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An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:
I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.
A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.
The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:29PM (8 children)
People might take you seriously if you stopped with 'retard'.
In my PC corner of the multiverse it is no longer an acceptable term - out of respect for fellow humans with a range of neurophysiological conditions.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 30 2020, @09:50PM (3 children)
The irony is that Barb is a mentally ill transsexual. Those who live in asylums should not throw shade.
(Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Thursday January 30 2020, @10:04PM (1 child)
Isn't "microsoft shill" also a form of mental illness?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 30 2020, @11:00PM
Depends on how much it pays. A gig's a gig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 31 2020, @02:53AM
Hey, you'd be bitchy too if someone cut your dick off.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @12:32AM (2 children)
Since the term no longer applies to people with neurological cognitive problems, it's free to be used with freetards who are wilfully ignorant of the fact that free software has lost the battle, both with end users who don't want it, and large corporations who have co-opted it for their own ends.
It's over. Even steam is more than 95% Microsoft, a bit more than 3% Apple, and 0.33% linux. One out of three hundred among geeks is a pretty sad state of affairs. Far less than at the turn of the century.
And the software available as FOSS isn't exactly something to get excited about. Pretty much the same crap as 20 years ago. Except for Gnome - it works even worse now that they've "improved it".
Easy prediction - the next big thing in operating systems won't be any version of linux, but someone pulling an Apple and taking FreeBSD and creating another proprietary operating system. It's not like they have to get much market share - 0.33% among geeks, just how low is it with the general public?
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 31 2020, @01:48AM (1 child)
Using a term when others have cautioned you of it harmfulness is being a jerk for being a jerk's sake.
I would have thought someone in the rainbow community might understand that. Clearly not.
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @02:36AM
I really don't care what freetards and libtards think. If the shoe fits ...
And stop being so pretentious. You don't give a shit either.
Also, I hate the term "differently abled." It's bullshit. Handicapped or crippled, sure. They describe reality, not making it like someone who is handicapped has a "differently abled" superpower. I'm visually crippled or handicapped, not "differently abled." I didn't get any mysterious special superpower when my retinas started crapping out.
Sure, I learned how to cross the street with my eyes closed. But anyone with ears that can hear can learn that with a day's work. My hearing didn't suddenly turn into super-hearing. Your other senses don't suddenly become more enhanced - you just pay more attention to them. No "different ability."
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(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday February 03 2020, @05:09AM
I think the term is still somewhat under dispute [youtube.com].