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TangibleLight Link ParentI've edited my post about pricing but I'll also say here more explicitly: I was wrong about the pricing model, it's different than I remembered, and the basic marker is included with the list...I've edited my post about pricing but I'll also say here more explicitly: I was wrong about the pricing model, it's different than I remembered, and the basic marker is included with the list price of the three devices.
Also, they're starting to release the webapp to beta users now, and people on Reddit say it is good, but I don't have access yet. Apparently it does not support PDF export (yet??? 🙏) which does not bode well for my dream of a canonical implementation of the file format for the community.
Also, the "create a public link" feature is out of beta and available in the latest software update.
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TangibleLight Link ParentI'm glad the mood landed on the lighting; that's exactly the inspiration. The vacation was to Las Vegas, and walking past the shops in the Bellagio I saw this lighting fixture in one of the...I'm glad the mood landed on the lighting; that's exactly the inspiration. The vacation was to Las Vegas, and walking past the shops in the Bellagio I saw this lighting fixture in one of the hallways. "Some expensive place" is certainly a good descriptor. The texture of the glass reminded me a bit of froglights, and all the angles reminded me of fractal things like Koch curves or trees or, as I settled on after more thought over the week, the Dragon curve.
Aside: if you ever find yourself in Las Vegas, "O" by Cirque du Soleil was truly excellent and an unforgettable experience. I highly recommend.
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TangibleLight LinkI've been out of town on holiday the past week, so not much progress from me since then. I just logged on this evening for the first time since I've been back and took a peek around the server....I've been out of town on holiday the past week, so not much progress from me since then. I just logged on this evening for the first time since I've been back and took a peek around the server. It's always so cool to see what progress people have made after a short break!
I was particularly impressed by the Ender Dragon statue at town square, but I'm not sure who exactly made it or when. It's a fitting monument for such an event!
I finished digging out the space around my nether portal, what I've dubbed "the atrium" pending a proper name. Shoutout to @ColdheartsTalon for filling in the gaps in the walls with their spare netherrack to stop hoglins from raiding me while I experiment with lighting.
While I was on holiday I was struck by inspiration for the chandeliers that I intend to hang in the space. I will continue to play with placement and color to work out the best way to keep the space feeling open and allowing more detail to be visible, but I'm happy with this rough draft.
In keeping with the theme of space filling curves: the floor is a Hilbert curve while these lighting fixtures are Dragon curves. There's some double meaning there with the end portal that I quite enjoy.
To relax a bit and try to take my mind off the bigger projects, I built a flag near the town square and spotted Talon atop it. It's meant to mimic the 'swoosh' of the Tildes logo but still look like it's flowing in the wind. From above or on a map, the segments of the flag are 2x2 tiles that form the logo, although the "top" blue and "bottom" red segments are shifted by one pixel to avoid holes in the flag. I couldn't figure out a way to keep the flowing look without that shift.
I welcome anyone to revise the shape to make it flow more true to the source material, or to improve the lighting situation. I just threw some glow lichen on the thing, but surely something brighter and more elegant could be done.
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TangibleLight Link ParentYou might be interested in this support page: https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Using-reMarkable-without-a-subscriptionYou might be interested in this support page: https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Using-reMarkable-without-a-subscription
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TangibleLight (edited )LinkI use a reMarkable 2 and have been generally happy with it. It looks like it's aimed at the same market as the Supernote: it runs a custom linux distro, not android, and has no real third-party...I use a reMarkable 2 and have been generally happy with it. It looks like it's aimed at the same market as the Supernote: it runs a custom linux distro, not android, and has no real third-party apps. It generally postures itself less as "tablet with e-ink display" and more as "paper notebook/binder with unlimited pages".
It is possible to sideload apps, and there are a few open-source launchers and apps, but none of them are compelling to me. It is possible to install custom note templates (copy a pdf file to a particular directory), but software updates remove them. I've done this in the past but it's not worth the inconvenience. Generally the machine is very tinker-friendly with easy SSH and filesystem access, but the ergonomics are bad if you go off-label and don't put the work in to automate things.
For example there is a project remarkable_printer that lets you "print" PDF directly to the device (disclaimer: I haven't actually used that).
