This would be far more interesting if you shared how, and did it on a platform that wasn't meant for short form content.
Interesting that you perceive hn as a platform for short form content.
Jailbroke my Kindle to use it as an e-ink monitor
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#94i suppose this would be far more intresting if you should what various ways you ca use a kindle and also maybe provide an 1-click way to jail break kindle and upload a YT video. dont forget to add 'for educational purpose' in the title so that amazon doesnt comes after you.
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> and the modern desire for [back|front]light support. I had a keyboard kindle that came with a case that included a dim orange pull-out booklight. I wish we could still get that. It was much more relaxing to read by than the modern uniform white glow from the page itself.
You can always use a clip-on book light, or other external light source. https://accessorytosuccess.com/blogs/tools/best-book-light-r... >
Every light in your link advertises (!) its multiple brightness and color settings. That makes for absolutely awful usability. I purchased a light like that, and it's terrible.
Give me an actual booklight where the settings are "on" and "off".
(Bizarrely, the light settings on a Kindle Oasis are barely better - since the light is controlled by an internal menu, as opposed to a hardware control, it can't be operated unless you can see the menu. This means that it isn't possible to have the light off during the day and turn it on when it becomes dark - if it's dark, and the light isn't already on, it can't be turned on. My conclusion is that there are no device manufacturers who understand how or why someone might want to use a lamp.)
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#96Someone get Apple Books on a Kindle and I'll pay you a million dollars.
Why trade one walled garden for another? Just use something like Calibre and combine it with something like Kavita.
Apple Books has some rare exclusives. To name one, all of Norman Berrow's novels are only available there.
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#97I thought thought it was called "rooting" when in reference to an Android device.
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#98I thought thought it was called "rooting" when in reference to an Android device.
Maybe it's not called jailbreaking on Android phones because it's more or less a supported feature, not something the phone tries to prevent you from doing. On other devices like a Kindle you're actively circumventing security measures.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
Followed up with "but it was pretty simple, like under 30 lines" So simple in fact, that it wasn't quickly rewritten and added to GitHub...
"It is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain" - Pierre De Fermat
> It is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes
Later disproved by the Banach-Tarski theorem. ;D
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Oh man, apparently I'm not alone in using /tmp/ as my storage space. I like it because it's self-cleaning!
You could have /home/junk2020, /home/junk2021, /home/junk2022 etc. Still self-cleaning, but it's once a year.
Or I could have /home/junk, self-cleaning but never!