01-08-2018, 12:03 PM | #46 | |
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So, for me, the eInk screen (alone) is superior to LCD or LED. When you add in the smaller size and much better battery life, it's not even close. Tablets still have a long, long way to go to catch up to eInk eReaders. And Android doesn't do anything for me either. Even my phone uses Blackberry's OS10. |
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01-08-2018, 12:29 PM | #47 | |
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Now as to the cookies why I found it amusing was the OMG Amazon tracks your reading. We use cookies to track usage but that it is ok. What Amazon does is not ok. Now I don't know about you but to me tracking is tracking. Same dang thing. Hence they belong in Harper Valley. Don't ever complain about one big company doing something when you are doing pretty much the same thing. I don't know what that site does with the data they receive from me. |
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01-08-2018, 12:35 PM | #48 | |
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01-08-2018, 12:37 PM | #49 |
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i'm just looking forward to devices with built-in solar panels for charging. can't believe that this hasn't been done yet.
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01-08-2018, 12:55 PM | #50 | |
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I don't worry about it. Heck, I figure my internet posts are being tracked. On the oil changes I find it amusing the dealership sends us coupons. We paid $400 or so for lifetime oil changes. Took less than 2 years for it to pay for itself. I figure some poor tracker is either bored or hungry. Oh and I never get usable coupons. Now the one I find amusing is insurance companies (Flo and lizard specifically ), about every 2 to 3 years I get an offer wanting to insure me. Those are the only 2 that come in my name. I just call and ask them for a quote. They always tell me we can't insure you and let me get you off our mailing list. I don't drive. As per the coupons on receipts, we always just get whatever restaurant is offering a deal that month. We don't buy brand name very often. |
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01-08-2018, 12:57 PM | #51 | |
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01-08-2018, 01:39 PM | #52 | |
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I do currently have a bid on a Kobo Touch, however. Wouldn't I be able to add fonts to a Touch also? As for embedding fonts, it's pretty simple in Calibre (I didn't realize how simple). I've tested it on a few Feedbook ePubs I've downloaded and it takes about a minute, maybe 30 seconds. Mostly, however, I would use it for Kindle books (Gutenberg reprints that have been cleaned up and well-formatted, so it's worth paying what little they charge for them). These will have to be converted for ePub anyhow, so there's no added work involved at all when embedding fonts. |
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01-08-2018, 02:03 PM | #53 |
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I would think so. Kobo is good about updating old devices with newer firmware. But the Touch is a little before my time and I never researched it because I want a light. Check the Kobo forum for a sure answer.
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01-08-2018, 02:14 PM | #54 | |
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01-08-2018, 02:15 PM | #55 | |
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Seriously though, life is too short to bother with trying to retain total privacy at all costs. If I lived 500 years or so, then I might look at it differently. But as it stands now... eh. I'll be dead soon enough. Why complicate my remaining days unnecessarily. |
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01-08-2018, 04:14 PM | #56 | |
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As an aside, I don't have to power down my Aura. I just dump the fonts in the font folder, eject and there they are. I just tried Constantia, though it was back to Noto Serif for me. |
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I would hope that glass substrates go away completely on all sizes.
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