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ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by samtuke »

krick wrote: post #191
jbeard4 wrote: post #13

I have been very happy with my ReMarkable 1, and have ordered the ReMarkable 2.0. Hacker News might be interested in the active development community around the device: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable The device is open. It's just an embedded linux device. You can ssh into it, and run arbitrary code. The SDK is based on Qt. You can also connect a keyboard to it over a USB-on-the-go port. I have been…

It's funny how your comment immediately makes me want to buy it, because the description on the site with all these silly photos and such for some reason got me thinking like "looks kinda nice, but since it's obviously something very Apple-like, it will be as restrictive as it gets, I won't be able to use it without some obligatory shitty web-account and I probably even won't be able to read *.cbz comics on it, so...…

Same here - the website led me to assume the software was all locked down, and forever restricted to reading two file formats.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by paultopia »

marvindanig wrote: post #71

> …on an eyestrain-inducing glossy screens. Are you sure about that? [1] [1] https://bubblin.io/blog/daylight-energy-fatigue

Insert shrug here. I definitely get headaches after staring at iPad screens all day, and definitely have to squint to see them outside. Don't really care if that subjective suffering doesn't reflect some medically recognizable consequence, I still choose to avoid it.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by AlanYx »

pizza234 wrote: post #282
input_sh wrote: post #199

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> What is the latest word (as of 2020) on reading Kindle books on the ReMarkable? Is there a tool that makes it easy to buy Kindle books and strip them of their DRM? You go to amazon.com/myk, switch to the Content tab, three dots next to the book, Download & transfer via USB. You then drag-and-drop them into Calibre with this add-on set up: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools There's some initial setup re…

> You'll have to convert them to epub or PDF to be able to read them on ReMarkable, but that's as easy as right-clicking a book within Calibre and choosing "convert". There is a significant omission here. Converting Epub to PDF doesn't necessarily yield a good quality. As a matter of fact, at some point I was so annoyed by the relatively nondeterministially poor quality (I stress "relatively"), that now, every time I…

>Converting Epub to PDF doesn't necessarily yield a good quality.... at some point I was so annoyed by the relatively nondeterministially poor quality...

Is this ever true! I use three different workflows for converting ePub to PDF, and then look through each one and pick the one that converted best for that particular book. Generally speaking, the default Calibre conversion is almost always the weakest.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by eitland »

I ordered the ReMarkable last year. It was truly awesome and paper-like to write on but I ended up sending it back for a refund because I needed a more computing like device.

The device is fantastic, I love the idea and the company but the refund process (unless they have fixed it) is truly awful so expect to use a couple of days on it if you want to get your money back.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by marvindanig »

crystaln wrote: post #152
marvindanig wrote: post #71

> …on an eyestrain-inducing glossy screens. Are you sure about that? [1] [1] https://bubblin.io/blog/daylight-energy-fatigue

Is this written by a lobbyist? Blue light causes cataracts if nothing else. It also affects sleep cycles which can cause fatigue and all sorts of strain on the eye and body. But “ Does this blue-light pose any hazard to our eyes? Nope, not to my knowledge” Animations are not perfectly smooth causing strain on scrolling (I can see the unevenness even on my 11 pro with every scroll). Colors are constructed - ever look…

> The bottom line is reading on eink is relaxing in ways a tablet is not.

A lobbyist accusing the other of lobbying. Quaint?

Your idea that blue light causes cataract is a misunderstanding at best or misinformation at worst. Visible spectrum in of itself doesn't ever cause or catalyze corneal cloudiness. You should probably read about Dr. Mani Bhaumik's work on optical physics and lasers, and how it led him to invent the Lasik Eye correction technique.

> It also affects sleep cycles which can cause fatigue and all sorts of strain on the eye and body.

You are directly quoting my article here, you know that right?

From your aggressive comments elsewhere on the forum, it appears that you are predisposed to behave like this. I wish you well.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by amacbride »

ksd482 wrote: post #103
amacbride wrote: post #44

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It’s not quite as good, but for me it falls into the “good enough/pretty good” category. I write quickly so for me latency is very important; the latency on version one is pretty good, and so if they’ve improved that on version two, even better.

What about pressure on the pen while writing as compared to regular styluses with small tips?

My best comparison would be to a fine-tipped rollerball pen (like the Pilot Precise), on rough paper.

I don’t tend to press down very hard, but I don’t really think about it as I’m writing.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by dcchambers »

I like my ReMarkable 1. I want to love it...but I'm not quite there yet. The company keeps focusing on improving the note-taking and drawing aspect of the device (which is awesome now!) but they haven't improved the reading experience to nearly the same degree. Reading eBooks, PDFs, etc is an acceptable experience, but there are many UX improvements they could make.

That said, they have been releasing updates for years and improving the experience. The writing experience is by far the best of any tablet I've ever personally used. It does feel like writing on paper. The 2.0 looks really slick.

Finally, the hackability of the device is awesome. You can SSH to it without having to enable any special settings, and start messing around with stuff right away.

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Post by scoopdewoop »

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #333
amirhirsch wrote: post #227

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Same boat lol. Saw the open-source comments and decided to buy one so I could make a sheet-music reader that changes pages automatically using facial cues from an ESP32-CAM

I'm slightly astonished (have been for a while) at the fact that no-one (as far as I know) have developed a Guitar Hero style e-ink sheet-music reader. Imagine how much easier you'd make life for kids learning how to play music! Software and hardware wise, it's got to be well within the realm of feasibility.

You should check out Rocksmith. Its guitar hero with real guitar, pretty cool stuff. I don't see how a scrolling format like guitar hero would fit the slow refresh rate of an e-ink display, but perhaps you imagine something different.

Re: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

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Post by tomerbd »

I have the Onyx boox 3 with 13.3" screen, so I can read conveniently programming and math books and paper (wanted the big screen especially for papers). Pen works perfect for scratching, selecting and taking notes, it's perfection I can also split the screen on the left side exercises on the right side a blank page I solve the exercise.
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