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  • I use it only as a reader, so can’t comment on notes.

    As a reader, it’s great. I love that the backlight has color temperature control, so I can adjust the white/red balance depending on the time of day.

    Koreader is pretty good software. It took some time to identify and configure my preferred settings. My only gripe is with “discoverability” of my library. Koreader has a very basic file selector, and I wish I could search titles, metadata, etc without needing another program (probably calibre?).

    Battery life is definitely not as good as your proprietary ereader. If I leave it suspended at 100% charge, the battery dies in 3-4 days if bluetooth and wifi is on, and maybe 7-8 if they’re off. Meanwhile, my old nook could go several weeks without usage.

    My least favorite part is anything related to typing. The screen keyboard feels unresponsive at times, which is hard when you’re typing passwords in a terminal session. For any shell work I connect to a TTY over USB, or I have a little bluetooth keyboard.






  • I’ve had my TinyMight for 6 years now, and the only thing I’d replace it with is a newer model where you can more easily unscrew the battery door.

    I see the G pen elite selling for $200 USD. I’d recommend to check out fuckcombustion.com to see what user reviews there are. There are plenty of vapes at that price point which look cool, but really aren’t worth the money when compared to other options. And if you can’t find many reviews on fuckcombustion, chances are it’s really not worth your money.

    My personal recommendation: Get a vape which can be combined with a bong adapter. DHV through a bong is a sublime experience, even my friend who only eats edibles will make an exception when I pass him the TinyMight + Bong.

    Edit: Oh shit, the fuckcombustion forum is down? I hope it’s not permanent.


  • how do you learn new things

    There is more to learning than just school.

    When you start a job, there are all kinds of things you will learn: New tools, how to work in a professional environment, new processes and techniques. Don’t feel bad if you come back from work each day and don’t feel like opening a book or some tutorial. You are absolutely still learning, even if you come home and can’t stand the thought of touching a keyboard. I used to beat myself up about not coding in my free time or not studying new books, but starting a career involves so many more life changes than just “I get a paycheck now”. It can take years before you feel motivated to learn again, and that’s OK.

    I don’t know what the work culture in Nepal is like, but if you’re not running a 996 rat race, you’ll eventually have the time (and money) for hobbies. I can’t really stay motivated to learn something just for the sake of knowing, but I can keep with it if I care about the end goal. That’s where hobbies help.




  • Both revolutions came about in no small part due to terrible winter conditions.

    France had a terrible harvest in 1788 followed by a brutal winter where starving families had to choose between buying expensive bread or firewood.

    St Petersburg in winter of 1917 was miserably cold, and city dwellers queued for hours in outdoor bread lines while much of the available food was sent to war.

    It’s not enough that people hate a government. If they still have faith that the system can work for them (“Just one new finance minister, and France will be saved”, “If we can get rid of that damned Rasputin, the Tsar will wake up and hear our cries”) they will give it a chance. Mass starvation has a way of breaking such faith, but it’s obviously not the only thing that can.

    In the US, there’s very much a mood among the anti-MAGA crowd that an election can still fix things.









  • The answer will depend on which desktop environment or login manager you’re using.

    System users are not the right solution. The use-case for such accounts is when you want certain background services to be linked to a non-human account. Eg: Serving web requests from an http user account that only has access to nginx and the /var/www directory. By default, users created in this way don’t even have a home directory.