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> these are all emissive technologies LCD doesn't have to be emissive. Black-and-white LCDs are most often not. It's unlikely but not impossible for there to be some breakthrough in colors LCDs
You mean like this? :P http://calculators.torensma.net/files/images/casio_cfx-9850g...
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And make sure the keyboard is a chording one, so you don't have to look while touch-typing, and you get: https://www.friedmanarchives.com/dataegg/
Similar device: https://www.stavros.io/posts/keyyyyyyyys/
I think that is like wearable computing input devices such as the Twiddler keyboard: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=twiddler2&iax=images&ia=ima... and the DataEgg was intended to hold notes inside it and be a standalone device.
Related, the classic MicroWriter AgendA which was a PDA with chording and normal keyboards from the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroWriter,_AgendA,_and_...
I think it should be possible to build that pattern into a multitouch web page on a tablet and take chording notes on a flat screen.
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Frankly no, it doesn’t re-flow them so the text will often be too small. Quite a massive oversight and no one really talks about it.
That's a legitimate criticism, and one reason I've held off buying one. I wonder how long it would take to get a screen size of 13.5" (about the same as US letter paper size, which is what most pdfs are formatted for).
Probably quite long. I remember a discussion here on HN a while ago where it was said e-ink displays are expensive since there's no economy of scale and there are only a few manufacturers. Now for larger displays the demand is even lower, so prices tend to be even steeper.
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> RM2 doesn't offer proper PDFs annotations This is true and I don't really mind that personally although having read up a bit more on the Supernote, the annotations it generates do seem much nicer. > it's actually a pretty good deal Pricing seems about the same really. Especially when you consider the bundle of table, folio, and pen together for each. I was disappointed to see that the standard Supernote pen does no…
> Pricing seems about the same really. Especially when you consider the bundle of table, folio, and pen together for each. Fair enough. On the other hand, the Supernote comes with more features than the RM2 and gets updates much more frequently, so one would have to price that in, too. > I was disappointed to see that the standard Supernote pen does not include an eraser and the LAMY pen which does lacks the ceramic…
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Yup. That was my main complaint with it, too. I wrote this package to add email uploads: https://github.com/remailable/remailable The rM is a delightful product to hack on.
Thanks for confirming. So for including support for reMarkable in HN to Kindle, All I need to do is host your project and ask for reMarkable device id from my users?
I also have a public free version hosted at https://remailable.getneutrality.org/ if you prefer not to run one yourself, which you and your users are welcome to use. (it's tricky if you haven't worked with AWS serverless tech previously!)
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>hand writing or drawing. A few weeks of practicing 10 minutes a day or so will give you good handwriting. A few weeks of a basic drawing course with a small amount of practice will give you decent enough skills to get your ideas down on paper. People naturally do the things they like to do. I actually enjoy the process of writing with fountain pens, calligraphy, taking notes, etc. Strangely, I also really enjoy the…
Any drawing courses you’d recommend?
Drawabox.com has some good free stuff too.
If you'd prefer books I think Andrew Loomis books might be public domain. Fun with a Pencil is a good one. If they aren't public domain you can get them for $10-15 on Amazon because they started reprinting them.
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is also a really good introduction to drawing. Don't let the title fool you though because its one of the best beginner's drawing books regardless of the genre.
Those are just examples though, there's tons and tons of great resources and everyone has their favorites.
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> I have even rediscovered the visceral pleasantness of writing by hand. A bit unrelated, but I’ve often wondered if I’m in the minority that hates writing by hand. Compared to typing, I’m much slower, and it looks terrible — I print in caps just so that it’s remotely legible. I avoid handwriting at all costs, and loath the few times it’s required.
You're not alone. I appreciate that some people enjoy hand-writing (the act itself, the ergonomics, and all the various bits of physical ephemera that accompany it-- pens, papers, etc) but for me typing's sheer efficiency and inherent machine-readability (not to mention being readable by other humans) wins every time.
My wiki entries range from little "cards" of a few short sentences to longer entries written while analyzing or designing something.
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Thanks for confirming. So for including support for reMarkable in HN to Kindle, All I need to do is host your project and ask for reMarkable device id from my users?
remailable works by associating their email with a device ID in its own db, so you don't even need to ask users for their device ID as long as you can send emails from a unique email addr. (I can explain more if helpful!) I also have a public free version hosted at https://remailable.getneutrality.org/ if you prefer not to run one yourself, which you and your users are welcome to use. (it's tricky if you haven't work…
I'm currently in the process of validating my project and if there's enough need for reMarkable support I'll definitely use your project with due credits + donation(If my project makes any money).
I'm always super intrigued by the reMarkable 2, but I think it's because it paints an image of the type of person I think it'd be cool to be, someone who can just write down notes and draw stuff with a really cool, slim device. Someone who carries around moleskines and uses them, instead of just buying so many of them in different shapes and leaving them in a drawer packed to the brim with notebooks. The problem keep…
I'd love a sketch book with layers and an undo button, but at the same time, I appreciate the simplicity and realness of a physical notebook. I can smoothe lines with my thumb, or use colouring pencils.
When I finish a notebook, I scan its pages. It takes about 15 minutes. I suspect I'd spend a lot more time building a system around a digital tablet.
I'm always super intrigued by the reMarkable 2, but I think it's because it paints an image of the type of person I think it'd be cool to be, someone who can just write down notes and draw stuff with a really cool, slim device. Someone who carries around moleskines and uses them, instead of just buying so many of them in different shapes and leaving them in a drawer packed to the brim with notebooks. The problem keep…
I'm actually using my moleskine quite a bit, but it's frustrating because everything is chronological, all mixed up. I'm not using it enough to justify having different ones for all activities. And when it's full and I get a new one I never have have my older one at hand, it stays at home. So this kind of tablet looks really nice... The reason I prefer to write on my moleskin rather than my laptop is because if I hav…
