If you want to refer to another post, that's fine of course, but in that case use a link and perhaps add some new info if any is relevant.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Is this a new rule? I often find people copy/pasting older comments of theirs that is relevant to the current conversation.
Six years of nopaste exhortations
I'll just open tabs on the browser of whichever articles or texts will consist of my morning reading diet that day and send them all to my Kindle. Very practical device to read and no more falling in a trap of continuous clicking on more and more links, while lending a crappy level of attention to the actual reading.
A modest e-book reader runs about $200. That's the cost of about 3 cases of 20# letter-sized paper (10 reams/case), or 15,000 sheets of paper.
At ~300 pages/book, that's about 50 books cost equivalent.
Note that printing output tends to run higher, at $0.01 -- $0.25 per page (higher for colour inkjet and laserjet).
Depending on ones reading patterns, the cost (and environmental impacts) of an ebook reader could well come out ahead. It's also generally easier to carry such a device than the equivalent number of printed books or documents.
That's not a minor consideration from me as I can easily fill 64--128 GB of total storage (about 30GB seem to be system + apps).
That's not all books --- I keep a fairly large number of podcast episodes downloaded. But at about 5 MB/book, even an apparently generous storage quickly shows limits.
I passed on the ReMarkable as its 16 GB storage (about 8GB available) only permits 1,600 books at 5 MB/book.
(And that's without podcasts or audio.)
The BOOX has a 64 GB onboard storage, maximum. I've got that near capacity in about 6 months, though a large share of that is podcasts. My preference would be 256 GB. Plus far better content-management capabilities on the device itself. I think I could live within that.
Retail cost is $20, falling by about half every 2 years. The minimising of eBook storage makes absolutely no economic sense.
The nice thing about the Kobo is you can install your own software, so there's still hope for a better interface.
To be fair, I can (and do) do the same thing with my phone.
Paper > ereader > monitor > phone
Psst. Paper is a renewable resource and easy to recycle at least a couple times.
> Paper is quite simple to recycle, yet 55 percent of the global paper supply comes from newly cut trees.
You can buy recycling paper too, it's not pretty but at least you know it's made from recycled materials.
Also, that page says we'll run out of fresh water in 18 years and the source is literally a single quote from one person. Seems a bit sketchy.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27521248
Turns out I was wrong about security. Password recovery requires a separate cloud-based account. Setting a password does not.
I've used FBReader, PocketBook (who sell their own ebook readers as well apparently), the NeoReader (default Onyx software), and have some familiarity with Kindle.
PocketBook enables some (but insufficient) metadata editing. The NeoReader has an excellent UI/UX generally on BOOX devices, but has no management capability.
I tend to have a large number of documents on my devices (1,000s). Management is critical.
That's just bad for the environment two times lol
Its a huge waste of resources over time, but I find its much easy to focus and take in the information sitting at a table and reading over printed word.
I wonder if e-ink / paper devices might be able to replicate this now.
reading on my iphone or kindle doesn't seem to strain my eyes.
Printing is something I started to do some months ago. Instead of keeping the tab open for weeks, I decided I'd print anything I want to read and place it a physical "inbox".
Some tips: I print 2 pages to a side, so 4 pages per printer paper. Even long articles don't use too much paper, and for my eyes it's still readable (there are a few articles where I need to enlarge first). I print using either Firefox's "Simplify Page" feature or its "Readability" feature. This removes almost all the noise: No ads, no menus, etc. It's just the article and relevant images. Similar to reading a physical newspaper.
It's been a game changer. I can now read wherever I want. Going to the mechanic? I just take some of these printed articles with me. I find myself taking notes on the paper - something I would not do well on the computer screen. My eyes get a lot less strain. Once you get used to this, there's no going back. Now when I see an article through a web browser, it's just ugly. Too many distractions. Even the menus are annoying. I didn't realize I'd been putting up with filth for so long.
I initially worried that my inbox would get full and I'd have the same mental angst, and my plan was that if it happens, I'll take a random bunch and throw it in the recycle bin. But it never came to that - I still manage to read everything I print. Somehow, the physical inbox weighs less on my mind than the virtual one. I don't feel I need to deal with this inbox. It's OK if it just sits there collecting dust.
Bad for the environment. Good for the brain.