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Sun Nov 20 22:08:25 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> show me who makes a4 panel that does 300dpi and weighs 300 grams. i'll buy three.
Sun Nov 20 22:07:32 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> until then stfu.
Sun Nov 20 22:07:29 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> as soon as somebody points at device that will do 300 dpi + no popupism etc from manufacturer other than crapple - i'll buy, test it, post result.
Sun Nov 20 22:06:56 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> anyway i suspect that this thread is an epic waste of time, my reply to 'you should not want to read djvu in bed' is DIE IN A FIRE
Sun Nov 20 22:06:20 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> (backlit lcd sans backlight is simply black)
Sun Nov 20 22:06:09 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=20-11-2016#1459524 << i don't know of anyone still selling reflector lcd other than on pocket calculators
Sun Nov 20 22:05:24 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=20-11-2016#1459517 << it is a monumental pile of shit. but show me where to get lappy with working suspend mode and 300 dpi lcd INSTEAD
Sun Nov 20 22:04:47 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=20-11-2016#1459515 << do you linux? and i don't mean 'ubuntu' and other binary blob nonsense, but actual linux.
Sun Nov 20 22:04:10 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> and beats the living shit out of any other method of keeping book scans around.
Sun Nov 20 22:03:52 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> kinda funnily, i have yet to meet a single non-ru-speaker who's heard of djvu format. even though it is open and was designed at motherfucking bell labs.
Sun Nov 20 22:03:09 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> and yes i have the linuxification firmware + adhoc djvu renderer, it is junk, cpu is much too slow for it (uses wavelet compression, and don't even think about trying to convert the scans to pdf, they'll be 400MB each instead of 4MB and crash the thing instantly)
Sun Nov 20 22:02:17 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> it won't display djvu though (and, very obviously, not colour scans)
Sun Nov 20 22:01:54 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=20-11-2016#1459510 << i use 'kindle dx' (afaik still unsurpassed king of b&w displaytrons) for b&w scans
Sun Nov 20 16:48:05 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> 'i am happy in zimbabwe on a pile of pirate gold.' good for you...
Sun Nov 20 16:47:32 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=20-11-2016#1459492 << it is as foolish as mircea's 'no smart folks would live in usa.' pray tell, exactly where they should live instead.
Sun Nov 20 16:46:07 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> and monopolists will rape you for so long as you let'em.
Sun Nov 20 16:45:55 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> now -- one, monopoly, left.
Sun Nov 20 16:45:36 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> you paid 'its weight in plutonium' but in return you would get 1) unix 2) guarantee that the HARDWARE WORKS with said unix
Sun Nov 20 16:45:09 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> all gone.
Sun Nov 20 16:45:07 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> it is interesting imho, there used to be a great many commercial unix box vendors, sun, sgi, hp, even more (sony, even, at one point! and i forget who else)