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  • ah, to live in a country where the government doesn't block wireguard packets
    by tryauuum
  • Jokes on you Tailscale, the kindle community already has Bluetooth keyboard support https://github.com/zampierilucas/kindle-hid-passthrough :p
    by lzampier
  • I had a similar project for bringing up Tailscale on a very resource-limited router, the gl.inet SFT1200, which has only 128 megabytes of RAM, and a dual-core MIPS processor.

    Despite my best efforts, the original tailscale-go was simply not going to work, since it used too much RAM, even when I followed some of the tips for stripping the unneeded parts of the binary. Thankfully there was an open-source port to Rust, which more effectively used memory: https://github.com/GeiserX/tailscale-rs

    What was surprising to me is that every Kindle released since 2019 has, at minimum, 512 megabytes of RAM, and therefore plenty of memory for tailscale-go to use.

    by noahbp
  • Kind of a hijack comment, but since RSS was mentioned - Do you guys have some recommendations for ereader friendly feeds? Content like r/longreads is what comes to mind.
    by parolee
  • You will probably also want to add `--no-logs-no-support` (don't mind the FUD-y argument name) to the scripted invocation of `tailscaled` here: https://github.com/victoria-riley-barnett/koreader-tailscale...

    Otherwise Tailscale (the company) will be collecting your behavioral metadata every time you use your Kindle (what other hosts it connects to, on what ports, connection open and close timestamps, etc): https://tailscale.com/docs/features/logging#opt-out-of-clien...

    Yes obviously the actual connection contents are encrypted, but ”just metadata” tells a whole heck of a lot about you: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...

    by Lammy
  • Ok, this one crosses the bar - time to jailbreak my Kindle. On days when I don't vibe-code (or code less), I get this withdrawal-like feeling (lack of dopamine?), and I tend to spend too much time watching dumb X posts or striving for anything that ticks my nerves. Actually, I could use this time to catch up on my RSS queue.
    by mlitwiniuk
  • I’ve just jailbroken my Kindle this week. I have a Paperwhite 7th Generation and my biggest problem was that I didn’t have dark mode on it. Turns out the only reason that is is because Amazon didn’t want me to have it. Maybe maybe I’ll buy a new device. KOReader has no problem with dark mode and is much faster and snappier than the Kindle software.

    What’s funnier is that both my son and my wife have the Paperwhite 10th generation, but only my wife’s device has dark mode. Same exact device, different software depending on when it was bought.

    The second major reason for Jailbreaking is that KOReader can do DRM through a plugin so I was finally able to loan out ebooks from my library. No need for a new device, the 10 year old one works extremely well with the right software

    by kioleanu
  • KOReader (mentioned in the article, an alternative OSS interface you can install on most ereaders) is really a marvellous piece of software. I was not sure about setting it up at first, fearing it would drain battery out of my Kobo and whatnot, but I never had any issue with it. The amount of stuff you can customize to your liking has no limit and I feel I have reached the endgame of reading comfort. If you own an ereader, I highly recommend installing it. I'm happy and grateful people spend time developing and maintaining it without being paid!
    by benterris

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