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SietrixDevon Kobo can run apps now

I'm happy with my Kobo Clara Colour. As far as the specs go, both are 300 PPI when displaying black and white. I took a picture of my screen from as close as my phone would allow - the lens was basically touching the e-reader [1]. My eyes can't really focus at this distance anyway, so I can't complain. I don't use the colour screen much, but seeing the book covers in colour is fun for me.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/cszqi0F

SietrixDevon As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

I'm not sure Kagi has ever used the Bing API, because (according to Kagi) Bing prohibited changing the results, or merging them with others. Apparently Google is expected to provide access to its index via API soon.

https://blog.kagi.com/waiting-dawn-search

SietrixDevon New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study

Yes, it exists, but how available is it really? If I recall correctly, the injections are also not very pleasant.

"Gilead sells LEN at very high prices (over $28,000 per person per year in the US), severely restricts its supply to certain countries, and refuses to sell it directly to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières"

Source: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/campaigns/acces...

SietrixDevon Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future

But not in the EU, because of the DMA :/

SietrixDevon Claude Code refuses requests or charges extra if your commits mention "OpenClaw"

I had exactly the same issue with Anthropic API. It was only $15, but I was so annoyed when they just decided that they'll take my money for free. If it's really the law as some people state, it's a stupid law.

I think my Zalando gift cards expire after 4 years.

SietrixDevon Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable

And yet Apple was at some point called one of the largest gaming companies in the world by revenue

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/06/05/apple-one-of-the-biggest...

SietrixDevon Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD

As far as I know, the lithography machines are indeed running 24/7 (barring servicing).

https://www.asml.com/en/products/customer-support

SietrixDevon Kagi Reaches 50k Users

They also announced a Linux version in early 2026.

SietrixDevon Kagi Reaches 50k Users

You're probably aware, but they recently added the actual cost of used tokens on the Billing page. This is much better than the token count on its own.

SietrixDevon Being fat is a trap

Another trap I see in your list is wasting 3-4 hours for unpaid work:

- 2 hours commute daily? This seems crazy. Never had such a commute and most of my life I could walk or cycle to the university/work, so I gained some free exercise time.

- 1 hour overtime daily? What for?

- Lunch outside of work? (This is where my additional hour came from) Thankfully this never happened to me in my actual career.

SietrixDevon The US has a new most powerful laser hitting 2 petawatts

Probably Peta => Peter who is one of the main characters in the show.

SietrixDevon Material 3 Expressive

Just information. I don’t know rare this case is, I use my iPad mostly with magic keyboard which has a touchpad.

Honestly it doesn’t bother me at all because it only applies to UI elements and not the websites link or buttons.

SietrixDevon Material 3 Expressive

It's what iPad does when you use a mouse. https://web.archive.org/web/20200602200001/https://www.apple...

SietrixDevon Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

For me it's exactly other way around. First window is fast, another file is slow.

SietrixDevon Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

I never was a pro at Adobe stuff, but recently I bought Affinity Suite and it seems nice. The only downside for me is lack of Linux support.

SietrixDevon Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

I have a different issue. First window of Excel starts fast, but try to open another file and you'd think that I just didn't click on it. 10 second wait times and I'm on a private machine without any corporate bloat.

SietrixDevon Try Switching to Kagi

I don’t think I’m a power user and I’m constantly over 1000 searches / month. Just a few days ago I upgraded my plan to the highest tier to play with the better models and in a few days it’s gonna renew for a year at this tier.

If I’m gonna use the AI assistant with web access I’d assume my searches are gonna go up even more.

SietrixDevon Try Switching to Kagi

This. I didn’t know it was EU only thing, but sometimes you have a map displayed in Google search results and there’s no way to actually go to Google Maps beside clicking “directions” button (and I think even this button isn’t always there).

Just recently I’ve created a bang in Kagi which redirects me to Google Maps roughly around my home with a query that I typed.

SietrixDevon Firefox tab groups are here

If I could assign a bookmark to a container, that would be great.

I don’t like Sidebery and it doesn’t really work for me.

Another thing that annoys me in Firefox is that they recently changed the sidebar. I still use Firefox though.

Rant over.

SietrixDevon How to quickly charge your smartphone: fast charging technologies in detail

My iPhone 15 Pro Max, first use on September 2023 is at 98% capacity. Charged mostly on a wireless charger and the charge limit set to 80%.