I'd like to see a laptop with an e-ink display I can code on. That way I can go and sit in the sun.
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Lenovo’s new Yoga Book replaces the keyboard with an E Ink screen
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree, we can't proceed without mistakes. But it's incorrect to say that there is no cost, and that we shouldn't minimise mistakes (which is what the comment I was replying to was implying). The VC stuff... I'm not sure that it's not sustainable. The way VCs are selected is not totally efficient (I would say, not even very efficient). More than that, successful exits for VCs don't always mean that a product or serv…
I said more than "not sustainable", I said that if it is really a problem, it wouldn't be sustainable. If they are wasting tons of money then they probably aren't the thing limiting advancement.
I don't see how that follows. They don't just waste money, they redirect resources that could be deployed better elsewhere.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's beautiful hardware matched with absolutely horrid software. It's Android 4.0, which means literally nothing works. They've tried to fix it with custom apps, but I still can't achieve a decent work-flow and there's no community to make it better. It's actually the worst.
That is awfully wrong, it boots a custom linux-based OS, not Android. You are probably talking about other device (probably the yotaphone). http://remarkablewiki.com/tech/specs I use the remarkable for taking notes on online courses, and works wonders.
Whelp, they marketed it as Android and it had access to the Google Play store, so I thought it was Android...
Seems I was wrong! I still maintain its very poor for reading papers I've found on my phone and then syncing the annotations.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
I said more than "not sustainable", I said that if it is really a problem, it wouldn't be sustainable. If they are wasting tons of money then they probably aren't the thing limiting advancement.
I don't see how that follows. They don't just waste money, they redirect resources that could be deployed better elsewhere.
If the money is there to waste, you have some evidence that no one has a better idea about how to deploy the resources.
There's the problem of what "better" should mean, but private investors aren't going to fund government for fun (or similar), so many of the alternative meanings of better can't really be expected to inform a discussion about private investment. Like maybe stupid VC spending is evidence that tech companies aren't getting taxed enough, but that is solved by raising taxes, not by hand-wringing over questionable products.
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#125Unrelated. I wish there was an E-Ink baby monitor. The glow at night of the typical baby monitor is pretty terrible. The harsh blue screen is not ideal and I keep thinking if it looked like an e-Ink screen it would be a lot easier to sleep next to.
Re: Lenovo’s new Yoga Book replaces the keyboard with an E Ink screen
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is awfully wrong, it boots a custom linux-based OS, not Android. You are probably talking about other device (probably the yotaphone). http://remarkablewiki.com/tech/specs I use the remarkable for taking notes on online courses, and works wonders.
Whelp, they marketed it as Android and it had access to the Google Play store, so I thought it was Android... Seems I was wrong! I still maintain its very poor for reading papers I've found on my phone and then syncing the annotations.
Omg. I got the goodereader.com 13.3 inch confused with the Remarkable ereader. I have no idea how, but here we are...
Sweet, this is my second stupidest comment on this website.
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
The new version has haptic feedback.
What's missing is the feeling of raised keys. If the epaper additionally could selectively raise areas by about one or two millimeters (about 1/16 inch) then it would be perfect.
DIY solution: Perhaps buying a sheet of screen protecting plastic, and carefully cutting transparent square pieces for keys (or the negative: a grid of 1mm lanes for spaces among keys, and let the keys be holes) would be perfect for position feedback on the fingertips.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see how that follows. They don't just waste money, they redirect resources that could be deployed better elsewhere.
If the money is there to waste, you have some evidence that no one has a better idea about how to deploy the resources. There's the problem of what "better" should mean, but private investors aren't going to fund government for fun (or similar), so many of the alternative meanings of better can't really be expected to inform a discussion about private investment. Like maybe stupid VC spending is evidence that tech co…
Why? VCs might just be not very good at selecting good plays?
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#129Can you easly switch between different keyboard layout e.g. latin, cyrilic, dvorak .etc. That would be a huge plus.
I would think so, since I assume that Lenovo is selling it all over the world.
I have been reading about APL and it would be cool to have the keyboard display all the special keys also...
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is likely easiest to parse or even semi-manually reformat papers for a smaller screen.
A tool to do that automatically (layout partitioning) would be a nice project idea.
koreader does a really nice job of reflowing PDFs, I use it a lot on a Kindle