an interesting thing to investigate. It'd take a strong constitution to deal with the filth that populates both extremes of the debate though.
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They tend to be considerably lighter. More importantly they are far easier on the eyes than most tablets due to not having a backlight. The exception for me is oled which is superior to all other solutions when reading white text on black background in a dim room. So now I just read on my phone.
Also it's a fantastic way to support self-published people and read books that would never ever see print otherwise. There's also a lot of great web serials out there that are too long or offbeat to otherwise make their authors money.
I moved to e-readers and never looked back. Not having to dispose of piles of finished books, not having to find my place, lower costs for the books, and they don't cause six hour inkfinger syndrome. Also I bought a Sony ereader, and when their ebook marketplace failed, they did have an end of life plan to let me keep my purchases.
One other huge thing is that Amazon offers ebook credit if you accept slow shipping. I get more than the cost of Prime in free ebooks every year.
You can absolutely kludge up an e-ink laptop or tablet with existing products. A raspberry combined with any number of e-ink screen solutions is quite doable right this very minute, and you can go up from there. But I don't recommend it. There are intractable problems with e-ink's refresh rate, and there's no good way to have color without further screwing with how the white space of the screen looks. You can push the refresh rate on e-ink up a fair bit...but not for long. It'll damage the screen permanently.
Also I'm not sure why you're saying e-ink and oled in the same context given how different they are. If you wanna read on oled, get a used Note 4 or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Maybe next people can stop paying CinemaSins ten thousand dollars a day to read through a movie's TVTropes listing in chronological order.
I had a special hatred for people who used their reviews to review reviews.
Oh, you don't agree with my opinion on that show. Thanks for letting me know it got an award. From one organization. That gives awards for twenty subcategories annually. What a fool I've been. Very classy of you to post in a system that disallows any reply.
Counterpoint: Cucumber and avocado salad with Italian dressing.
You guys gotta help me. I tried to sell some scrolls I made, and now they're threatening to take my house. That I built with my own two hands by punching trees.
Used V30's in great condition can be had for well under 500. Headphone jack, works with sd card, fits in a proper goddamn case. The main flaw is that the screen is absolutely disgraceful when dim and showing contiguous colors. It's blotchy and has so many gridlines it looks like a spreadsheet. Literally the worst oled screen I've ever seen. Other major flaw is that security updates will likely be abandoned sooner rather than later. Also they're apparently too stupid to know people might want a flashlight widget.
The article states they focused on Finnish saunas. This implies looking at a place where sauna usage is not even slightly niche, but the article also says they didn't particularly try to do anything useful with the data like filter out lifestyle types.
That said...isn't a 50% reduction in multiple chronic health problems so huge a result as to reflect an almost guaranteed causation? Like, you don't even need a well designed study to find out aspirin is almost a panacea.
They are very dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Six little eggs on the run
They f*ck each other three goes
Boom dubi doom
And a shotgun.
The ability to commit "crimes" is desirable inverse to the proportion of meaningful personal freedom you have. There's places where the crimes being stopped are the genuinely horrible ones. So it depends on the society you live in, but then again, so does everything else. If it's a problem, you've already got much bigger problems. Buy some gold coins. And a shotgun. If you're allowed to.
Similar goes for a situation that would make the whole system collapse. Anything that would wipe out that level of infrastructure; You'd better own some farmland, equipment, non-terminator seeds, and hope it's springtime.
Assuming isps are capable of shame. That's the best joke I've heard all week.
What one might do is freeze their credit with Equifax, and only Equifax. That would prevent them from profiting off of you. If a creditor wants to check you, they can use Experian or TransUnion. If the creditor demands Equifax, then you have a choice to make.
Very very similar. Opera is Chrome with a different spin on it. Well, sort of. It all depends on just how dependent chromium is on Google's support. My perception is that chromium's long term existence is completely and utterly dependent on Google's support.
In some ways chromium browsers are the best of both worlds: Google does all the difficult security and infrastructure stuff, including supporting the extension store. Then you strip out all the asshole and have a great browser. It's a great reason to use Vivaldi.
On the other hand, to basing a publicly traded business model off of chromium feels like the act of a wretched scavenger. Can't say I respect it much. Live by Google, die by Google. Sooner rather than later. As stated previously, my attitude depends on how dependent I think chromium is on Google.
Each of us should carry no less than 5 computers at all times, like a sensible person.
Finally heterosexual men can see "Unicorn Butt Cops" advertisements. The long hard night has met its end.
You'd be making good points but for the language they chose to use. The thing of it is they had a tag to apply to those they were angry with: GamerGate. However one feels about the events involved, it was an agreed upon name. Not "gamers" but "GamerGate."
A few articles lumped in with the rest were indeed responsible and did use their terms correctly. They don't belong in attempts to pad the lists out. But those responsible articles certainly look to be in the minority. The common trend was articles specifically titled along the lines of "gamers are dead." And plenty of those ran with the idea whole cloth. The message was: It's "gamers" we want dead, not gamergate. It was widespread and despicable.
Was it organic or a conspiracy? I don't think it's crazy to see all these articles released at the same time and imagine writers talking to each other. I don't think it's crazy to see it as a natural trend as you describe. Like I said, it might be worth investigating.
My advice is to be less self righteous when you are also being lazy.
My statement that there was some credence to it being a systemic attack. This is derived, as I implied, from the swarm of "Gamer identity is dead" articles posted in concert with each other during gamergate. Makes me suspicious, like I saw a mask being torn. I don't consider it proof, but it's not tinfoil hat territory either. Here is one list.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kotak...
It's worth noting that New Hampshire residents have the right to remove the Live Free or Die message from their license plates if they sincerely value life more than freedom.
You sound entirely reasonable, but I disagree with your point on not reading. The fact of the matter is we've seen very self-righteous and pervasive commentaries claiming that not reading/watching IS a sign of bigotry. Remember all the stuff written about choosing to not go see Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Wrinkle in Time, and others.
Preceding that you may recall there was a huge mass of articles released in tandem claiming that it was time to do away with the identity of "gamer." I think there is at least some credence to the idea there is a systemic and concerted attack on a lot of geek culture. It might actually be an interesting thing to investigate. It'd take a strong constitution to deal with the filth that populates both extremes of the debate though.
Nothing wrong with that; it fits the established canon.