Getting documents on/off the device is straightforward. There is free Google Drive and OneDrive integration. You can also upload PDF to the device via the website, companion app, or LAN (via wifi or USB cable). You can export PDF/PNG/SVG via the same integrations, or share via email on-device. None of that requires the "Connect" subscription, but if you do have it, there's also a beta "create a link" web-hosted option.
I should also note that the subscription really isn't necessary. Feature comparison here. The only feature I find noteworthy is the "handwriting search" of files. The handwriting recognition runs in the cloud, and a text index of the files is sent back to the device. Searching the index occurs offline on-device, but it requires internet to update the index. There is on-device handwriting recognition "convert to text" feature that does not require subscription, but ins my experience it's slow and inaccurate. I've been pleasantly surprised at the accuracy of the handwriting search and "create a link" feature.
Pulling PDF off the device via Drive or OneDrive or LAN is a little annoying with very large notebooks, since the PDF export runs on-device, on the pitiful power-saving mobile processor. The website does not (currently) support PDF export, only upload. However with the companion mobile or desktop app, the app pulls the raw notebook file off device and converts to PDF locally, which is much faster.
Pulling the raw notebook file is fast in any case, easiest via SSH or LAN, but it's in a proprietary "lines" format. The format isn't very complex, so there are a few open-source converters and editors out there but none of them have great support last I looked. It seems like ricklupton/rmscene is still maintained.
If you're on Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android, the companion app is excellent. My biggest complaint is that, if you're on Linux like me, it doesn't work at all. It is ironic that the device runs Linux, the one platform for which support is neglected. The Windows app used to work under Wine but no longer. They announced about a month ago that a webapp is coming "mid-2026" which will unify the experience on the current platforms. Presumably, that would also native Linux support, or at least allow local PDF export in the browser. My dream is that part of this webapp release will be a canonical javascript implementation (or a wasm library) of the lines format that the community can use to build open-source conversion and file management tools.
Aside - I wonder if anyone has tried identifying and extracting the canonical lines implementation from the device and executing it via something like fex-emu?
It works fine as an e-reader for PDF or EPUB books, although that's not really its purpose. It has basic features like bookmarks, page tags, highlighting, etc. but if you have a huge library or do heavy reading it might feel lacking. (Edit: apparently KOReader that @creesch linked does support reMarkable.) It cannot show Kindle or other DRM content. I do like that it gives an extra few inches in all the margins on PDF and ebooks in which you can take notes (just two-finger scroll to the side). If you don't write in the margins, the PDF export has the same dimensions as the original, so you can use it to fill handwritten forms which is occasionally convenient.
Over the last few years they've pushed more heavily on their typing experience. There's a "type folio" keyboard cover, and an on-screen keyboard, and (with subscription) the companion app allows editing typed notes. I don't really see the appeal, but maybe I just don't do the right kind of writing. Usually it serves me better as a place to draw diagrams and mind maps to organize my thoughts as I type on my PC with a browser open for reference material. If I could use the desktop app I might type there so I can refer to it later on the notebook offline, but I can't, so I don't. In principle I do see some appeal to a distraction-free place to focus that's easier on the eyes than a backlit display, it's just not for me.
I find their pricing scheme a little strange, although it seems comparable to the Supernote.
The devices do not come with a stylus; those are purchased separately or in a bundle.Also, the styluses are not compatible between versions. The reMarkable 1 and 2 styluses are compatible, and the Paper Pro and Paper Pro Move styluses are compatible, but the reMarkable 2 stylus is not compatible with the Paper Pro. It's a shame, because I really want the big color (!) display of the Paper Pro.But not only would I need to cough up 630 USD for the new machine, I'd also need to cough up 130 USD for a stylus that I feel like I already paid for. 760 USD is far too much for me for a simple display upgrade.The reMarkable 2 is still available for saleand totals 400 + 80 USD for the basic marker, or 130 USD for the marker with built-in eraser on the other end.The Paper Pro Move is smallerand 450 USD, with marker sold separately, but I don't have any real use for a small device like that.(Edt: the pricing model is changed from when I purchased mine. The devices do include the basic marker, or a $50 upgrade to Marker Plus. That changes the calculus of the upgrade a bit and I am reconsidering it...)
A nice thing that's unique to my setup is that my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note, and it uses the same stylus technology as the reMarkable 1/2; so I can use my phone stylus and reMarkable styluses interchangably on either device. The price is the first reason not to upgrade, but losing this convenience is a close second.
