penquin
@penquin@lemm.ee
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
No worries. Thank you
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Does overdrive have only audio books or regular books, too?
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
You can buy those books (if possible) from the publisher directly and load them onto your Kobo via a computer.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
I just checked them out and they have really low PPI on the one I want, the inkpad lite. It’s 150 PPI. That’s too low and would drive me insane.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Thank you. Do you have another kobo with higher DPI that you can compare it to? I’m very weird when it comes to this. I can see pixels very easily and then would never be able to focus anymore. lol. I can’t even use anything but 4k screens on my laptops and PC, that’s how bad I am.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
I’ve searched everywhere and nowhere does anyone mention that kobo runs android. It runs an actual Linux based OS, not android. I know android uses the Linux kernel but that is not the same as an actual Linux OS. It doesn’t matter anyway, their shit is wide open and you can do whatever the hell you want to you kobo
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
How is that Elipsa e2? I wanted to get it, but I discovered that it had a low PPI 227 and held off. I have eagle eyes and I hate seeing pixels. lol… so I got the sage fantastic device, but I want the 10" screen so badly.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Isn’t Kobo made by rakuten? And Rakuten mainly operates in Germany? Also, hell get an e-reader with android on it and you can run all kinds of books on it without limiting yourself to just one company. There is even a Linux e-reader called pine note that you can buy.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Dude, literally. Lmao. I once had an author himself give me a link to his book to buy it. The freaking other himself. For our older parents and non-techy people, I understand using and sticking to amazon, they most likely won’t even notice any of Amazon’s bad practices, but young folks who are techy? Come on, you know better.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
And your mother isn’t complaining about it, which is not the audience I’m talking to. My whole issue is with those who choose amazon then complain about their practices. Especially in ebooks, there is actually no excuse for anyone to use amazon anymore. I understand some people have already bought many books from them and don’t want to lose their books, but at least protest them not buying more books from them.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Except we are talking about ebooks and none of what you’ve said applies to them. Amazon did not win in the ebooks department, as there are many other better platforms out there that don’t fuck their people.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Lol. This is the exact same on…checks notes… every single other platform I know of. I have a kobo sage and it’s the same, except that kobo runs on Linux and they don’t lock their system. You can literally “jailbreak” it and still get updates from them. They also don’t lock their books with encryption like on kindle so they lock you in. IMHO, there is 0 reasons to buy a kindle now, period.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
There are other ways to buy books, I don’t understand why so many people have a boner for Amazon. It feels like Stockholm syndrome to me. I’ve never bought a single book from Amazon, not one.
- Comment on Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz 1 week ago:
Nah, as long as “GDP is good”, everyone is ok. We won’t have poor people anymore. We will end homelessness and no one will ever go bankrupt from medical bills. The power of “high GDP” ya know.
Tap for spoiler
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- Comment on China's DeepSeek AI rattles Wall Street, but questions remain. 4 weeks ago:
I have it running locally on my machine and it’s freaking fantastic. I just wish I had a stronger GPU to get the best model they offer. Installed it through Ollama and hosted it on a localhost through docker and my UI is open web UI. It’s amazing and 100% free.
- Comment on China's DeepSeek AI rattles Wall Street, but questions remain. 4 weeks ago:
The skys are always falling, ya know. lol
- Comment on Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 1 month ago:
Trust me, people are very angry, but our media never talks about it, that’s why we don’t see it.
- Comment on Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 1 month ago:
He can keep dreaming. People are angry and will fucking eat him alive. I can feel the anger in the air.
- Comment on Me posting to lemmy 1 month ago:
Hey, at least you’re heard here. On Reddit, your comments are often lost in the mix of the million “this” comments.
- Comment on Just trying my best to make you turds smile 1 month ago:
Goonter
- Comment on Today's reaction 2 months ago:
100%, even though I’ve seen some bootlickers here and there, but that doesn’t matter.
- Comment on Nvidia are slapping a 100-hour monthly cap on GeForce Now streaming, with charges for extra time 3 months ago:
Another reason why I never bought into this “cloud gaming” bullshit. Thankful for steam. If something happens to steam, I’ll just go back to my PS4/3/Emulation.
- Comment on Microsoft just paused Windows 11 24H2 update for many PCs due to crashes and freezes 3 months ago:
I’ve come to truly believe that MS stopped caring too much about windows now. They’re focused more on ads and other subscription services. They are still in the mindset of “we are the only player in the field and people can’t live without us”.
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 4 months ago:
Nah, I don’t mess with family no matter what. Family is sacred in my books. I wouldn’t want anyone to insult my dead mother.
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 4 months ago:
😂 fucking fuck you you fucking piece of shit asshole you human garbage waste of oxygen you are. Is that what you mean by internet of me?
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 4 months ago:
I see what you mean. I did mean both, and I should have made it clearer. Sorry.
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 4 months ago:
Exactly my point.
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 4 months ago:
That’s a lot of money. Imagine this thing taking a shit after a couple of years.
- Comment on Tesla, Warner Bros sued for using AI ripoff of iconic Blade Runner imagery, despite the producers having previously rejected any association between their iconic sci-fi movie and Musk or his companies 4 months ago:
Nah, we don’t need that, we have enough bullshit as is. Lol.
- Comment on Tesla, Warner Bros sued for using AI ripoff of iconic Blade Runner imagery, despite the producers having previously rejected any association between their iconic sci-fi movie and Musk or his companies 4 months ago:
Rich people can pay their way out of crime in the America “justice” system, so this won’t do anything to Elon Schmuck.