Earlier quoted context omitted.
Light is light, except for the intensity and wavelength. I'm not sure why you're so set on this obviously inaccurate thing and are now moving the goalposts to stuff about retinas and what the meaning of 'intrinsic' is. All I'm saying is both light and especially the perception of it are fairly complicated. You can just read up on it like everyone else instead of building a weird messageboard logic hill fort.
Yet you fail to point out the inaccuracies... I'm not moving the goal posts, I'm just clarifying where they were to begin with. You pushed them as far as you could within the wording of my original message, instead of taking the "strongest plausible interpretation" of my original message.
E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
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#72I would LOVE if E-Ink monitors became a thing. Spending all day indoors sucks. I'd love to be able to work outside in the sun for an hour or two.
I work outdoors every day when it’s warm enough, from a hammock. I use a 13” MBP. As long as you’re in the shade it’s great. Polarized sunglasses help as well, and I have a color scheme for my terminal that’s dark-on-light that I switch to when it’s bright.
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#73I would LOVE if E-Ink monitors became a thing. Spending all day indoors sucks. I'd love to be able to work outside in the sun for an hour or two.
https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/tablets/windows-tablets/yoga-bo...
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have used both LCD and OLED smartphone displays at incredibly low brightness in pitch black rooms for a long time, and I have to completely disagree. On the other hand, E-Ink is amazing in sunlight, where smartphone displays can't get sufficiently bright.
Which smartphone displays can you set to 'incredibly low brightness'? all iPhones and Androids I've used are like bright flashlights when the lights are switched off.
That said, I don't think reading in poor lighting conditions is a good idea for your eyes, no matter the technology.
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#75Looking forward to installing emacs on http://fread.ink once that's possible.
Is that project still alive? I don't see any activity in the past few months.
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#76I would give up my code colouring for an e-ink monitor for coding. Such a delightful possible future here.
base16-grayscale-dark
base16-grayscale-light
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#77ghosting and a lower resolution needed to have a better refresh rate, kills a lot of the charm.
imho, they can work but on a pretty niche way, but I wouldn't buy one just to use it as a display.
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#78I posted to ask last year asking why mid size and larger E-ink devices were so expensive relative to 6inch readers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15787026 might be of interested to some.
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#79If the maximum size is 13.3" as shown here, then no... they are not ready for prime time. That is big for a tablet or e-reader, but small for a laptop, and tiny for something called a monitor (outside of a colo).
Re: E-Ink Monitors: Ready for Prime Time?
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have used both LCD and OLED smartphone displays at incredibly low brightness in pitch black rooms for a long time, and I have to completely disagree. On the other hand, E-Ink is amazing in sunlight, where smartphone displays can't get sufficiently bright.
Which smartphone displays can you set to 'incredibly low brightness'? all iPhones and Androids I've used are like bright flashlights when the lights are switched off.