NoRamyunForYou

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NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah, essentially.

Obviously made by different companies, Kindle - Amazon, Kobo - Rakuten (A Japanese multinational).

When I was doing my research on what to buy, I was weighing up between the Kindle Paperwhite vs Kobo Clara 2e.

I think most people say that the Kindle has a better selection of books available in their store (though I’ve only had one book I couldn’t find for the Kobo, but I solved that issue by purchasing it while in a different region), and the Kindle is Larger. The Kindle also has a top screen layer than makes it flush with the body.

In the end I went into a physical store to have a look at both of them, and went with the kobo, mainly due to how I preferred the smaller size.

edit - oh and just remembered as I read another comment in this thread, Kobo is compatible with Libby, which is what is used to “borrow” ebooks from your local library (I believe in most places around the world?, not too sure on that), while Kindle is not. Though I havent used it yet, as when I went looking for a few books I wanted to read, they had already been checked out by other users, and there was a waiting list for them.

NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah, though I haven’t used it yet, it’s good to know it’s right there when I want it.

NoRamyunForYou,

I go through spurts of reading, and I had been putting off ebooks because I like to own the physical books and have them fill up a shelf etc.

I recently got a Kobo and it’s been amazing. Definitely been reading more, and as others have mentioned, it’s so great when travelling. I’ve got a little camera sling bag that I carry when travelling, and it just manages to fit in there so I can have a quick read when I’m waiting for something/got some down time etc.

NoRamyunForYou,

Is failure in SSD’s more common than HDD’s? Ideally I’d want to use it as my “offline” storage option, using it instead of my current external HDD that I use.

NoRamyunForYou,

Now I’m seeing that they have portable oscilloscopes! Amazing lol. I was thinking about getting a cheapo bench oscilloscope even though ni strictly don’t need one at the moment, now I realise it’s more attainable than I had thought.

NoRamyunForYou,

I like doing hobby electronic stuff in my spare time (real beginner at it as well) and for some reason did a deep dive of DMM’s (Digital multimeter), and now I really want to get one (even though I don’t need another one atm) lol.

NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah that’s the one.

For my usecase, it’s mostly been checking that Voltages and Currents align with what I expect them to be, checking components to see if they are what I think they are (e.g., Resistance of resistors, whether Diodes are faulty or not), checking whether two points are connected, checking whether signals into and out of microcontrollers are as expected etc,. Things like that off the top of my head. Though I’m probably only scratching at the surface of what they can be used for.

Doing a bit of a deep dive into some forums, it seems that paying more will get you better accuracy, but the more important thing is that the real cheap ones most likely don’t come with a lot of protection, which is okay for when your looking at 5v type stuff, but if you want to look at anything to do with Mains voltage etc, comes into play.

NoRamyunForYou,

I’ve actually been thinking more and more recently around setting up a local backup (Nas?) But haven’t really done much research and the more I think about it, I wonder what I have to really backup (other than my photos which are stored on an external hard drive and online).

Just before I read this, I actually saw a nice setup using a rpi5 and some SSD’s. Is using a rpi a good way to go about something like this?

NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah - I’d only seen a post on his Instagram at the time, but starting watching the Youtube video today whilst prepping for dinner lol. Havent yet finished the video though.

Do you have any recommendations as to what you might look at?

NoRamyunForYou,

Let’s call it 9 years away from next year

NoRamyunForYou,

It feels like there’s a lot more positive stories coming out about fusion lately :)

NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah, Im a relatively recent convert to the reverse sear world, and it’s been getting me really consistently great results so far. As said, quite easy to get the doneness exact. Does take a bit of time though, so you do have to plan it ahead somewhat.

NoRamyunForYou,

Oh haha! When I was writing down Mastodon, I had a feeling you were going to say they were compatible with eachother haha.

That’s interesting how they can interact with eacother etc. Have you tried Kbin? if so, hows that experience?

NoRamyunForYou,

If a group were to go and fork it, and start developing independent from the original devs, they would still be able to interact with Lemmy right? (unless they can block eachtother?), but if any existing communities wanted to move over, they would basically have to start again from scratch because the fork isn’t Lemmy anymore

edit: or is every server/instance a fork?

NoRamyunForYou,

Thank you for all that detail!

That’s really interesting around the blurriness with Open Source Projects. I feel a heck of a lot more educated around this federation stuff now 😂

Thank you for answering all my questions over the last couple of days - I’ll let you enjoy your long weekend now lol.

NoRamyunForYou,

I’ll keep that in mind it I have any questions in the future.

I really enjoy hearing about these types of things

NoRamyunForYou,

Thanks for that :)

NoRamyunForYou,

I understand that Lemmy is Open Source, but are those “dick” devs something to be concerned about?

NoRamyunForYou,

Admittedly I’ve only read one article on it and nothing further, but how does a near 40 deg jump even happen. It’s honestly gone straight past mind boggling and I can’t really fathom it, if that makes sense.

NoRamyunForYou,

Yeah, got caught out by that time frame.

I like to think I’m quite concious of the environment and try to make frequent decisions during day to day life to “minimize” my impact, but in the back of my mind, I always had the “at least it shouldn’t get truly terrifying anytime in my useful life time” as sort of a coping mechanism to all the doom and gloom. Now I’m not so sure of that lol.

NoRamyunForYou,

I wonder what the timeframe were talking of here. As in, was it a heatwave for a day, month, etc.

Regardless, it’s quite amazingly shocking. They should use that number as part of some campaign, it’s that shocking.

NoRamyunForYou,

Honestly I really despise the whole Fuel Flow Limit thing, along with having tyres that have to be nursed too much I feel.

NoRamyunForYou,

Can’t argue with safety.

I wonder what would be the solution/ combination not solutions to give rise to races where drivers have to/ are able to push alot more for alot longer.

NoRamyunForYou,

Interesting. Genuine question, what are the main reasons for limiting the power? Is it due to safety?, managing costs? Theoretically, with so few engines allowed per season now, wouldnt it curb alot of the stuff that was happening with insane qualifying trims in the 80’s as an example?

NoRamyunForYou,

Both needing repairs? Imagine we don’t have Williams in China.

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