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Alright, I really need to read Dr. Slump now.

seam_carveron New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip

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seam_carveron New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip

M3 MBP will also get 2 display support when the lid is closed in a macOS update.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/04/14-inch-m3-macbook-pro-multi-...

seam_carveron New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip

The m3 mbp is getting macos update to match MBA m3 display support, so you'll get 2 external displays with lid closed too.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/04/14-inch-m3-macbook-pro-multi-...

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

Typically apps from fdroid have really simple ui that look good on eink

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

I uploaded a quick camera test, let me know what you think.

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

I uploaded a quick camera test, let me know what you think.

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

As background information I used the slowest clear mode in the beginning of the video for Kindle/Koreader. I used a faster mode for the rest of the video. There’s also a speed mode intended for video but ghosting is really apparent on speed mode. The mode is set per-app.

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

I absolutely love it compared to my current iPhone. Super comfortable eink display that looks like paper. Messenger works great with a monochrome theme. And great battery too since screen doesn't emit light. Love using it for reading, especially right before bed. If you want to learn more check out the r/eink subreddit.

Good call, when I upload my camera test video I'll include a small section of viewing the photos taken as well on the eink screen. But for still photos it will look pretty similar to how b&w mode looks like on normal phones.

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

It’s not a great camera. Worse than my iPhone 8. Maybe somewhere around my iPhone 4 or 5S quality. So it's usable. I can upload a video later.

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

Out of curiosity which part of the video makes you think the lag is unacceptable? It’s more like a low refresh rate. Sure scrolling is a bit slow so it’s much better to fixed length “page turn” with the volume buttons instead but I’ve really gotten used to it. If you are talking about me missing the tap zones on the touchscreen to scroll that’s user error :P

seam_carveron Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard

I recorded a video of another e ink phone running many common Android apps really well (in direct sunlight)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvO9ScTdwz8

It's the Hisense A9 with a beautiful and fast Carta 1200 e ink display. It's very capable, I would have preferred a phone more like that instead. It's biggest drawback is terrible USA cell reception. This company was initially going to make a phone like this but apparently keyboards were much more popular in polls.

seam_carveron How iTunes Is Changing on PC

Me with the old version of itunes that has an app store

seam_carveron How iTunes Is Changing on PC

Overcast had the exclusive feature to make all voices the same volume. It's really nice sounding once you use it.

seam_carveron GitHub Actions: M1 macOS runner available to open source

It's tricky building universal pyinstaller apps if any of your dependencies aren't all universal.

seam_carveron Dance mat-style game helps stop older people falling

Dance central spotlight for Xbox one

Nike kinect training for Xbox 360

Stepmania for pc

seam_carveron A practical guide to quitting your smartphone

I load EPUBs via the Kindle app or KOREADER. Typically download them from browser.

seam_carveron Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone

Email with outlook is fine. I imagine slack is also fine.

seam_carveron Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone

It's really not the same. Eink is a completely different screen technology that physically moves ink particles around. The screen doesn't emit light, only reflects ambient light like paper.

seam_carveron Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone

Works fine, this has the fastest eink screen available.

seam_carveron A practical guide to quitting your smartphone

I have an e ink smartphone, specifically a Hisense A9. It has the same screen as a Kindle. It is wonderful for productive stuff like reading, messaging is passable, and videos are pretty much unusable. It's wonderful, I've read so many books now.

seam_carveron GitHub Actions: M1 macOS runner available to open source

FINALLY. I can finally easily create native Apple Silicon apps for my users!

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Can verify it works on latest macOS Sonoma on an M2. I used the text guide linked in the video, it's the most up to date.

seam_carveron Tachiyomi – It's Joever

Which apps? Maybe KOREADER, eInkBro, Infinity for reddit? On iOS side I love Overcast for podcasts.

seam_carveron Tachiyomi – It's Joever

Man all my favorite Android apps are getting sniped. First Infinity for Reddit, now Tachiyomi. These apps are important since official apps don't have e ink optimizations (aka disable animations).

seam_carveron Install Portal 1 on modern macOS 64 bit

On sale on steam for $0.99

seam_carveron High-level emulator for iPhone OS apps

The original iOS release is widely regarded to be the worst version of ace attorney, they have a remaster for iOS now released recently.

seam_carveron Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network to another PC

Perfect! I have relatively slow internet and multiple PCs that I install games too. Way easier than making backup files and copying to USB.