David Revoy, he only uses FOSS programs to make his art, and distributes it without DRM too (even when he does commision work)
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That article was a great read, thanks for sharing. This is a pic of a Black Mamba bicycle, looks like a vintage bicycle, very functional. Apparently still produced in India.
In the car centric West most modern "city"/lady bikes sold are heavy as hell, you see them in every supermarket, lowest price and quality tier below crappy MTBs (not many people shell the money for a "Holland" type which is still a heavy city bike but much more robust and functional); that Black Mamba actually looks daily drivable, light enough closer to old racing bikes. Of course the Buffalo is even better, that rack alone rated for 100kg (220lbs) is amazing. Most bikes I see have 10kg or 20kg rated racks, more than ok for grocery shopping but not enough for passengers or heavy cargo or indestructibility :D
Weird that VLC is not playing FLACs for you, is that on iOS?
Way to go, modern phone screens are not too bad..I think a big reason I enjoy dumb ereaders is the lack of multitasking lol
Your kindle probably has a busted micro usb port (the cables too can stop working for data transfer), no idea if it's too difficult to solder a new one.. I would try cleaning it up really well first
Yes exactly! On Kindles to install that app we need a jailbreak (and the procedure will depend on device and firmware version, since we are trying to circumvent Amazon limits), most of the OS stays the same and you can still use the normal "reader" app.
Of course if you are already satisfied by the normal reader all you need to do to gain more freedom is managing your books with Calibre on a computer, it'll take care of converting to kindle format if you put an epub in it, and send it to device, with just one click. My dad does this after I showed him once or twice and he's not techy at all.
It's a powerful program but not a complete OS replacement
No but you can jailbreak them, and their OS is linux-based; unfortunately if it's a new Kindle or newish with an up to date firmware, you might have to wait for someone to release a new jb method. With a jb you can install Koreader (which alone can do everything useful), but also people (mobileread forums) have compiled a working Python library and a terminal with bash..mostly useful to show off :) you can run neofetch
If you're like me and need Koreader (has impeccable pdf reflow and stardict support), a Kobo is way easier, and you don't have to wait
The're right, another thing you notice in a dry house (like Swiss homes in winter pounding crazy heating) is that you can get even painful (to the hand) mini electric shocks just walking around with slippers/crocs and then touching the metal kitchen vent, chargers..unless you ground yourself once in a while. Never happens in a humid climate/house.
I've found that L and E series seemingly mirror the T line but with a couple of years of delay, so overall with time it gets worse repairability wise, but gets better with things like 16:10 screen aspect ratio.
I haven't researched the 2024 T series, is it noteworthy other than having some models with ram slots? Feels like some hype is going on. In any case, expect ~2026 L,E series to have similarly constructed models.
That shed is dope