The Supernote refill that @creesch linked to use your own pen is really cool. If that were available and/or I knew about it when I was shopping for these, I might have gone with the Supernote instead.
That sent me down a rabbit hole to reddit and xdaforums. Supernote, reMarkable, and Samsung all use the same stylus technology, but you do not want to use the ceramic tip of the Supernote stylus on the reMarkable because it will scratch the frosted glass that makes the reMarkable feel so much like pencil-on-paper. The xda users embedded a cheap Samsung S-Pen in a Pilot G-2; I could do the same but since I have no need for the side button I don't need to cut the hole in the G-2. I wonder if there's a way to disassemble part or all of the S-Pen to let the click action of the G-2 function... placing the spring such that it won't interfere with the stylus coil might be difficult.
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TangibleLight Link ParentSince 1.21.9, spawn chunks no longer exist, however chunkloaders automatically restart with the server. So in principle we could set up a 24h timer at/near community storage to do the same thing,...It is doable, but that system would be more resource intensive and a bit finnicky
Since 1.21.9, spawn chunks no longer exist, however chunkloaders automatically restart with the server. So in principle we could set up a 24h timer at/near community storage to do the same thing, but allt he same reliability and lag issues come with it.
However I would still much much prefer a datapack to do it. "Option 2" is really cool, with the signal strength indicating how long till/since restart. Seems very useful.
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TangibleLight Link ParentGood idea, I forgot about that. @hamstergeddon heads up, you still have the guardian farm sword. But I saw you had connection issues or something earlier this evening, so no worries if it's...Good idea, I forgot about that.
@hamstergeddon heads up, you still have the guardian farm sword. But I saw you had connection issues or something earlier this evening, so no worries if it's related to that.
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TangibleLight (edited )LinkUpdate on the stasis network: I got sidetracked a bit in creative chasing perfection on a destination selector panel. I had not accounted for how the flair on the pedestal I built in town reduces...Update on the stasis network: I got sidetracked a bit in creative chasing perfection on a destination selector panel. I had not accounted for how the flair on the pedestal I built in town reduces the interior volume, so my original design would not fit by 2 blocks. In the end I couldn't quite get the thing to fit but did come up with a smaller and more robust design. I will sacrifice my principles and expand the footprint of the pedestal by only 1 block instead of 2. However the result is a spam-proof selector panel embedded in the floor. I need to spend some more time in creative routing this new selector panel into the channel selector for the wireless transmitter, but once that's finished I'll be done with the bottom half.
Update on my base: I haven't spent too much time working on the cathedral around the end portal - although in my last post I made I mentioned I'd rework the clerestory to be walkable. I've done that. I really like how it turned out. Currently, I'm stumped on how to vault the ceiling above the rose window. I haven't come up with anything that really resembles a cross vault, although at some point I may just accept something dome-ish instead. I welcome suggestions!
On the nether side of my base, I've expanded the walkway into a large atrium. More details on the vision for that in this comment.
This is the shared wall that @nemo mentioned there.
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TangibleLight LinkWell, gang, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands. -
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TangibleLight Link ParentI was a little confused about how you found a suitable river for a farm around an ocean monument, but I figured I should leave it to the experts xdI was a little confused about how you found a suitable river for a farm around an ocean monument, but I figured I should leave it to the experts xd
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TangibleLight Link ParentIt was amusing to me too.It was amusing to me too.
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TangibleLight (edited )Link ParentI also don't have screenshots (yet) but here's a bluemap link. The distance to the wall was a happy coincidence. I was absentmindedly digging out the space for the atrium, broke some random...I also don't have screenshots (yet) but here's a bluemap link.
The distance to the wall was a happy coincidence. I was absentmindedly digging out the space for the atrium, broke some random calcite, and lo, I was in your portal before I realized what happened.
Feel free to move your portal inside the atrium if you like (looking at the coordinates, it looks like you've probably got quite a bit of leeway in the portal placement to maintain a connection to your village). I don't have much planned to fill the space, but I'm having fun with the architecture of the floor and walls and ceiling.
The vision is to incorporate the wall of your kiosk as a large pilaster in the wall; there will be two on each wall, and arches spanning the ceiling from them in a sort of # shape with the portal to the end cathedral at the center. I'll have chandeliers hanging from the arch crossings, the positions currently marked with temporary froglights.
