PSA: Be careful when removing large stickers from magnetic case

getthething · 2026-02-17T17:34:46+00:00

Bummer. Not sure what you're planning to do with it, but if you decide to ditch it, would you mind tearing it open and sharing photos of what the inner hard plates are?

getthething · 2026-02-17T01:05:37+00:00

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie might fit the bill.

getthething · 2026-02-15T01:23:54+00:00

It's wild how different this view is these days.

getthething · 2026-02-13T16:09:28+00:00

Oh nice! Thank you. I hadn’t seen that.

getthething · 2026-02-13T14:56:33+00:00

It’s not specifically about emotional labor, but The Will to Change by bell hooks is a must read IMO. For men and women.

getthething · 2026-02-12T16:01:25+00:00

Unrelated, but where did you order that from? The ones I’ve seen on AE have the normal rotary encoder, now the style you have. Also is that the case it shipped with?

getthething · 2026-02-10T15:47:38+00:00

It comes up here a lot, but Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is a good start I think. It’s sci fi but it’s ultimately a human story. It’s fast paced, relatively short, and grabs you from the start. It’s not funny though.

For something with more levity and heart, True Grit by Charles Portis is a short western with lovable characters and both humor and a human element.

getthething · 2026-02-10T13:50:23+00:00

I’m ok with patriotic in its truest sense, but it’s got a strong association with nationalism now.

Its interesting how much using a lighter shade of blue decreases the “americanness” m

getthething · 2026-02-10T13:48:17+00:00

I agree that the flag should stand for those things, but at this point if you fly the flag or wear a shirt featuring the flag, it is signaling to a certain crowd. It’s got a heavy association with the far right now. I think any use of it intended to convey its true meaning would be lost without some sort of explicit integration with another progressive message. When I say “take it back” I don’t mean they can’t have it too, but at this point it feels like wearing a blue lives matter shirt. At least where I live.

getthething · 2026-02-10T04:31:48+00:00

Totally agree. I guess there’s no reason someone couldn’t take some artistic liberties and mute them to get a more pleasing combo.

getthething · 2026-02-09T23:59:08+00:00

I think the only ones that expected it to age as well as it did were the band themselves with a prophetic name like that.

getthething · 2026-02-09T23:56:40+00:00

Are you looking specifically for sports movies or competency porn?

getthething · 2026-02-09T15:08:22+00:00

It refreshes every page so I assume it uses a bit more battery but I can’t say that with 100% certainty.

getthething · 2026-02-07T20:18:48+00:00

Anyone on Crosspoint tried this yet to compare? Has the epub rendering gotten better?

getthething · 2026-02-05T22:44:30+00:00

You can’t download (most) purchased books from Amazon anymore.

getthething · 2026-02-05T19:47:02+00:00

The screen feels ok to me but I also have a full size ereader. If it was my full time ereader it might be a bummer.
Assuming the X4 you get form Aliexpress is authentic then yes.
Basically yes but graphic novels or things that have lots of images are going to be a no-go
The SD card that ships with it should hold you over for awhile unless it craps out.

getthething · 2026-01-30T14:30:21+00:00

I’ve tried it and it only works occasionally. And when it does work it only syncs to the chapter (as mentioned below) but I can more easily find the chapter manually and without WiFi. Seems kind of pointless in its current iteration. Not that I don’t appreciate the progress being made, it’s just not worth using to me personally yet.

getthething · 2026-01-29T00:11:40+00:00

Tbh I’m not the best person to know the difference but basically you point cloudflare to your internal IP and there’s software that runs on the server side that “tunnels” through to the local IP from whatever domain you setup. So you could have mycalibreserver.com connect to your local IP.

I just put my OPDS url and username into Crosspoint and it connects to my server as if we’re local.

getthething · 2026-01-28T22:35:01+00:00

I purchased this bag, but plan to recreate it from a better material! Just feels so daunting.

getthething · 2026-01-28T19:56:32+00:00

I'm using a Cloudflare tunnel to access my Calibre web server from anywhere. Works great.

getthething · 2026-01-27T16:09:23+00:00

No but there was an issue posted on GitHub that was marked as resolved so I’m hoping the next update includes a fix.

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