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Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by rossvor »

Sir_Substance wrote: post #177
rossvor wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't need a paypal account to pay by credit card via paypal. Select "Pay by Debit or Credit Card" when it asks you to login to paypal.

That option is enabled or disabled by the user. Pine has (still) not enabled it: https://i.imgur.com/Y1OhCkX.png In case anyone from pine is watching, here's the doc on how to do it: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payment... It's like....5 clicks.

Interesting, it's enabled for me -- that's how I bought it -- without creating an account. Maybe this feature is perhaps region locked somehow? I'm in UK.

EDIT: it is indeed gated by some vague heuristics[1].

>Buyers don't always have the option to complete their purchases without using or creating a PayPal account. This option is presented based on several risk factors, including but not limited to the buyer's PayPal purchase history, PayPal cookies stored on the buyer's computer, the buyer's location, or a credit assessment.

[1] https://www.paypal.com/uk/smarthelp/article/how-do-i-accept-...

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by Sir_Substance »

rossvor wrote: post #191
Sir_Substance wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That option is enabled or disabled by the user. Pine has (still) not enabled it: https://i.imgur.com/Y1OhCkX.png In case anyone from pine is watching, here's the doc on how to do it: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/integration/direct/payment... It's like....5 clicks.

Interesting, it's enabled for me -- that's how I bought it -- without creating an account. Maybe this feature is perhaps region locked somehow? I'm in UK. EDIT: it is indeed gated by some vague heuristics[1]. >Buyers don't always have the option to complete their purchases without using or creating a PayPal account. This option is presented based on several risk factors, including but not limited to the buyer's PayPa…

>PayPal cookies stored on the buyer's computer

That's probably why. I use addons that autodelete cookies as soon as I leave webpages because no one has the luxury of pretending they don't know how badly cookies are abused at this point.

I guess the inevitable next step was for companies that abuse cookies to start punishing people for refusing to take their shit.

I reiterate: paypal is a shit company. Pine, please provide an alternative.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by pengaru »

ricecake wrote: post #161
pengaru wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I purchased directly from their web store, not via a forum group buy or other means. They have my contact information, and I have not received a single peep to inform me on the status of my purchase. Just radio silence. If I'm expected to go root out some forum thread to monitor progress on things I purchase from the pine64 store, that's worth noting here to inform everyone's expectations.

You said they didn't give a shipping update. They did. Doesn't matter if you don't like they way that they did so.

They didn't give me a shipping update.

They could post a shipping update on the wall of their local laundromat for all the good that did me when I'm not monitoring their message forums.

If not for this thread, I'd still be operating in the dark having basically forgotten I even bought the thing. I appreciate your comment pointing me at the forum, pine64 should have emailed that link to everyone who ordered one in the affected time period.

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by wltprgm »

gorgoiler wrote: post #129

The further I get with computers the less I need. I’ve been teaching computer graphics using a 160 x 48 pixel display rendering Unicode Braille dots. It’s absolutely enough for: - random colored text - line drawing fun - circles - z buffers - convex hulls - ray tracing spheres (Checkerboards are too noisy though, and no Newell teapots. Alas, if only my browser supported PBM, the graphics format of winners.) So yeah,…

May I know what's that 160 x 48 display and processor you are using to teach?

I am interested to learn low level stuff like CPU assembly, operating system and VGA, VBE, linear frame buffering graphics. I want to see how far I can go with low end x86, arm, misp, and fpga devices

Re: Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard

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Post by igorbark »

julianlam wrote: post #162
igorbark wrote: post #112

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the mild sexism wasn't necessary

What mild sexism? I want a tablet that my wife will use to browse the web and watch videos, and she will be evaluating it's fitness for her daily use. It's literally exactly what I said.

sorry for assuming & the curt reply.

"the wife test" is a common turn of phrase relying on/reinforcing the stereotype of women as non-technical and men as technical. it's not really clear in your original post that you are literally referring to your wife's opinion of the device vs simply invoking the sexist phrase to describe the device's user friendliness for non-hackers. i hope you can see how i took it the wrong way, though i still apologize for jumping to conclusions

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