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Post by lallysingh »

willlma wrote: post #320
lallysingh wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Polar and org feed into Anki. Readwise gets Kindle highlights, will try to get safari sync working.

Would love to hear more in general if you have time to go into more detail, but my main question is at what point do you convert highlights into question and answer or clozed deletion Anki cards and how do you reference the source on those Anki cards for when you want to go back and read more details from the original source? I guess that's two questions

Ah. I try to do the card creation while I'm taking the notes in the first place. I'm not sophisticated with clozed yet, just Front/Back for Anki right now. That works well both for org-anki and for polar bookshelf.

Readwise lets me make an annotation clozed while reviewing it, which is nice. It auto-converts highlights into questions.

I'm experimenting with different card types in org-anki, using yasnippets. That's a nice workflow. I need to look into auto-collapsing them after I'm done editing them.

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Post by kybernetikos »

beezle wrote: post #301
kybernetikos wrote: post #196

Judging by the technical specifications on https://remarkable.com/ it seems not to have a microsd card or much in the way of onboard storage. I wonder if the device can recognize a storage device attached to the usb-c port. The writing experience, battery life and hackability are very appealing to me, but it also looks like it's not as good a reading device as high end readers, where really good lighting and water re…

You won't find a high end reader (other than Sony?) that is in this size which is quite useful for those reading scientific papers, a bit blind, or who want to use it for sketch/art. It is only slightly larger than a typical hard cover.

I think my point for comparison is a moleskine or a paperback. Certainly different use cases.

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Post by tapia »

ObsoleteNerd wrote: post #277
tapia wrote: post #207

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The only thing that holds me from considering buying the remarkable is its size. If they would offer a 13 inch version, then I would consider doing that. Right now I am super happy with my sunny DPT-RP1.

What file format do the Sony's use? Is it cloud-based like the ReMarkable or can I manage the files myself locally and copy them over USB to my computer? I'd love to have an e-ink tablet for hand writing and sketching ideas, but I'm not crash hot on it all being locked in to some closed ecosystem.

You can access the filesystem of the DPT-RP1 via wifi, bluetooth or USB. There is a nice python library to do all that [1].

[1] https://github.com/janten/dpt-rp1-py

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Post by a-saleh »

fma wrote: post #237
a-saleh wrote: post #149

Damn! It is beautiful. If I were to become a manager, where my greatest contribution will be sending the best damn meeting-minutes I can, I am buying this. But I already have Onyx Boox for my note-scribbling-on-e-ink needs, and if push comes to shove, I can run termux from there :D

Which model of Onyx Boox do you have? Can you give a brief pro/con? I've never heard of the company but man their devices are tempting...

Pro:

- Scribbling with the pen is nice

- I works nice as an ebook-reader

- Don't have to think about synchronization, have dropbox, syncthing, e.t.c

- both Google Books and Kindle app works really fine, have my magazine subscription app there

- has bluetooth, used it with bluetooth keyboard, writing experience was decent, even with ~0.25 refresh rate

- using termux is gimicky but I like having my cli tools t hand

Cons:

- attempting to use any other apps is clunky

- stylus works well mostly just with the simple note app

- startup takes long

- is expensive

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Post by a-saleh »

eggie wrote: post #276
fma wrote: post #237

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Which model of Onyx Boox do you have? Can you give a brief pro/con? I've never heard of the company but man their devices are tempting...

The devices are conceptually great: just an android tablet with e-ink. The software is kind of low-quality. They're fun to use, and good for reducing eye strain while doing things that you'd typically do on a phone, laptop, or tablet, without limitations. But... the devices are absolutely the most fragile electronics I've touched in 20 years. I've had two break on me in as many months, babying them and being incredib…

damn! I am glad I didn't run into the hardware problems

Re: ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

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Post by a-saleh »

a-saleh wrote: post #324
fma wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which model of Onyx Boox do you have? Can you give a brief pro/con? I've never heard of the company but man their devices are tempting...

Pro: - Scribbling with the pen is nice - I works nice as an ebook-reader - Don't have to think about synchronization, have dropbox, syncthing, e.t.c - both Google Books and Kindle app works really fine, have my magazine subscription app there - has bluetooth, used it with bluetooth keyboard, writing experience was decent, even with ~0.25 refresh rate - using termux is gimicky but I like having my cli tools t hand Con…

Forgot to mention the model :)

I have 7.8 inch Onyx Boox Nova Pro

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