Mastodawn

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

YouTube

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

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 11

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

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 11

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.

GitHub

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 11

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

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 11

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

When might that be? ;)

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

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 12

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…

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.)

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 12

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!!! 🥴

Amin, minor deity of the legume realm Mar 12

My oldest cousin is about to start college!

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

@rl_dane @amin @joel what pointers do you need? int? char? void? ohh... ;)

@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.

@rl_dane @amin @joel to me those feel the least cursed, but maybe thats just because they look the same as in python

@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

@rl_dane @amin @joel you can pass functions to other function, which is probably the only reason you want pointers to functions?

@kabel42 @amin @joel

Sounds like a scary practice. My inner security wonk is shuddering.

@rl_dane @amin @joel you are not supposed to pass user supplied functions :)

@kabel42 @amin @joel

Well, duh XD

But still.