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codl posted:not a kickstarter yet but http://www.morphkaos.com/ if you had color e-ink this would be reasonable b/c your power draw would be 0 except when you're changing the image but afaik all the current color e-ink tech is expensive and washed out and there's not a lot of work being done in the field because of tablets
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didnt sony demo color e-ink at ces like 5 years ago releasing a 100$ phone case that fits like one crap droid phone would be a p sony thing to do
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Nov 3, 2014 10:57
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yeah the argument used to be "who'd want to read from a lit screen for hours?", turns out it's a lot of people
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Nov 3, 2014 18:02
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also they severely underestimated just how willing people are to charge their devices every day.
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Nov 3, 2014 18:43
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theflyingexecutive posted:yeah the argument used to be "who'd want to read from a lit screen for hours?", turns out it's a lot of people turns out it's me
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Nov 3, 2014 22:31
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I got a kindle paper white and its backlit and it owns.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:33
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when e ink was starting to be a thing mobile LCDs had pixels largeenough to drive a truck through and ugly enough to melt the paint off as it went through
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Nov 3, 2014 22:42
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Shaggar posted:I got a kindle paper white and its backlit and it owns. frontlit.
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Nov 3, 2014 22:48
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oh yeah. w/e. its good
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Nov 3, 2014 22:49
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:when e ink was starting to be a thing mobile LCDs had pixels largeenough to drive a truck through and ugly enough to melt the paint off as it went through no they did not. the lcd readers around at the time of kindle introduction were about the same pixel density as the first kindles/early sony eink readers
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Nov 3, 2014 23:00
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Nintendo Kid posted:no they did not.
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Nov 3, 2014 23:39
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no they will not
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Nov 4, 2014 00:21
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will they or won't they?
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Bloody posted:no they will not
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Nov 4, 2014 01:55
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:when e ink was starting to be a thing mobile LCDs had pixels largeenough to drive a truck through and ugly enough to melt the paint off as it went through id care if this is true or not, I like this post
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Nov 4, 2014 06:12
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bucketmouse posted:didnt sony demo color e-ink at ces like 5 years ago afaik all the color e-ink screens look terrible and washed-out
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Nov 4, 2014 06:16
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when eink first came out, lcds were absolutely illegible in most amounts of sunlight. plus amazon was the first retailer to really amass publishers. also the first kindle predated good and cheap tablets by 3 years, so ebooks had been relegated to PC or phone reading
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Nov 4, 2014 06:17
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theflyingexecutive posted:when eink first came out, lcds were absolutely illegible in most amounts of sunlight. plus amazon was the first retailer to really amass publishers. also the first kindle predated good and cheap tablets by 3 years, so ebooks had been relegated to PC or phone reading nah there were plenty of readable in day light because they didnt need backlighting LCD readers out there. they also had suck battery life and were expensive, and all were tied to horrible stores and formats.
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Nov 4, 2014 06:25
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theflyingexecutive posted:when eink first came out, lcds were absolutely illegible in most amounts of sunlight. as opposed to today, when lcds are still almost illegible in most amounts of sunlight, and the ubiquity of glossy screens finishes the job lcd tablets didn't win because lcds became legible outdoors, they won because nobody reads outdoors anyway
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Soricidus posted:as opposed to today, when lcds are still almost illegible in most amounts of sunlight, and the ubiquity of glossy screens finishes the job butbutbut pixel qi!!! best of both worlds, color lcds with special transflective mono mode for outdoors!!! olpc derived tech will deliver us into a promised land of openness and free sores! (it wasnt the best of both worlds, also nobody reads outdoors)
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Nov 4, 2014 10:32
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Soricidus posted:lcd tablets didn't win because lcds became legible outdoors, they won because nobody reads outdoors anyway srsly. people are all "waaah i want something to read at the beach" and the only sensible answer to that is "if you're at the beach you should be too wet, too drunk, or too busy having fun with friends to read anyway. you don't deserve an ereader you goddamn nerd"
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Nov 4, 2014 10:44
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i prefer to read normal books. plus a nice book collection looks good on a shelf
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can't find it but maybe someone else can that skit where a woman puts a kindle on a bookshelf full of kindles .gif
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Nov 4, 2014 12:52
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Shaggar posted:I got a kindle paper white and its backlit and it owns. agreeing with shaggar. . . also got a nice waterproof case as I have one of those non stop water heaters and sometimes it's comfy to lay in the shower after cleaning and read for a bit.
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Sweevo posted:i prefer to read normal books. i have two kindle paperwhites and they're excellent, but i can't help preferring a real book if possible 
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Nov 4, 2014 14:24
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enotnert posted:agreeing with shaggar. . . also got a nice waterproof case as I have one of those non stop water heaters and sometimes it's comfy to lay in the shower after cleaning and read for a bit. is this u 
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enotnert posted:agreeing with shaggar. . . also got a nice waterproof case as I have one of those non stop water heaters and sometimes it's comfy to lay in the shower after cleaning and read for a bit. you don't need that. just stick it in a small zip loc bag and it'll be fine. if you're extra paranoid put it within a second bag.
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Nov 4, 2014 22:41
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-pokey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEvaRjMO2r0
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quadpus posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-pokey i'm almost tempted to do this, we can't lose this valuable part of internet culture also i'm going to say this is probably legit as they emailed the address they had on file from when i ordered the last POKEY THE PENGUIN! ! ! book.
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Nov 4, 2014 22:54
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quadpus posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-pokey
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Nov 4, 2014 23:26
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jam your fat fingers inside this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theendgame/the-endgame?ref=newest
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Nov 4, 2014 23:41
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BooLoo posted:jam your fat fingers inside this *nerd with bad haircut stands lit in blue and orange neon light* "what's your... endgame?!" now with double-stitched glove extraction tab system
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Nov 5, 2014 00:00
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I like how they admit in the video that they really serve no purpose but to look "cool"
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Nov 5, 2014 00:06
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BooLoo posted:jam your fat fingers inside this i dont get it whats the ponit
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Bloody posted:i dont get it ponit. plural form of poni
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BooLoo posted:I like how i liek how that too!!!
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BooLoo posted:jam your fat fingers inside this yeah, lets have the only 2 fingers i really dont want in a glove in the glove also get hosed cack handers
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