I'm a happy user of this tablet.

I also created a [Go app](https://github.com/juruen/rmapi) to interact with the cloud API.

I mainly use the tablet as a "virtual printer". Using the app I just mentioned above, I print directly to the device from my Mac. Yeah, this just saves me a couple of clicks and one drag and drop :)

Here's a [tutorial](https://github.com/juruen/rmapi/blob/master/docs/tutorial-pr...) on how to set it up and an actual [demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGTYI15VxY&feature=youtu.be).

When I was studying, it was also great to use it to solve math problems on it when I was traveling without having to carry too much paper with me.

I hope the idea of a virtual printer catches on for these type of devices. It would make the switch to a paperless environment in the corporate world so simple.

OneNote uses the virtual printer on Windows. It is actually really helpful.

Looks like a cool program - but a little sad that there's a need for an Api... Couldn't the device present as an ipp/cups printer via wlan/bonjour ?

[ed: I suppose there's a case to be made for "cloud" Printing too, though]

That is super cool! I have been printing web pages to pdf to read later and then copy of them over, but this way more seamless.

I bought an e-reader called reMarkable [0] that I use every day to read technical stuff on it.

At some point, I got tired of the process to sync files: download the document from the browser, open the reMarkable app and drag the file into it.

I automated this workflow, and now I can just "print" directly to the device [1] the article/document I'm reading.

[0] https://remarkable.com/ [1] https://github.com/juruen/rmapi/blob/master/docs/tutorial-pr...

Off-topic: do you like your reMarkable? In particular, how's writing on it?

I love it. I use it heavily every day. The hardware is awesome, the software is not quite there yet but they keep shipping updates so I'm hopeful it'll get there at some point.

I do not write that often on it though. I usually solve math problems on it and also comment on PDF docs.

All in all, I'd buy it again :)

Thanks! It looks like a beautiful piece of hardware, and I'm glad it's living up to its intentions.

I plan to buy it whenever they release a new model with illumination.

I wonder if that's easy to adapt to Linux?

I get around the same issue by emailing files to the reMarkable [0] but that's a solution that relies on having your own email server and is therefore less user-friendly than what you do, though it works great for my use case.

[0] http://umanovskis.se/blog/post/remarkable-email/

> I wonder if that's easy to adapt to Linux?

I believe using CUPS could be a simple way to implement it in Linux.

I have a kobo and my intentions was to throw getpocket articles at it but I have hundreds of articles and the kobo barely manages it (and it's too slow, when it doesn't crash and needs a hard reset).

Is the remarkable better in that regard ?

tried calibre (foss ebook management software with kobo support) and the pocket plugin? I believe it converts them to epub rather than using the built in Kobo pocket app.

This is interesting but not available in India , any similar products you know as an Alternative for India?

Sony sells something similar:

https://www.sony.com/electronics/digital-paper-notepad

The Onyx Boox Note may be available there. It's an android based equivalent. Has more features but a worse build quality.

Remarkable is a Markdown viewer right? So basically you open a HTML webpage in remarkable? Is that so you can modify the source?

There may be a markdown tool by that name, but in this case it's a specific brand of e-ink tablet that includes a stylus for drawing on the documents/note-taking/etc.

IIRC it supports PDF and presumably other ebook formats, but I wouldn't expect it to have any special tool for viewing markdown.

I see now, my mistake

> Does anyone know whether the software is user friendly? E.g. cloud integration, doesn't require to install shitty software, can email documents, etc...

You need to install a Qt desktop app for the cloud integration or its equivalent mobile version.

There are however some projects out there already that are working on alternatives for the cloud integration such as this one [0].

[0] https://github.com/juruen/rmapi

> I wonder if other languages have such an array of words for a toilet, and how much confusion they cause for foreigners.

Let me try in Spanish: servicio, baño, excusado, w.c, mingitorio, tigre (this is slang)

Riemann is great. We use it at work.

I like it so much that I did an experiment to implement it in C++

https://github.com/juruen/cavalieri

My implementation sucks, but I had a lot of fun working on it and I got to learn how Riemann works better.

Good job on the README!

Went to check it out, expecting something funny.

Was surprised to see the most comprehensive and will written documentation I've ever seen on Github!

No joke.

This is great news.

I've been using a patch that I made to address this annoying issue in KDE for a year now:

https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103356/

My patch was more of a hack than anything else but it did its job. I'm happy though that I won't need to patch every new KDE version any longer :)

Is there any data on how many of those users spend money on apps?

Almost certainly substantially less than iOS users, which I suppose is the point you were going for, but I think that whole rabbit hole is a red herring.

The model of "sell apps to people for money" no longer works. We've depleted that gold mine (or vespene geyser, if you will). The only people who are having any fun on mobiles right now are services with mobile portals (think Yelp, AirBnb, eBay, etc) and sketchier-than-not "social gaming" apps.

Citation needed.

iOS and Android app-buying behaviour seems to be converging.

In 2011, 39% of iOS users had more than 20 paid apps. In 2012 that has dropped to 26%, while Android has climbed to 19%[1].

Additionally, "When it comes to paid-app refusers Android and Apple are now almost identical, with 6% of iPhone users and 7% of Android users having never spent money on an app."

[1] http://www.swiftkey.net/android-catching-up-with-iphone-on-p...

Spanish here. I remember that back in high school or uni people would make fun of you if you tried to make your pronunciation sound a bit more English.

I think that's changing nowadays. People are more exposed to English via TV series and movies and stuff.

With regard to your point, whenever I'm London and find myself having a conversation with someone with a cockney accent. After a few minutes, I start to mimic their accent. I can't help it. I love the accent.

Aye! that bloody cockney...

"tricorn" is an everyday word in Spanish. The reason behind is we have a kind of police force that still wear "tricornios". And in my opinion they are still ridiculous.

Spanish here. Got an estimated vocabulary size of 17,7000 words. I lived and worked in the U.K for a couple of years. I think I might be in a better position than some of you when it comes to words derivated from Latin, as they are almost always the same in Spanish. Leaving those out I am sure I would get similar results.

French here, and I concur. Quite a few terms are directly borrowed from French or have very clear Latin roots, making them easy to understand even without having actually encountered them in English.