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heybart t1_jba6ekn wrote
Reply to comment by strangebutalsogood in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz
PC apps like Netflix aren't limited to 1080p?
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Reply to Warner Bros. Discovery Sees $2.1 Billion Loss in Q4 After Big Writedown; Ad Sales Tumble by Neo2199
1.2B in restructuring? Costs that much to fire people?
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Reply to comment by SlinkyAvenger in Hisense Hi Reader Pro is an Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display (pre-order 250$) by giuliomagnifico
I have a boox leaf 2. The ghosting is too distracting so i just end up using HD mode anyway
heybart t1_j2qet39 wrote
Reply to comment by aaanil in Hisense Hi Reader Pro is an Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display (pre-order 250$) by giuliomagnifico
It works reasonably well. There doesn't seem to be a way to turn off the page turn animation or header, though. About 15-20% of the screen is wasted
heybart t1_j2o2t7y wrote
Reply to Hisense Hi Reader Pro is an Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display (pre-order 250$) by giuliomagnifico
A phone with long battery life and outdoor visibility may seem like an attractive idea, but believe me it's going to be an exercise in frustration
I have an eink reader with Android. I only use it for reading books and apps like pocket or Libby, but it's still frustrating to use. 99.99999% of apps are not designed for a device that takes a second to do a full refresh of the screen. You can do partial refresh, or fast refresh but then the screen quickly becomes a mess. Entering password or search text is laggy and slow. I wouldn't want to do email or text with it. Like a dog walking on hind legs, the wonder is not that it's done well but that it's done at all
Also eink screens are very fragile, not like the gorilla glass screen on LCD and OLED. If you crack the screen it becomes completely unusable
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Reply to Amazon begins drone deliveries in California and Texas | Amazon Prime Air wants to deliver packages within 60 minutes. by chrisdh79
Yeah and tax payers get to foot the police bill for being Amazon's private security guards
heybart t1_j0vamcx wrote
I don't care how big the industry is, that is serious money. I'm sure it'll be appealed to death. Usually the govt slaps on some puny fine like 2M and the company just laughs it off as cost of doing business
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Reply to I’m Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of the novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, as well as the showrunner of its new attendant FX limited series. Ask away! by FX_Networks
Good morning 👋. I read your book and loved it. It's like Roth but minus the problematic vibes. My question: for some reasons I pictured the main chars as middle aged. Did you make them younger for the TV show or am I just wrong?
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Reply to Android phones offered early US quake warning, beating iPhones to the punch | Google's earthquake detection network turns Android phones into seismometers, and it paid off yesterday. by chrisdh79
I'm in SoCal. I usually have location turned off to save battery. Only turn on when an app needs it. I wonder if it'd warn me based on last known location or IP
heybart t1_isumdto wrote
I'll know it's realistic if the AI mom criticizes everything I do and uses my every screw up to put me and my dad's side of the family down.
heybart t1_jbazcc2 wrote
Reply to comment by AkirIkasu in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz
I used to use a PC hooked to my TV to play media, then the Android TV devices just got too competent for me to bother. Even a $20 Walmart Onn can play 4K blu ray remux from network drive at a fraction of power usage