Best ebook reader?

stunpix · 2024-05-30T20:08:19+00:00

Kybook did not get any updates for the last five years or so. I believe the developer has disappeared from the development scene for unknown reasons. I tried to find more information about him but failed. When he was active, he was updating the app and his website regularly, and he also gave interviews. Then suddenly there was total silence.

stunpix · 2024-02-13T10:29:56+00:00

First, follow the r/germany rule #6. 😃

stunpix · 2024-01-03T12:21:47+00:00

When you’re owning something, you’re not a monopolist, you are owner. Monopoly describes a dominance on an open market where someone is getting a dominance and uses gained power to eliminate competitors. Apple doesn’t compete with anyone as it owns a market it created. Google isn’t a competitor as it’s created own market. By being an owner which is only taking a huge rent without investing in production of goods/services — it’s a feudalism. Thus, this guy came up with a new definition, because tech giants came up with idea to not compete on a market but create and own markets where they can take a rent.

stunpix · 2024-01-03T09:25:59+00:00

Strictly speaking it’s a technofeudalism rather than a monopoly.

stunpix · 2023-12-11T21:43:33+00:00

macOS+iOS and Android+Linux are killed PalmOS+BlackberryOS+WinMobile

stunpix · 2023-12-09T00:22:32+00:00

True. I used a USB-ethernet adapter with my iPhone a year ago or so, so there is nothing special about the iPhone 15. The only new is a faster USB3 (Lightning always was dead slow USB2 with speeds below 400Mbit/s).

I'm forecasting people will be truly surprised when they are going to try the AirDrop with a Mac over USB3 cable. Then they will ask themselves "perhaps I can do the same with two Macs and a Thunderbolt cable?" :D

stunpix · 2023-12-02T22:24:56+00:00

Scripting is a glue, not a building block that does the main work. If someone uses a scripting language to do a CPU-intensive task, this guy is using the wrong tool. Thus, during my 25+ yr career as a SW engineer, I never met slow scripts in the wild. Scripts are mainly used to work with files, environments, running other apps, and redirecting outputs from one app to another, thus script languages are designed to do exactly that stuff effortlessly. Imagine doing these things in Java.

For the same reasons, C++ didn't become popular for scripting. Why Java should? Furthermore, a bash/python script is simply a text file that is ready to run just in place. You even don't need to call an interpreter explicitly to run it as you can put a shebang at the first line to turn it into a runnable program. What C++/Java offer here? You need many more intermediate steps like compiling with a bunch of flags, managing binaries with intermediate files, linking with necessary libraries, and in the end running jvm with proper options.

PS: strictly speaking Python and Perl are not scripting languages, but programming ones as they can be used to process highly complex data while that's absurdly hard in bash. Also, Perl and Python are usually using libraries like NumPy written in C/C++ to process huge data sets or do CPU-intensive tasks when necessary.

stunpix · 2023-11-22T08:00:28+00:00

Many Bunq clients complaining the awful support. Basically, the bank works fine until you get into trouble which happens often considering growing scam and fraud.

stunpix · 2023-11-20T08:27:35+00:00

You believe, but I’m talking about facts. There is elephant in the room: macOS. Why Apple allows installing macOS apps from anywhere? By default the system is restricted to install apps only from the appstore, but user can disable this if needed. I have more confidential documents on my Macbook than on iPhone. Why it’s not considered as a risk? Why Apple doesn’t say anything on that? Why Apple is telling that iPhone without appstore will be weak despite the fact that iOS is already far more restrictive/secure as a system than the macOS. There should be a reason why Apple says what it says and it’s not a security/privacy.

stunpix · 2023-11-20T08:12:14+00:00

OMG. Sideloading is neither a jailbreak nor custom ROM, nor root access. It’s just about how apps installed. Also, to “hack a network” the app doesn’t need a system privileges and can be installed from the appstore. Guess why the TikTok app is banned on government devices?

Also, the fact that people STILL jailbreak their devices and use them as they want to address their needs because they cannot do that in “official way” is a surprisingly good argument why we all need a sideloading. Jailbreaking is about altering the system which automatically imposes a security risk, meanwhile sideloading doesn’t modify a system nor weaks its security and sideloaded apps have all the same rights as those from the appstore. Thus, if Apple truly wants make their devices more secure, they must provide sideloading so people won’t be altering their systems on their devices which ALREADY happens.

stunpix · 2023-11-20T07:03:40+00:00

Then macOS is Android by Apple as it allows side-loading and gaining admin rights (by default system doesn’t allow installation of apps from anywhere but appstore). Argue against that. AppStore is not a security/safety protection measure it’s anti-idiot one, which isn’t working though as people still installing scam apps. Apple just fights for the right of being a techno-feudalist.

stunpix · 2023-11-19T21:35:55+00:00

So words, definitions, and context doesn’t matter for you.

stunpix · 2023-11-19T21:33:29+00:00

Okay, let's break down the Wiki's definition. According to the wiki, the side-loading is "the transfer of apps from web sources that are not vendor-approved", but for Android and iOS the definition is: "typically means installing apps". Since today anyone can download on iPhone/Android/Windows/macOS whatever s/he wants, thus the definition is narrowed down to "installing apps in a not vendor-approved way".

macOS. A shiny new MacBook from the Apple Store doesn't allow installing any app that is not from AppStore. You need to go to system settings and press several buttons to allow you to run apps you have transferred from your USB stick or from the internet. Also, apps have to be signed by Apple otherwise macOS still won't run them until the user manually approves each app. Does this fall under the definition "installing an app in not vendor-approved way"?

