ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks • Hacker News Board

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by lovelyviking » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

joshspankit wrote: post #110

lovelyviking wrote: post #76

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Among other VNC clients I've checked the only one that realy worked for me and I've managed to compile was this one: https://github.com/matteodelabre/vnsee The author is also very nice and responsive to bug reports. I've managed to make it work as second monitor for linux virtual machine. I wish I could use it as second monitor for Mac and was unable to make it work with MacOS so far. Anyone made it work with Mac? Wh…

I suspect (based on similar issues years ago) that you could get it working on MacOS in either one of two ways: 1. Set a password for the setting “VNC viewers may control screen with password:” in the screen sharing settings. Most of the issue with standard VNC clients is that MacOS uses MacOS-specific login security, but setting a password opens it up to VNC-standard security 2. Install an alternate VNC server on th…

Thank you very much for advice. Any specific VNC server working with Mac you have in mind ?

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by mackrevinack » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

dheera wrote: post #87

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yes! having the option to run android apps is why I am leaning towards something like the boox. im thinking of a setup where i would have the help manual for whatever open on the ereader when im doing programming stuff, and to be able to select some text on my laptop and have it search that on the ereader using tasker and also autoinput to control the app. dunno how well all that will work though

I recently wrote a review on Reddit where I used split screen to code in termux and look at reference in the other. Admittedly Android's split screen mode is super clunky to use but if you're not constantly switching between apps in the reference pane it's okay. https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/jt41e1/my_max_lu... Having a Laptop + ereader setup would probably be a mess to set up with the cut+paste stuff.…

good review! yes it would be tempting to go for the larger models for the external monitor feature, but i will be using it for for basic ebook reading most of the time so ill probably settle on the 10 inch since it will be more comfortable to hold.

the cut and paste stuff would definitely be messy but autoinput works without needing root so the only thing i need to figure out is how to transfer the text to tasker. probably something like 'join' would do the job

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by DubiousPusher » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:53 PM UTC

ben_w wrote: post #133

seneca wrote: post #112

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> Majority of consumer facing products collect usage analytics, otherwise they don’t know how to improve the product. Producers managed to improve products for thousands of years without violating the privacy of their customer. Equating slightly inconvenient with impossible doesn't make for a great argument.

The improvements were stumbles in the dark by comparison — people didn’t even realise colour blindness existed until the industrial revolution. That said, while I am fine with automated bug tracking for this sort of goal, I absolutely agree that all automated tracking needs to be opt-in rather than opt-out.

Yeah, while I'm not a fan of involuntary data collection it completely makes sense why firms do it. Unskewing data collected in voluntary and self reported scenarios is a treacherous and sometimes impossible undertaking.

Edit: Often times we're not talking about the difference between good data and really good data. We're talking about the difference between useful and useless data.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by Loughla » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

reificator wrote: post #98

krastanov wrote: post #66

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Short range analog RF signal to detect where the pen is, not something containing digital information. Your toothbrush motor and charger probably has comparable level of RF radiation come out.

They do, but it should be noted that there have been reports of toothbrushes exfiltrating accelerometer data so toothbrushes are no longer a good example of an innocuous device.

What possible use would a company have for knowing when you pick up your toothbrush? What valuable data can they extract from that?

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by reginaldo » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:01 PM UTC

davisr wrote: post #165

reginaldo wrote: post #155

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Thanks for the software and documentation you've written for the reMarkable. I've taken a different approach for running Debian buster , but your guide [1] saved me a lot of time nonetheless. [1] http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/ chroot for now, systemd-nspawn as soon as I have time to hack on it later, as I want to be able to switch between whatever I'm running and reMarkable's original software.

I'm really glad you found it useful! Do you think it saved you $20 worth of time? :) Parabola-rM is really a labor of love, and half of the proceeds are donated to the FSF and Parabola project. It would mean a tremendous amount to have your financial support for independent free software development (and if you have already bought a copy, thank you!).

It did, and I'd been meaning to show my appreciation. I just bought it (finally).

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by messo » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:09 PM UTC

_ph_ wrote: post #119

ChuckMcM wrote: post #115

I am really enjoying the ReMarkable 2. I wish the display were more "actual" paper size of course (it's 10.3" diagonal (no margins) rather than US Letter's more typical 13.8" diagonal (no margins), or even a moleskin's 11" diagonal (no margins)) That said, sketching/writing are just as good as they are on the iPad Pro or Surface Pro. The pen/glass "feel" is no worse than those other two solutions either (but no bette…

Just replace suspended.png with a small image and the rest of the screen is not covered on sleep :)

Does this work with transparency? Would be nice with a watermark indicating sleep state, but still being able to see the content.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by pkage » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:23 PM UTC

davisr wrote: post #143

lovelyviking wrote: post #90

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I stumbled on some article describing that Remarkable calls home and sends some statistics. I've checked and indeed it does. My hacking attitude says it is absolutely unacceptable. The good news you can disable it, and I did. But for poople to be aware , this is what it does by default. Can't say I like that part of rM software. Unfortunately now I've looked for the article and can't find it. If you saw one, please d…

Some of us hackers feel the same way. I'm the author of a paid-but-GPLv3+ program called RCU[1] that almost 400 people use because they don't want to, or legally can't, interface with a cloud. I never connect my tablet to the net except to get software updates. [1]: http://www.davisr.me/projects/rcu/

In what situations would someone not legally be allowed to interface with a cloud? Something like GDPR, or a personal injunction? Just out of curiosity, I've not heard of such a restriction.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by XCSme » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:30 PM UTC

cambalache wrote: post #135

terpimost wrote: post #107

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Majority of consumer facing products collect usage analytics, otherwise they don’t know how to improve the product.

I suppose your mattress phones home to tell its makers how often you sleep and with which frequency you do other vigorous physical activities on it. Only way to improve it.

I think that a mattress is a bit simpler than an application with hundreds of thousands of possible interactions. There are not so many different ways you can use a mattress.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by qwerty456127 » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:34 PM UTC

This is a very cool thing. I am certainly going to buy it.

Re: ReMarkable tablet open source tools and hacks

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Post by justinclift » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

Does the Remarkable (1 or 2) have any vector based drawing applications?

Asking because I've recently been getting into drawing with Grease Pencil in Blender (on a Wacom tablet).

Grease Pencil is vector based (mostly). Being able to adjust drawn strokes after making them, really helps people (like me) that can't draw perfect curves and straight lines freehand.

Hoping there's something similar available?