madnificent

@madnificent@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I own this. It is horrible. If the specs were real it would be great, but the specs are not real. It is a 3k black and white monitor with a fixed color filter over it. That means you need 3x3 pixels to resemble a color.

  I consider it a scam from Dasung.

  Boox on the other hand made a sane black and white display. Much better. I own a Max 2 Pro. Sadly they fail to understand that when you report a display as 20px smaller than it really is over an HDMI port and then rescale the image of the computer display on that, that it becomes really uncrisp. Their suggestion is to use the display with 200% scaling (so you don’t notice as much I suppose).

  Epaper is really promising and nice. However both of these companies should either get some real competition or lawsuits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the use.

  The screen protector serves as a blue light filter too, it’s cheaper than a display, and fairly thin. That’s a straightforward addition for my use but if you don’t have issues with your phone dropping then you could certainly do without.

  I very much dislike cases and loved the PH-1 for stating that a phone should be solid enough without a case (sadly it did not survive a 50cm drop on a floor so it did not hold up in practice). If you don’t have much issues with your phone dropping then not having a case makes it so much nicer.

  I take more risk holding my phone than I should which means it falls more than average. The price I have to pay is a screen protector and cover. Replacing the display should be easy, but it’d also be wasteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to replace parts on my FP5. It fell on very bad asphalt at speed whilst cycling in a foreign country. The glass on the camera modules scattered. Display protector broke and the case got some good damage. I was instantly calmed realising it is a FairPhone and knowing I could order replacement parts.

  Repairs were trivial and it feels good to have created just a tiny amount of e-waste instead of a large amount. The black aluminium case has some war wounds (scratches) reminding me of the trip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can this be charged⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a cheap power supply which can be limited in current and voltage and I’ve been able to revive many such batteries with it. I use it as a drip charger limiting current and voltage so neither gets too high until the regular charger picks up the battery again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there audio AI that cleans up audio?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  noisetorch does an ok job for video conferences and works on your speaker (easier on you) and on your microphone (easier on them). We often use it to limit keyboard noise during meetings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New printer, considering the prusa CoreONE...but⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not CoreXY but you may want to check out FLSun’s delta offerings too.

  I have an older one and it has served me well. I bought a QQS pro (I think) for tinkering. It worked well out of the box but I could not resist changing the stepper drivers, installing Klipper, changing the hotend, … It still works well, just faster.

  Looking at the few reviews of what they have today I’d buy again but would try not to swap out parts. That or the Prusa you’re looking at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Oracle Cloud exec Don Johnson takes over as Docker's new CEO | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree. They’ll surely to pay the cost and they have a proven track record on handling any potential lock in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Oracle Cloud exec Don Johnson takes over as Docker's new CEO | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Docker runtime is probably ok as it is a tool instead of a community. The registry has a community aspect and is where we’ll likely see exploitation of vendor lock in. Luckily Docker was grounded well and you can set up your own registry.