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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This does not sound sustainable at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know what you mean, but I think private chat and public posting are quite distinct. They’d destroy a lot more trust if they sell private messages compared to what they did with Tumblr. Especially if they continue to push local bridges, where they won’t be able to read any message (you still have to trust them obviously).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s some news. If they’re good news we will see. I’m a Beeper user but never heard of Texts (stupid name) before, which seem to share the same misson as Beeper. Texts was purchased by Automattic last year (according to the Beeper blog).

  What does that mean? Automattic punches with some weight in the chat space now. In general I don’t like it if big companies buy small products. However Automattic still seems to bet on the Fediverse, so maybe if the teams from Beeper and Texts can work together on a Matrix-based, open source chat application, we could get something really good.

  I’ve mixed feelings about this whole thing, some shy optimizm, some less shy pessimism.

  Well, time will tell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts on BOOX Tab Ultra C?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t speak for the BOOX Tab Ultra C directly, but I’m interested in opinions on it, because I’m thinking about buying one as well.

  I have the BOOX Note Air though. Overall, I really like it. I use it to read books and learning material, do math exercises and occasionally to draw. I love that it’s smart (full Android, download any app) and dumb (slow, grayscale, don’t get distracted easily) at the same time.

  Technically you can use it for browsing the web, however I wouldn’t recommend it. It’ too slow if you want to hop between different sites. It’s only comfortable if you access a specific site to read on for a while. I hope the BOOX Tab Ultra C is faster (I mean it should), but if the web is one of your main use cases, I’d rather go for a proper tablet. Even if the ePaper screen is relatively fast, it’s still too slow to be fun. Since you’re already experienced using ePaper screen, I’m confident you can judge that for yourself though.

  My motivation to get an upgrade is mainly the Note Air quickly slows down when drawing anything semi-complex or above. I can recommend it for reading, taking notes and (limited) drawing. For anything else, I recommend a tablet instead.