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Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet

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Post by Jtype »

WaxedChewbacca wrote: post #46
pastrami_panda wrote: post #36

With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.

I think you have a good notion about not buying Chinese stuff, but that reason doesn't make much sense to me. I've heard people say that the US might have caused the deaths of half a million children in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion; do you buy anything from the US?

"heard people say", "might have caused"

Good thing you're going with the science on this one, or you wouldn't be able to buy anything from anywhere.

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Post by CatAtHeart »

dotancohen wrote: post #106
Loic wrote: post #72

As an alternative, I am extremely satisfied with the A5X from Ratta Supernote. The latency when writing is as good as the RM2. [0]: https://supernote.com/

You're satisfied with a device that is accepting pre-orders and hasn't shipped yet?

The "pre-order" label is mostly due to supply chain delays. Currently there is a ~month lead time. I ordered mine back in late January and it is arriving this week.

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Post by mcdonje »

SamBam wrote: post #132
mcdonje wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are not committing genocide. https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/A/HRC/41/G/17

You're link is dead. Here [1] is a fairly nuanced take that concludes that most scholars would call what is happening "genocide," particularly due to the forced sterilizations. Regardless of whether it matches everyone's exact definition, it's clearly an atrocity. 1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/is-china-committing-g...

Try this one: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/41/G/17

UN representatives didn't characterize the situation as a genocide.

Following the 'forced sterilization' link from the article you linked brought me to this one: https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-we...

In there, they say frame it as an attack on minorities, but then they describe it as being applicable to people who already have 3 or more children. They just finished up a 1 child policy for the entire country and the Han majority are still reproducing below replacement levels.

There is plenty to disagree with about their policies, but it's not genocide.

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Post by bitL »

10.3" is too small for a paper replacement - writing notes on such devices is too imprecise if one e.g. annotates PDFs etc. I got the latest Onyx A4 and that's the size that can be finally used to replace paper for all types of documents.

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Post by wraptile »

youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

You can turn these all off. Lack of features is not a feature imho - no mather how hard people try to sell this.

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Post by m12k »

wraptile wrote: post #146
youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

You can turn these all off. Lack of features is not a feature imho - no mather how hard people try to sell this.

Twitter exists because you can't write long posts. Snapchat exists because you can't view past messages. Tinder exists because you can't just talk to anyone unless they are interested in you too. Limitations and missing "features" absolutely can be an asset to a platform.

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Post by rchaud »

youhavetosayit wrote: post #130

Remarkable 2 is better, because of the features it doesn't have. The best feature of Remarkable 2 is how quiet it is, it doesn't do anything except for Book reading and note taking. No notifications, no messaging, no email, quiet tech.

What 'loud' tech did you see on the linked page? Everything was about reading and writing.

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Post by dahfizz »

m12k wrote: post #147
wraptile wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can turn these all off. Lack of features is not a feature imho - no mather how hard people try to sell this.

Twitter exists because you can't write long posts. Snapchat exists because you can't view past messages. Tinder exists because you can't just talk to anyone unless they are interested in you too. Limitations and missing "features" absolutely can be an asset to a platform.

To a platform, sure. Limiting what other people can do can shape how a social platform works.

For a piece of hardware, not so much.

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