Same here in New Zealand. Had them around for a while but never heard about flexible prices like this (other than items on sale of course)

Yeah, though I haven’t used it yet, it’s good to know it’s right there when I want it.

Yeah, essentially.

Obviously made by different companies, Kindle - Amazon, Kobo - Rakuten (A Japanese multinational).

When I was doing my research on what to buy, I was weighing up between the Kindle Paperwhite vs Kobo Clara 2e.

I think most people say that the Kindle has a better selection of books available in their store (though I’ve only had one book I couldn’t find for the Kobo, but I solved that issue by purchasing it while in a different region), and the Kindle is Larger. The Kindle also has a top screen layer than makes it flush with the body.

In the end I went into a physical store to have a look at both of them, and went with the kobo, mainly due to how I preferred the smaller size.

edit - oh and just remembered as I read another comment in this thread, Kobo is compatible with Libby, which is what is used to “borrow” ebooks from your local library (I believe in most places around the world?, not too sure on that), while Kindle is not. Though I havent used it yet, as when I went looking for a few books I wanted to read, they had already been checked out by other users, and there was a waiting list for them.

I go through spurts of reading, and I had been putting off ebooks because I like to own the physical books and have them fill up a shelf etc.

I recently got a Kobo and it’s been amazing. Definitely been reading more, and as others have mentioned, it’s so great when travelling. I’ve got a little camera sling bag that I carry when travelling, and it just manages to fit in there so I can have a quick read when I’m waiting for something/got some down time etc.

Unrelated, but for no real reason whatsoever, I preferred HDMI over DP until recently when I noticed I was having noticing some weird behavior with my laptops and my usbc dock.

I did some testing with DP cables instead of HDMI, and it totally fixed it. Ive since been converted to DP.

haha thats actually laughable how they rebranded the 18v to 20v. Thanks for that info, good to know👍

Again, I am probably wrong as I haven’t really looked at Dewalt with a lot of intent, but there seems to be a lot of different buzz words? Flex, XR, Atomic, Powerstack? Also there seems to be a few different voltages, or are they moving all of their 18v tools to 20v now.

I know Makita has a few lines as well, but here (in New Zealand), its basically 18V or 40V systems. But then obviously you’ve got some complexity with Makita as well, where you double up on batteries to make them 36V and 80V etc.

Oh is there quite a lot of talk around decrease in Dewalt quality? I’ve always considered them to be pretty top notch stuff.

Oh is that right?

Admittedly I havent really looked into Dewalt tools before as my father uses Makita tools, and so I naturally grew up around them, but Dewalt’s lines seems to be a bit confusing? Or have I got that completely wrong.

Yeah I heard they made a promise back in the day or something, that they wouldn’t change the battery dimensions. Hence you still have the old school “stalk”.

Which I really admire, but I’m currently looking for a tool ecosystem for at home, and it makes me lean away from them for some reason. No real logical reason, as I absolutely love the wide range of diy tools they have.

Other people have said the same, but Apollo was my most used App on my phone.

I find that during the day, I mainly browse Reddit on my phone, as I can’t stand not having RES on my work laptop. I’ll have to see what sort of adjustments I’ll have to make, as I was looking at using both Reddit (via browser on my laptop) and Lemmy (via wefwef on my phone) whilst the lemmy community gains a bit more traction.