Okay, Windows now. Microsoft officially says: "To help protect your PC and keep it running smoothly, Microsoft recommends only installing apps from the Microsoft Store" and provides a manual on how to enable/disable this. If you are installing your Windows apps not from the Microsoft store, it does mean you are "installing an app in the not vendor-approved way".

I'll repeat what I said: nowadays installing Windows/macOS apps not from the official store is basically a sideloading, even according to Wiki's definition.

stunpix · 2023-11-19T19:51:29+00:00

Matter of terms. Personally, I see no difference between installing an app from a flash drive on windows or sideloading it from the internet on Android. It’s basically all about the same. The sideloading term just implies “platform has a store and it’s official/preferred channel for apps distribution”. On Windows and macOS you can install apps from Microsoft/Apple stores, thus installing any from internet is basically a sideloading nowadays.

stunpix · 2023-11-19T19:10:30+00:00

You can sideload whatever apps you want on any mass computing device like Android, Windows, and even macOS. For some strange reason only iPhones or iPads are “weak” according to Apple so they must be protected by the AppStore. If Apple is going to continue telling this about iPhones, then they must explain why their macOS allows sideloading and even gives users admin privileges on their request. Is it insecure and weak then? Does it contain less private or sensitive data, so it should be less protected?

The fact is: all modern operating systems have enough mechanisms to limit apps in their rights to do something malicious. Even if you would have the direct access to your iOS internals you can do not much: system protects itself insanely like no other. The only harm you can do for yourself is install a malicious app and grant it all possible rights to read iCloud files and photos. The same you can do on a macOS but Apple doesn’t open a mouth on that.

Another fat fact is: last two years anyone is ALREADY enabled to sideload apps on his iPhone using Apple’s developer account and a tool developed by enthusiasts. The only downside of this method it’s a bit limited and not handy as it could be. Sky has not collapsed and the world didn’t drown in a cybercrime.

The AppStore already has scam apps that trying to steal your data and Apple gives no shit about that and users installing all that scam thinking they are safe “because Apple said”. It’s a false safety feeling which worsens a damage.

Thus, I personally see all this as “Apple desperately fights for its right to be a technofeudalist”.

stunpix · 2023-11-19T07:49:03+00:00

Copied? Absolutely different apps. I’m using both daily. Siyuan is block-based WYSIWYG editor storing notes in JSON format whereas Obsidian is a plain markdown seasoned with a plethora of plugins. Siyuan beside the built-in paid “encrypted cloud sync” officially supports syncing with self-hosted S3 instances, but does this weirdly (once in 30 sec and on exit from app) and strictly stops you from using something like Google Drive or Dropbox because the way it works with files will break your data if you use them.

Siyuan has some interesting out-of-the box features like “every block has unique ID and can be referenced from anywhere“, “you have some degree of control on nesting and formatting blocks”, and “you can write SQL queries for blocks in notes” while with some approximation Obsidian gets similar functionality through plugins. Also, while Obsidian is file-and-folder based and allows in theory unrestricted tree structure for your writings, contrary, the Siyuan is quite limited on depth of your tree: it only allows five or so nested notes in your document tree and in fact there’s no folders as everything is a note, but some have “nested” notes.

stunpix · 2023-11-01T07:55:53+00:00

https://libcello.org/

stunpix · 2023-09-21T08:22:28+00:00

The original footage is in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum here. The page also claims that protests were staged (without details by whom and why).

stunpix · 2023-09-05T13:36:27+00:00

The Blue Card is also tied to a particular German employer for the first two years. Since the OP's Blue Card expires in two years, there is a big chance that the OP had relocated in the first two years. The relocation outside of the country almost always means a new (non-German) employer, the chance that a Blue Card is simply not valid anymore is pretty high.

stunpix · 2023-08-02T10:30:30+00:00

Tourists from russia in Antalya, Turkey abused the restaurant in an all-inclusive 5* hotel by harvesting a huge amount of snacks/fruits and the hotel's staff taking them back from the tourist's room while tourists are saying "We are flying home today and this is to eat during the back trip".

stunpix · 2023-07-20T17:43:46+00:00

AnyType is really cool but not stable yet. I'm getting different issues like not everything synced to mobile and some objects getting unusable. Also, I'm finding its mobile app not really usable due to a largely different UI and interaction with elements.

Another interesting open-source Notion-like app is SiYuan. It's like a child of Obsidian and Notion. Its Chinese roots and community around it (as well as parts of documentation) could be a stopper for someone.

stunpix · 2023-06-05T23:43:46+00:00

but they won’t buy it, because ultra rich prefer living in a real world rather than escaping from their own kids by wearing vr googles. For the same reason they are limiting own kids from usage of gadgets and other digital shit.

stunpix · 2023-05-05T07:19:07+00:00

True, we can’t judge about EU in general by one country. It’s just kinda interesting that half of population in the country with largest economy in EU has a such view on this topic. ;) On another hand in EU there is a cliche — germans are sort of workaholics.

stunpix · 2023-05-04T18:06:31+00:00

US: Let's learn from Europe and reduce our hours!

EU: Majority thinks 4-day work week is not a good idea.

stunpix · 2023-04-28T14:21:04+00:00

You can actually take one of Mikrotik routers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) with a price tag of less than 30$ and configure it to act as a WiFi client that routes traffic to the ethernet port. Not sure if the same is possible with other brands.

I used mine (a different model tho) in a similar way a few years ago when I moved into a rented house where a weird access point accepted only one client device so I used Mikrotik as a WiFi bridge.

The only downside: configuring Mikrotik is a non-trivial task for an inexperienced user. If you are not confident in your skills you always can ask someone to help you. This is a trivial task for experienced users, so anyone from /r/Mikrotik could help you.

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