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Eeems

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About Eeems

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/eeems; my proof: https://keybase.io/eeems/sigs/1LCMfMThdo3_VJN3ycHxRYpAniCSy4Nd-4DQ2uZh_I8 ]

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48011864

    This is not publicly available information in Canada. One very real concern here is that domestic abusers will now be able to find their victims: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edm…

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    Comment #45092492

    A factory reset would result in it being regenerated

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    Comment #39342583

    They release software updates for both devices at the same time. There was no hacked version with all the same feature upgrades, it was, and always has been the official software u…

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    Comment #39342556

    3.x support will come to toltec, I've been blocked by stuff outside of my control a couple of times. Including things happening in my life that I won't get into. You can see the cu…

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    Comment #39342525

    Thanks for mentioning oxide :) kinda cool to see people find my stuff exciting. As for the statement that they don't respond to requests for source that they are obligated to relea…

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    Comment #39195279

    I usually have a macro called __RIGHT_HERE__ that prints a large arrow, the file name, and the line number.

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    Comment #37286985

    Could you provide a source on the software updates being more frequent, as well as clarify what you mean by rM being bad at updates? rM has been pushing out updates fairly regularl…

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    Comment #37286964

    Not exactly true. there is an experimental display driver that does not require xochitl[0]. There hasn't been enough need for replacing the current rm2fb solution yet to drive comp…

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    Comment #37286925

    Half as many cores, half the ram, and way less battery life due to higher power draw during suspend for some reason. It doesn't support the keyboard folio either. Depending on your…

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    Comment #37277452

    Usually the reason is that people want to continue using the built-in interface with just some additions, instead of replacing and maintaining a separate installation. It would be …

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    Comment #37277397

    https://remarkable.guide/ has a bunch of current information on the state of hacking your device. You have root access out of the box, which means how invasive it is depends on how…

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    Comment #37277359

    > I didn't know there's different kinds of bricking. There are two types of bricking[0]. A hard brick, where the device no longer functions, and may not be recoverable, and a soft …

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    Comment #37274504

    Better in what way?

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    Comment #37274497

    Some of their stuff is open source[0], others, like the UI, are not. 0. https://github.com/reMarkable

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    Comment #37274481

    You can run your own reverse engineered implementation of their cloud: https://ddvk.github.io/rmfakecloud/

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    Comment #37274460

    There is no jailbreaking. You are given root access out of box[2]. They don't discourage external developers, they even provide a toolchain[1] to build for the device upon request.…

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    Comment #37274273

    https://remarkable.guide is a good place to start

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    Comment #37203925

    More open than root access out of box?

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    Comment #36259171

    I just read the entire issue thread, yes eval was the reason.

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    Comment #34601178

    So Gnome?

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    Comment #34601122

    what are some of the examples that you were dissatipointed by?

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    Comment #32381950

    Jeez, has it really been that long?

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    Comment #32381821

    I had pointed out this optimization years ago, but I never took the time to actually get it merged into the emulator.

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    Comment #32119648

    I would expect that a reMarkable does actually fit the billing for you here. You have root access[0], and there is a mainline kernel build available[1]. There are several terminal …

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    Comment #28685535

    For anybody wanting more context on the ipk format: https://github.com/toltec-dev/toltec/blob/stable/docs/opkg.m...