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   miauz genyau (mia@movsw.0x0.st)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 01:48:52 JST miauz genyau

   70 years of personal computers yet no good replacement found for paper notepads

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     NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi: (neonpurplestar@outerheaven.club)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 01:48:50 JST NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi:

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     @mia why would you want a notepad that could potentially have an amazon subscription?!
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 01:54:17 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @mia I'd say it's mostly because nobody cares about latency in drawing software (and tablets, be it Cintiq-likes or the overblown PDAs).
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     miauz genyau (mia@movsw.0x0.st)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 01:57:12 JST miauz genyau

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     @NeonPurpleStar@outerheaven.club i mean, i’ve tried note-taking and task management software but the simple fact that those run on a multi-purpose device limits their usefulness
     
     the problem is that computers are an abstract interface to a lot of different things.
     
     to contrast, a physical notepad that only serves one function exists in its own seperate place, and that property makes it easier to establish a routine because you always turn your attention to the one and only thing it does.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 06:09:35 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • LEdoian
     @ledoian @mia PineNote seems to be pretty much done for, at least it still doesn't seems to have got an actually working system after all those years.
     
     Which is why I grabbed myself a Kobo some months ago (for manga/books).
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     LEdoian (ledoian@pleroma.ledoian.cz)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 06:09:37 JST LEdoian

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan @mia For me it is mainly the form factor: laptops being both too small and too bulky for writing. If somebody put a large-enough Cintiq on my desk, I think I would take my ad-hoc notes on that no problem. (However, it would have a different feel to it…)

     The only platform that comes close to being a portable alternative for paper is probably a reMarkable, which is still rather small and expensive. (I don’t know what the state of PineNote is now.)