I’m looking for an eReader that doesn’t lock me into a particular ecosystem or format. Ideally I came just copy files over to it and have them work....
I recently bought a used Kobo Clara HD and installed koreader on it. So far everything works perfectly. I haven't really tested to see if using koreader drains the battery much faster, but I really only read at home so I'm always near a charger.
I use Calibre to manage all of my ebook files and with koreader have it set up so I can transfer books to my ereader wirelessly.
The newer version of the Clara HD is the Clara 2E, but unless it has improved there have been a lot of users reporting freezes and crashes when trying to use koreader.
Also koreader is not the same as installing a custom ROM on a phone. When you install the custom ROM every time you reboot your phone it automatically launches the custom ROM you installed. With koreader the stock software is still there and if you reboot your ereader you have to click on the koreader book again to launch koreader. But I rarely reboot my device.
The mobileread forums are a good resource for koreader and other ebooks stuff. That is where the devloper of calibre, kovidgoyal, posts and where the developers for koreader post. You can find installation instructions as well as all the files you need over there.
Sometimes I'll listen in on police radios and you will hear officers sigh like, "Damn, not this shit again" cause they recognize the address they are being sent to for a call and remember the guy from just a few prior meetings.
And now these cops are being sent to the same couple over 40 times and are like, "Oh ummm gee, I wonder who these people could be".
I honestly think the real reason is that most of these cops want these calls to be true, because they get sold on the idea that being a cop is cool and about fighting crime when 90% of the job is super boring.
The worst part of the redesign is how slow it feels. I also noticed how cluttered everything looks on the redesign. The buttons below the titles are unnecessarily big. The multicolored flairs are very distracting. Some flairs are basically an entire sentence long, others have emojis. It makes reading the post titles extremely difficult.
When they said Reddit has 2000 employees I was shocked. what could they possibly do onto a website that is basically run by users (and sysadmins) and that is basically feature-wise mature? I really can’t figure out 2000 people working every day on Reddit… on what? just for a quick comparison, the whole IAmA was run by a...
I believe another part of it is that companies that get venture capital money are also encouraged to hire more employees, because VC's care about growth.
If you are a company relying on the support of venture capital and you aren't hiring people to grow the fastest, then the VC might decide to just fund your competitor instead.
To the point about having separate map pools for competitive and community made maps, I wish Valve would implement a non-competitive 5v5 queue with all community made maps. Maybe rotate them out every year with the MapCore winners, or keep 1 to 2 favorites.
I tried Squabbles and got so confused. Took me forever to realize that the post was on the left column and the replies were on the right column. I stupidly thought Squabbles was combining Twitter and Reddit and thought the two columns were completely independent from one another. It makes sense to me now, but my simple brain likes this layout.
I hate how normal large vehicles like trucks and SUVs have become here in the US. Especially because 90% of people who buy them don't actually need them. I see so many big stupid vehicles all over the place with a single person just going to the grocery store.
If "sticky navbar" is turned off the subscriptions box disappears out of view if you scroll too far down. I noticed on version 0.3 if I changed -
position: on line 85 from "absolute" to "fixed"
top: on line 86 from "100%" to "9.5%" (9.5% didn't overlap with header and was aligned nicely across the top)
max-height: on line 89 from "100vh" to "90vh" - "95vh" (I use 93vh) then the sidebar stays fixed as you scroll.
then the sidebar stays fixed in place as you scroll, even with sticky-navbar turned off.
The only thing I don't like is that with the fixed sidebar it will overlap the footer at the bottom. I'm not sure how to make it not overlap, I literally just started googling this userscript stuff like 45 minutes ago. I'm guessing making the z-value of the footer a higher priority then the sidebar would make the sidebar scroll beneath the footer, but I don't know.
The left side of the plate looks like beef stew. I'd probably look like an idiot sitting there staring at the plate for an hour because I wouldn't want to break it and mess it all up.
Reddit in particular has very little besides it's massive numbers to actually keep users on their platform. I don't use Twitter or Facebook anymore, but at least with those platforms there would be specific celebrity accounts or friends and family that would provide a reason to stay.
Because reddit was so focused on anonymity, you didn't need the "celebrity" accounts to move platforms to make the alternatives feel viable. Even with just a small portion of users moving here it feels completely natural.
Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside....
I'm fine with there not being an exact replacement for Reddit.
"The alternatives will never be as big as Reddit" As if reddit having that many users is a good thing, the majority probably never comment, just scroll through on mobile looking at gifs, pics, short videos. And if they do comment it's the most cringe inducing, asinine attempt at being funny. Oh the 7 billionth reference to The Office. A Simpsons reference? Wow! A pun? How funny? Reddit's huge size is a negative, not a positive.
