• Hildegarde
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    4 years ago

    Hey comrade, I think your image broke. Maybe try posting again?

  • ZeBigDong
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    4 years ago

    laughs in oldschool ereader

    no wonder they didn’t want to pursue that technology, imagine sharing books for free…they try to sell ebooks for the same as a paperback. lmfao’ who wants some free ebook blogs?

    • pimento
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      4 years ago

      Or you can just use Library Genesis, they have millions of books.

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    I forget who linked to these details, but amazon makes stuff like this legally defensible by being ambiguous about ownership of a kindle book… IE when you buy a book, you’re only buying the ability to read / access it, not the book itself.

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    we must accelerate the movement towards FOSS software as well as CC content that can be republished infinitely … the profiteers know that post-scarcity is a threat to their power

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    4 years ago

    Something something ‘done away with’, something something ‘nine-tenths’.

  • chad1234
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    lol its best to get a pirated book. unless you get a printed one.

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    Right now I’m using an old rooted (and beat to hell) nook simple touch for reading a lot of theory. I’m hoping to upgrade to a Kobo one day once I can talk myself into spending the money.

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        I’ve always been a fan of the things pine is doing, my biggest want in an e-reader is battery longevity. If I can get a week or more in of pretty consistent reading I’d be really happy. The pine note definitely has a faster processor, which makes me think it wouldn’t last quite as long.

        But of course the openness of it would be a huge huge plus regardless.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          Yeah for sure, I think battery life is really the key aspect of an ereader as well. From what I’ve seen the screen is what tends to eat up the battery the most, a faster CPU doesn’t necessarily mean a lot of battery drain since it would generally just be idling anyways. And yeah, I’m a big fan of open hardware. Would be amazing if a viable ecosystem develops around that going forward.