Anyone using a kindle for reading technical things? Has it helped you in any way?
>reading on paper is faster and requires fewer fixations per line
>no difference in eye strain, fatigue compared to lcd
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228323417_Reading_on_LCD_vs_e-Ink_displays_Effects_on_fatigue_and_visual_strain
who cares about "reading faster" or "eye strain"...the biggest benefit of e-ink is the fact that the screen emits no light (without backlighting turned on) so that the battery lasts MONTHS before you have to charge it. you can keep in in your bag like it's a book, but it's very thin unlike a book, and caries every book you could ever want for FREE from libgen. no it's not bullshit
So the only benefit is that you have to charge it less often?
That’s a massive benefit, what are you talking about? Also read the rest of my post dipshit
I do read real books dumbfuck boomer. I only eread books that I don’t want to buy
I have boox and it lasts months. Of course if I have it on 24/7 using it daily it will last around a month
you should carry real books instead, you need the exercise you lazy wimp
Books destroy themselves over time and cost $
you're poor because you're lazy, your books fall apart because you're slovenly. I have books from the 1800s that are in fine condition
They are in fine contition because you don'tuse them
you're not supposed to "use" a book, you're supposed to READ it.
Has anyone ever told you that you are an obnoxious retard?
>using a generic verb "use" instead of the specific verb "read"
You're either ESL or retarded.
And you must be really pupular with the ladies and fun at parties
>pupular
Did the priest touch your no no square?
>incoherent babbling
I have broken the ESL.
Why are you so keen on vomiting your internal monologue? Don't you have some friends to talk to?
Oh, well.
It doesn't last months, at least on kindle. On kindle when you switch it off (screen shows screensaver), the actual device stays on, with os and everything running, in fact there is noway to really switch off kindle except let the battery run out, which takes about a week (because it's on all the fucking time)
That's not exactly true. If you have the wifi on it will periodically wake up to check for updates. Turn off wifi, especially while reading, and the battery lasts much, much longer. Even up to a month.
I have had 4 different kindles and none if them lasted more than 1.5 weeks. I have had two keyboards, voyager, (another one without keybord), currently a pw3. I have mine in flight mode all the time. They don't last a month.
>turns the processor off
that is not how it works. Turning off means powering off, why and how you do think the message appears when battery is low or empty if the cpu is off (when he device is supposedly off)? It's because it is not off
different circuit, dummy
If wifi is on, how can it check for updates when cpu is off?
It literally doesn't, and wifi being off is trivial to verify. check your router's logs, the kindle won't show up if it's off.
Mine still lasts a month and it has a 15 year old battery. When you switch it off, it turns off the processor completely. The screen continues displaying a static image, which requires virtually zero power because that's how eink is.
If you actually read more than 30 minutes a day you'd understand that eye strain is a real phenomenon. Also I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how nice it is to read outside without having to worry about glare from the sun or whatnot. And who really cares how long the battery lasts? Charging it is as simple as charging your phone or laptop.
>Also I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how nice it is to read outside without having to worry about glare from the sun or whatnot.
What glare?
Retard, just ask somebody you know to try theirs and see if you like it. Whether or not you personally like it is all that matters.
Nobody I know has one
then go to a store and look at one. or ride a train or plane and look over somebody's shoulder.
I live in europe, most europeans don't know how to read
e-ink is great but e-readers are bad for technical books since they suck at anything with images or mathematical formula. small screens, little-to-no zoom functionality, navigation is slow.
I've used kindle and kobo variants over the years and the experience was fantastic, I travel a lot so it's much more practical. For technical literature I would definitely not recommend it as the screen is too small and making notes is a tedious process.
I worked at E-ink actually. It was my first job. I was hired by a Russian woman who then left to work at Apple.
Isn't the reason e-ink so expensive and not more widely used because the company are cunts with their patent + licensing terms?
No, I bought a iPad purely for reading textbooks since it has the true tone and a much better platform for technical reading.