The fact that we still call it "jail breaking" is kind of insane. We bought this hardware, "using it however we like" is literally how ownership works.
Jailbroke my Kindle to use it as an e-ink monitor
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Writing a quick Github gist, sorry haha, I'll post a link here in a few minutes. Edit: https://gist.github.com/adtac/eb639d3c707b55a28f0ee9a420aa7e...
Ok, we've changed the URL above to that one from https://twitter.com/adtac_/status/1820127470613622950 , which it includes.
The twitter thread has the demo, which is pretty neat. Github link is lacking that (maybe the author can add the demo to that).
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143779
The good news, maybe, is that "E-Paper" (transflective LCD displays), capable of much higher refresh rates (60 -- 180 Hz), though with greater power draw and lacking E-Ink (electrophoretic) display's persistence, but otherwise sharing bright-light / daylit visibility, are starting to appear. What I've seen of E-Paper displays isn't especially encouraging on the cost front, as similarly-sized displays seem to have rou…
Transflectve LCDs can't compete against Eink on contrast. They are inherently compromised on light transmission because of the polarizers and the modern desire for [back|front]light support.
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#65Duplicate? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41155177
Merged hither.
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#66The fact that we still call it "jail breaking" is kind of insane. We bought this hardware, "using it however we like" is literally how ownership works.
That's certainly how it should work, but how it should be and how it is are not the same thing. There's a reason we're fighting for Right to Repair laws.
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#67Why jailbreak? Just use internal kindle browser to stream screenshots of your desktop.
That would indeed be much simpler! I'm skeptical that the browser is powerful enough to handle a usable frame rate since every frame would have to go from the network -> DOM -> browser app memory -> frame buffer. The browser can barely keep up with the Kindle store / Goodreads, but it'd be nice to be proven otherwise since it'd make it much easier to get this working ootb on brand new Kindles.
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#68This would be far more interesting if you shared how, and did it on a platform that wasn't meant for short form content.
Writing a quick Github gist, sorry haha, I'll post a link here in a few minutes. Edit: https://gist.github.com/adtac/eb639d3c707b55a28f0ee9a420aa7e...
Here's a direct MP4:
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1820127349548982272/vi...
You could probably direct link it in markdown to embed it, although i'm not sure if Twitter will serve it on a high-traffic gist like this one after a while (I imagine there's some sort of rate limit-based hotlink protection).
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#70Best RickRoll ever!
It looks like the entire purpose of the project was to turn "Never Gonna Give You Up" into "Take On Me" in the most indirect and random way possible.