ChronoMar 11

I keep being tempted by this e-ink device 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CpgERePSY

Look at this tiny e-Reader! Xteink In-depth

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Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 11

@joel

Tempting price, but no built-in illuminator and maybe a proprietary ebook format? Not sure.

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 11

@rl_dane @joel

Proprietary format? It uses EPUB. And only DRM-free ebooks.

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 11

@rl_dane @joel

And it's opened up somewhat officially for alternate firmware like CrossPoint: https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader

GitHub - crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader: Firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper display reader

Firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper display reader. Contribute to crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 11

@rl_dane @joel

imo physical page turn buttons are a bigger deal than built-in light. And the price point is really compelling.

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 11

@rl_dane @joel

(I will probably be buying this when back in the US.)

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 11

@amin @joel

When might that be? ;)

I mean, with all that's going on, I sure wouldn't be in a hurry to come back. XD

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 12

@rl_dane @joel

My family has been planning to be back this summer. They only really have an opportunity every other year, so they take it. I'm kinda toying with the idea of staying behind and writing, but I haven't seen my cousins in a couple years and this would be a chance to see them again…

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@amin @joel

Just curious, where do your cousins live that you haven't seen them while you were still living here?

(You can fuzz the details, obvs.)

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 12

@rl_dane @joel

The ones in California are the ones in question. Saw them once while my family was in the US.

My "nephews" (my twin youngest cousins, whose mom keeps accidentally calling me their "Uncle Benjamin") are turning five this summer!!! 🥴

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 12

@rl_dane @joel

My oldest cousin is about to start college!

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@amin @joel

I'm sure you can give them lots of pointers! ;)

Show threadkabel42Mar 12
@rl_dane @amin @joel what pointers do you need? int? char? void? ohh... ;)
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@kabel42 @amin @joel

heh, I was going to make a joke about pointers to functions, which was the most cursed form of pointers I could think of.

Show threadkabel42Mar 12
@rl_dane @amin @joel to me those feel the least cursed, but maybe thats just because they look the same as in python
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@kabel42 @amin @joel

Wait... python lets you have pointers to functions.

That's very weird.

I thought pointers to functions was just for people who wanted to do OOP in C. :P

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realm

@rl_dane @kabel42 @joel

Dunno if it’s the same but you can make recursive arrays/objects in Javascript, where an array is a sub-item of itself.

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Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 13

@amin @kabel42 @joel

Umm, ok, but we already knew JS was cursèd. XD

Show threadAmin, minor deity of the legume realmMar 13

@rl_dane @kabel42 @joel

I actually was able to increase the performance of a piece of code I was writing tenfold in JS by using recursive arrays…

I was trying to use a thesaurus library to create a list of synonyms and their synonyms and so on and so on, where proximity in the list roughly corresponded to word similarity. I made an object where each key pointed to a sub-object, which had a "synonyms" property that was an array. Within that array were references back to items in the parent dictionary. It was pretty cool. (I'm not remembering the exact structure, but that should be the gist of it.)

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 13

@amin @kabel42 @joel

That does sound neat!