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Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by doctorpangloss »

chfalck wrote: post #799
doctorpangloss wrote: post #793

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You should probably eliminate the "blue light free" claim. Per results on clinicaltrials.gov, blue light conclusively does not impact sleep outcomes. This is complex for a layperson to investigate, but you have to search for insomnia, sleep disorders, wakefulness during the day, and only studies with results. There are many uncompleted studies - it is typical for studies that have no chance of producing an interestin…

Only 15 people enrolled in the cited study

I know. There are basically no studies that were run to completion. This one was. Go ahead and look for yourself. However, this study proves that if the effect exists, it is pretty small, and probably placebo. Placebo effects are real. But they affect things like surveys. Actual sleep quality did not seem to change.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by thot_experiment »

freedomben wrote: post #723
mdp2021 wrote: post #580

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> One day I'll live my dream of vim in the forest grove That would be any Android tabled - supposedly E-Ink based - with Termux installed...

Yes, although to satisfy my dream of vim in the forest grove, that vim needs to be capable of opening and writing every (text) file on the filesystem, meaning it needs root

100% this, it's a computer let me compute.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by unshavedyak »

jimmysong wrote: post #776
unshavedyak wrote: post #721

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What's the experience like with using it as a Terminal coding app? I'm super interested in using this to SSH into a home machine and programming from this. How viable is that? Though even if the device works excellently for that, i'm not sure it would _feel_ good due to it not being a laptop. My wife's ipad pro for example is not nearly as comfy as my mac pro, due to the properly balanced weight of it all. Still, sup…

I've got JuiceSSH set up and use the device as a thin client. Coding is a little different since you don't get the terminal colors that you normally use for syntax highlighting. Still, it's functional, and I can do it, mostly using a bluetooth keyboard to do so.

Do you prop it up on your lap at all? If so how's it work for you? What do you use to achieve this?

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by cmcconomy »

smusamashah wrote: post #294
turtlebits wrote: post #281

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My kid has been using my remarkable 2 for almost 4 years. (Since they were early elementary school aged) It's still fine. Don't give kids devices if they can't be responsible to take care of them.

Can't tell all this to a very curious toddler.

out of curiosity, how tall is this child

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by andrewmutz »

DennisAleynikov wrote: post #803
andrewmutz wrote: post #740

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Can you use VS Code on it? Presumably using a remote back end like github codespaces?

Yes and you could use vscode.dev to edit local files as well Source: (I have been doing it all along on the daylight during development)

If I'm developing in a container, can you run containers on the device?

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Post by ohmyiv »

card_zero wrote: post #816
ohmyiv wrote: post #553

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Hmmm..the way you're arguing against makes it seem like you're being manipulated. Maybe you have an issue too? If you don't want to use it then don't. I'm not even sure why you're in here arguing against it. > People often believe that "other people can be persuaded, but not me. I’m the smart one. It’s only those other people over there that can’t control their thought." https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-bee…

> I'm not even sure why you're in here arguing against it. To recap, somebody mentioned addiction, to colors presumably, as a reason to prefer a monochrome display, and I thought that was ridiculous. So I said so. People didn't react well. I've read a little part of the article. I don't much like the giant tech and social media companies. However, when I come to phrases like this: > hijacking of the human mind > hook…

Yawn. You started off calling the use of greyscale "snobbery". Just because people use something you don't, doesn't make them snobs. Maybe if you were more open and honestly questioning, you wouldn't perceive "veiled insults", which I haven't noticed so far. Nice projection, buddy.

But, like I said, if you don't think it works, fine don't do. But when people explain why it works for them, don't diss them for using something that works.

Don't act like you're some perfect moral compass of everybody's experience. You started this thread with insults. And every comment you've made since includes them. Maybe grow up and accept that people like something _you've never tried before_.

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Post by seltzered_ »

RossBencina wrote: post #607
yosito wrote: post #524

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https://onyxboox.com/boox_mirapro

Good, but definitely not 60fps or ghosting free. Source: using one right now.

Modos is working on a 60fps e-ink monitor, no idea about ghosting improvements: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40423746 -> https://www.modos.tech/blog/modos-paper-monitor-pre-launch-o...

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by beacham »

alemanek wrote: post #303
boochiboo12 wrote: post #21

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

Adding an additional comment here for a little extra visibility. I would absolutely love, like really love, a USB-C portrait monitor version of this. If I could just plug this in to my existing laptop and use it for reading specs, technical docs, …etc that would be amazing. Android tablet is a tough sell for my employer due to compliance, security, and such. So buying one of those for work use would take like a year…

Add another +1 for me. Would buy it today.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Post by hbn »

bitcraft wrote: post #757

I might be a minority here, but I don't really consider the Android OS a feature I want. As a Remarkable 2 owner, I've come to really appreciate the long battery life and purpose built OS. There are no "app" distractions, and it has become an essential part of my daily work flow for note taking and e-book reading. I wish Daylight success, but at their price, its not a compelling offer for me.

Yeah I was surprised to see it ran Android after watching the trailer showing a lady doom-scrolling on her iPhone before accepting the warming comfort of using the Daylight. Another trailer showed happy contemporary hippies in the forest, or their modern workspace with more plants than walking space.

I figured it was a breath of fresh air from modern devices because it was simpler in its capabilities. But if it's running Android it seems like you'd just be doomscrolling in black and white.

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