"But the post with useful information to answer your questions" -
Yeah, there are useful comments or threads, but in all honesty a lot of useful advice on Reddit only seems useful because of how oddly specific it is.
Post showing car veering off the highway and rolling over into the grass. And the top comment will be like, "Little known fact, but I actually used to work as a highway planner for my state and all highways in the US have little markers with unique numbers on them every 50 feet. The markers have a little dot that align with the position of the sun or brightest star. If you go to the marker, turn on the spot 3 times while staring at the sun, then divide by the square root of the highway number you are on, you can get the exact coordinates of your location"
I found how to get the top bar to show similar how RES had it, but is there a way to have it only show subscribed mags or choose which ones I want to show? Right now it just shows random mags I'm not subbed to.
Apple's decision to make the best product they possibly could without regards to price, battery life, or weight makes a lot of sense when you consider that Apple is probably trying to reach a segment of the market that sees VR and AR headsets as gimmicky gaming devices you play simple arcade style games on.
What I'll be interested to see is if the Vision Pro or future iterations will actually be the product to get a majority of people to start using headsets for AR or VR. My fear is that a VR headset works for gaming because deciding to sit down and play a game is a very deliberate decision, but would I make the same deliberate decision to wear a headset just for a video call or to watch a movie?
If I had billions of dollars, but could only choose 1 device I'd probably choose the Valve Index over the Apple Vision Pro, just because I see VR gaming as something that can't be replaced by non-VR equivalents, where the stuff the Vision Pro focuses on all have suitable non-VR and non-AR replacements.
eReader recommendations?
I’m looking for an eReader that doesn’t lock me into a particular ecosystem or format. Ideally I came just copy files over to it and have them work....
The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting' (www.nbcnews.com)
Advances in technology allow prank callers to mask their voice, phone number or IP address, or make their false 911 calls sound more credible....
Reddit is not so fun anymore, RIP RIF (lemmy.world)
The official app is hot garbage
On a whim I decided to give the official app a try because a lot of people will be forced to use it, if they decide to stay on Reddit....
Anyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lol (lemmy.world)
PSA: Upvote is not an upvote like you are used to (like Reddit) - "Boost" is the Reddit Upvote
Like the title says, if you want to upvote something on KBin, you should use the Boost link, not the upvote button (Why? Don't know...)...
What are 2000 employees doing at Reddit?
When they said Reddit has 2000 employees I was shocked. what could they possibly do onto a website that is basically run by users (and sysadmins) and that is basically feature-wise mature? I really can’t figure out 2000 people working every day on Reddit… on what? just for a quick comparison, the whole IAmA was run by a...
You can have any superpower, but the first person to reply chooses a side effect
self-explanatory!!
Why CSGO's Wingman is the Best 2v2 Gamemode Out There - Penguin (www.youtube.com)
Complexity welcomes Elige! (twitter.com)
I made the mistake of checking Reddit (using my last few days of Apollo) and came across a complaint about Lemmy that flabbergasted me (lemmy.world)
Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?...
Ford CEO says Tesla's Cybertruck is only for 'Silicon Valley people' and he's not threatened by it: 'I make trucks for real people who do real work' (www.businessinsider.com)
Ford's CEO said Tesla's Cybertruck is for "Silicon Valley people" not "real people who do real work."...
OC Floating Subs List - a collapsible subscriptions panel with search, sorting, and magazine pinning (greasyfork.org)
https://i.imgur.com/va0ph9d.png...
Andrew Tate indicted and will face trial on rape, human trafficking charges in Romania (www.msn.com)
Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users (www.techdirt.com)
Dam-style Curry in Suwon, Korea (feddit.de)
Twitter Runs Ads for Disney, Microsoft, NBA Alongside Neo-Nazi Videos (gizmodo.com)
Ads from household-name brands and nonprofits are appearing beside clips of a film blaming Jews for causing World War II.
Home baked NYC style personal pizza (lemmy.world)
I finally nailed the crust bubbles...
Reddit CEO slams protesters, calls them “landed gentry” (www.nbcnews.com)
Canadian Grand Prix Race Weekend Thread
Welcome...
Multiple reddit alternatives
Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside....
Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark (www.pcmag.com)
Trump’s Indictment Is Worse Than You Think It Is (www.nationalreview.com)
Come and see why the former president is nailed dead to rights.
John Gruber's first impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS (daringfireball.net)
"I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park…"