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Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by cies »

konradb wrote: post #26
Shank wrote: post #11

> For some reason every bluetooth keyboard I have tried so far glitches every so often and sends double or triple keys or occasionally the same key a couple dozen times with no way to stop it from happening. This would make the device unusable to me. I wonder if others have had the same issue? Fundamentally, I need typing to be reliable. I guess this probably doesn’t happen via USB keyboards?

I get this when using my Bose QC bluetooth headphones near my keyboard. Sometimes it doesn't happen much, sometimes it happens every half hour. It doesn't happen when I don't use the BT headphones. I wonder if this issue is something to do with interference or radio power or faulty bluetooth stacks.

bluetooth is a ghetto of a protocol. sad though, as the use case is well so damn useful.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22904442

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by cies »

sneak wrote: post #17

Every time I read something like this it strikes me as so incredibly odd that people are into sunlight. For me, direct sunlight is a 100% negative experience. It’s physically dangerous to skin, generally unhealthy if you aren’t Vitamin D deficient, extremely bright, causes wild temperature flux throughout normal working hours, etc. I have spent a lot of time and a fair bit of money making sure natural sunlight never…

You do not have to be in direct sunlight to be in a place with that's sun lit.

Say I'm on my porch with a bright sun lit background, but not in the sun myself. I'd love to work there, but I cannot read my screen.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by world2vec »

sneak wrote: post #17

Every time I read something like this it strikes me as so incredibly odd that people are into sunlight. For me, direct sunlight is a 100% negative experience. It’s physically dangerous to skin, generally unhealthy if you aren’t Vitamin D deficient, extremely bright, causes wild temperature flux throughout normal working hours, etc. I have spent a lot of time and a fair bit of money making sure natural sunlight never…

Funny, I am exactly the opposite of you and find your post absolutely alien.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by cies »

smusamashah wrote: post #28
sneak wrote: post #17

Every time I read something like this it strikes me as so incredibly odd that people are into sunlight. For me, direct sunlight is a 100% negative experience. It’s physically dangerous to skin, generally unhealthy if you aren’t Vitamin D deficient, extremely bright, causes wild temperature flux throughout normal working hours, etc. I have spent a lot of time and a fair bit of money making sure natural sunlight never…

Do you have anything as a backup to say its physically dangerous and generally unhealthy?

It's only unhealthy when the (1) the sun is out (no clouds), (2) the "shadows are short" (sun over 45° angle), (2) there's no (semi-)cover, and (3) you are in there already over ~15min for that day (this is different per skin type and tan-level).

Below that it's very healthy.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by Tepix »

sneak wrote: post #17

Every time I read something like this it strikes me as so incredibly odd that people are into sunlight. For me, direct sunlight is a 100% negative experience. It’s physically dangerous to skin, generally unhealthy if you aren’t Vitamin D deficient, extremely bright, causes wild temperature flux throughout normal working hours, etc. I have spent a lot of time and a fair bit of money making sure natural sunlight never…

I think you're misinformed. Sunlight has way more benefits than drawbacks.

See https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5129901/

Just feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin is a delight, it's also delightful to be outside (even if perhaps in a shadow or half-shadow) and read something.

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Post by noduerme »

ikari_pl wrote: post #13

It reassures me that going with an Onyx Boox Tab Pro was the better choice. Full e-ink, not e-Paper, but still can switch to a mode where you could, if you want, watch a movie. Backlight is not crazy orange, it's what you want (warmth controlled separately from brightness). Ignores hand when you use the stylus, or at least, uses hands gestures for different things than the stylus and I never had the issue. Bluetooth…

I love my Boox (nova C color). Draw on it, write hundreds of pages of journals on it longhand, read essays, newspapers and comics and books on it daily. For the past couple years. I gave up other tablets once I got it.

What it is NOT good at is doom scrolling, social media, or video. The format and refresh rate actively discourage that... and also, the battery may go all day with wifi off, but it drains pretty quickly once you're online. It is definitely an offline device, with the full range of Android functionality (and amazing offline handwriting recognition).

I take it out to read and write for hours every evening, and don't carry anything else. Bar none the best device I've ever owned for mixing creative and literary pursuits and turning my back on the shittified internet.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by noduerme »

partdavid wrote: post #30
Seattle3503 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked at Boox devices, but they lag Android versions to the point where it becomes a security concern.

My Boox is pretty crap. My use case is Libby for library books and the display refreshing and other things make it almost unusable. Feels super cheap, unsupported.

Wow. This is so different from my experience with my Boox. I like the add ons they made to improve the Android UI for e-ink purposes, and every weekly update makes it better. Feels extremely well supported to me.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by carlosjobim »

sneak wrote: post #17

Every time I read something like this it strikes me as so incredibly odd that people are into sunlight. For me, direct sunlight is a 100% negative experience. It’s physically dangerous to skin, generally unhealthy if you aren’t Vitamin D deficient, extremely bright, causes wild temperature flux throughout normal working hours, etc. I have spent a lot of time and a fair bit of money making sure natural sunlight never…

It's not about sitting directly in the sun, it's about sitting in well-lit, open environments. Normal laptop screens cannot handle that very well, and they cannot handle direct sunlight at all.

The ideal application for this technology is in a smart phone. That's the device that people use most out doors.

Also don't forget that there are a lot of people who work outdoors and need to check things and write things down when they're in the field.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by AlanYx »

One thing about the DC-1 that this piece doesn't mention is the graininess of the display. It's not resolution-related... on a pure white background the display looks slightly speckled, like it has some film grain. I find this impairs readability of small text. (Matte and nano texture displays on many devices often have some degree of graininess on pure white, but it's more prominent on the DC-1 than I'm used to.) Perhaps it's related to the Wacom layer rather than the RLCD tech itself, I'm not sure.

Re: Thoughts on Daylight Computer

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Post by fifticon »

ikari_pl wrote: post #13

It reassures me that going with an Onyx Boox Tab Pro was the better choice. Full e-ink, not e-Paper, but still can switch to a mode where you could, if you want, watch a movie. Backlight is not crazy orange, it's what you want (warmth controlled separately from brightness). Ignores hand when you use the stylus, or at least, uses hands gestures for different things than the stylus and I never had the issue. Bluetooth…

I for one would love crazy orange :-) There are, almost, dozens of us!
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