Readwise has got very nice integrations, easy sharing and tons of other cool features. But their source is closed and they are cloud based. That got me thinking if I could build something private yet interoperable and open.

I’ll keep everyone updated here if it works out.

E-ink is cool!

You’re right. My situation is slightly different though. I don’t have a home to come back to, which is essential to store books. Can’t buy any, cause I realize I’ll have to leave them behind.

So digital is my best option for now.

That’s the same thing I was thinking. I already implemented full text search in my prototype. Works pretty well. I’m looking into semantic search next. AI would be cool, but I’m yet to figure out how to implement that. Focusing on local storage, so API requests to AI would miss the whole point. But I guess we’re not far away (if not yet there) to be able to run a good-enough-for-that-task AI on a tablet.

Thanks, that’s really helpful! I need to take a closer look at Kindle. In my mind it is still a physical device from 2000’s with almost no functionality. That’s obviously not the case any more.

I feel you, but I got used to it as I never know where I’ll end up next month. Been dreaming of a library forever. Some day I hope.

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lol. All good. It made your post sound like you believe that Bitcoin’s distribution was “unfair” or something, so I had to check.

Undermined?

Nice!

There have been many attempts to create p2p censorship resistant messengers. Each one has their strengths and weaknesses (Bitchat too). I’ll try to prepare a comparison and publish it tomorrow.

If we’re talking about the “Nepal case”, where Internet may be down, Bitchat relies solely on Bluetooth, hence very short range. However, it supports Nostr for long range communications if you do have Internet connection. In that case you can chat globally.