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westbee t1_jc6bdlv wrote
Let me guess. 2 years of battery life if you leave it idling and never touch it.
The minute you try to program or use it, battery life goes down to 2 hours.
NewYork_NewJersey440 t1_jc6b5sj wrote
Reply to comment by gaytechdadwithson in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
How are you doing because I’m literally a potato
Ivebeenfurthereven t1_jc6avd5 wrote
jdayatwork t1_jc6ad8c wrote
Reply to comment by Contagious-Laughter in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
One of the funniest stories I've ever read.
[deleted] t1_jc69cwd wrote
Reply to comment by TheRageDragon in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
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emptysoul365 t1_jc69bjl wrote
Reply to comment by thedirtydeetch in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
That's why you submerge the potatoes in tomato soup.
atticlynx t1_jc68zvf wrote
Reply to comment by thedirtydeetch in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
/r/VXJunkies
3rdRateChump t1_jc68bab wrote
I love PotatoP’s odd look & violently yellow color. Also the name! Might as well call it Derp3000
hedgehawk t1_jc681mo wrote
So many people commenting “why”... damn you all are boring. Be creative you squares.
GigaPuddi t1_jc67xy1 wrote
Reply to comment by Cassette_girl in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
I have the original reMarkable bought used because I'm a cheap bastard and even that one is great. I work in sales (fenestration) and it makes keeping track of things so much simpler. Being able to copy and past scrawled notes makes keeping on the fly things organized so much easier.
I also use it for Dungeons and Dragons and it is invaluable for keeping my character's shit organized and updated.
I've considered upgrading to the second but I can't quite justify the expense.
GigaPuddi t1_jc66ufa wrote
Reply to comment by thedirtydeetch in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
.....I honestly cannot tell if this is true or not.
f15k13 t1_jc66tk8 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
I would love an E-ink laptop with a good keyboard to use for writing and Dungeon Master stuff.
It needs to be easy to read from, have a good keyboard and battery life, and play music. It needs an internet connection because all of my tools sync or are web-hosted. Also let it display normal color video out of HDMI or Type-C.
Basically my ZenBook 14 (love this thing) with an E-Ink screen.
Fredasa t1_jc660oy wrote
Beef PC.
tomistruth t1_jc65y2d wrote
Reply to comment by jaap_null in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
It's not the potato that actually runs the computer but the metal sticks you put into the potato. The potato just provides the water and salt to transfer the electrons.
adviceKiwi t1_jc65n5m wrote
Reply to comment by Mister-Matrix in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
> Still, 2-years of battery life between charges sounds impressive.
Two years later, now where did I put that effing charger??
TheRageDragon t1_jc63er7 wrote
Reply to comment by mr78rpm in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
I've seen enough superhero movies to know that this is how one becomes Tater Man
andemyan t1_jc62gug wrote
Reply to comment by KiwiShortKing in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
Yea I had one too, but it was because my handwriting was so shit that the teachers couldn’t read what I wrote
The-Respawner t1_jc61s6f wrote
Reply to comment by my__name__is in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
Sounds like you would love the new Type Folio that reMarkable released: https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2/type-folio
Its basically a digital typewriter with like two weeks of battery life. But you can also handwrite and draw on it.
HarmoniousJ t1_jc61kpz wrote
Reply to comment by my__name__is in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
As someone who used them in school all the time and got free ones from time to time, alphasmarts if you can stomach the first generation storage spaces. We're talking something like a few gigs if you get a really premium model.
The screen is also something like a typewriter, only having two or three lines visible at a time.
If you do go that far though, there's really no reason to avoid a cheap laptop, which will probably be better in every single way...
HarmoniousJ t1_jc61bvv wrote
People be saying (or implying) that this product is useless but I can think of quite a few things in the tech space that could use a simple, always on interface.
From certain types of code to servers, this could be something neat.
ArgentStar t1_jc607ic wrote
Reply to comment by p5219163 in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
Engineering mindset + creativity = lots of weird useless shit that paves the way for slightly less weird but actually useful shit.
DaveTheGay t1_jc5zx2l wrote
It's a Psion 5, with a larger battery
mr78rpm t1_jc5zeu0 wrote
Reply to comment by TheRageDragon in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
Sorry, not true.
Chemical reactions between the potato and the metal things you jam into the potato cause electrical energy to be made. If you ate the potato, you'd be eating the residue of these chemical reactions, which, by the way, are probably poisonous.
FlowKey777 t1_jc5z5u8 wrote
Reply to comment by thedirtydeetch in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
True, but beanz, meanz, Heinz?
OhhhYaaa t1_jc6e2tm wrote
Reply to comment by ArgentStar in PotatoP Laptop Aims for Two Years of Battery Life by diacewrb
>Engineering mindset + creativity
and free time