Probably at some point I'll swap out the andesite walls for something else. Since the floor is a Hilbert curve I thought it might be neat to decorate the walls with something resembling a Peano curve, although I won't be able to have a true Peano curve with all the pilasters in the way. I don't think I've left myself enough space to get any detail in anyway.
Something else I considered was to sprinkle some end stone and prismarine into the block palette to evoke the same colors as the end portal frames. (Maybe add some sculk to the mix?) I'll probably do the same in the portal cathedral.
he/him/his btw
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TangibleLight Link ParentThe big requirement is it needs to be aligned to a chunk border. The footprint of a full public node is about 18x18 centered on a chunk (ie extending out 1 block into the 8 adjacent chunks). You...The big requirement is it needs to be aligned to a chunk border. The footprint of a full public node is about 18x18 centered on a chunk (ie extending out 1 block into the 8 adjacent chunks). You can see the layout for the TildeTown node if you need a reference.
A rough guess from memory: the receivers and stasis chambers extend upward about 15 blocks into the ceiling. The transmitters extend downward about 10 blocks into the floor. So about 30 blocks total height.
The footprint of the personal node is much smaller as it only houses a single stasis chamber and teleports to a fixed destination - 5x5 not crossing a chunk border - but the height is about the same.
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TangibleLight (edited )LinkReposting from last week's thread for visibility: I'm opening beta registration for my wireless ender pearl network. There will be 8 slots for the beta, but beware there will certainly be errors...Reposting from last week's thread for visibility:
I'm opening beta registration for my wireless ender pearl network. There will be 8 slots for the beta, but beware there will certainly be errors and incorrect teleportations as I get the bugs worked out of the design. No warranty!
Please only reserve a slot if you're okay with accidental teleportations and willing to work with me to debug issues.
Each registered player will have a designated ender pearl stasis chamber at each node, and any node's stasis chamber can be activated from any other node. So, for example, you could travel to the TildeTown node and activate your stasis chamber at the guardian farm to immediately teleport there.
Each stasis chamber is a magazine that can hold multiple ender pearls, so you only need to reload periodically. There will be an indicator to show when you've run out - so do keep an eye on that. You can't teleport if it's empty!
The one caveat is that we play withBig thanks to @teaearlgraycold for disabling that!ender_pearls_vanish_on_deathenabled, so if you die you'll need to travel to each node and reload.
The TildeTown node will be located just south of Town Hall. I intend to build nodes at various popular community locations:
- Community Storage
- The Industrial District
- The End Portal
- The Guardian XP Farm
- ??? Open to suggestions.
Along with a personal "home" node at the bases of people involved in the beta test or the few people with bases very far away who are interested.
- GravySleeve
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TangibleLight Link ParentI've already done some tests with the transmitters and receivers on our paper config... well, I did last season. Tea says the config is the same now, and I know that the upgrade from Paper 1.21.4...Hopefully you don't have many issues with the increased radius at which item entities clump together, since that mechanic is important to how these machines work.
I've already done some tests with the transmitters and receivers on our paper config... well, I did last season. Tea says the config is the same now, and I know that the upgrade from Paper 1.21.4 to 1.21.11 is not supposed to have introduced any breaking changes, but perhaps I should double-check this. It works fine in vanilla 1.21.11.
As for item stacking - just use unstackable items. Wooden Shovels are good if you're cheap, but Elytra are better if you want to flex.
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TangibleLight (edited )Link ParentIt's a pretty versatile format; it supports lossy or lossless compression and animations. It tends to have significantly better file size than png, and marginally better file size than jpeg....It's a pretty versatile format; it supports lossy or lossless compression and animations. It tends to have significantly better file size than png, and marginally better file size than jpeg. (Athough IMO the compression artifacts are not nearly as noticable as with jpeg).
The only downside I really know is that it only supports one 8-bit colorspace so if you have specific color requirements or high bitdepth, it's not suitable. But for a simple webshare like this, it's just about the perfect format.
I really really liked this project as a sort of hobby project / exercise. It's really not very complex, there's a lot of room to customize, and you end up with an image host with a bit of your personal touch.
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TangibleLight Link ParentI didn't know that. Thanks for the catch!I didn't know that. Thanks for the catch!
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TangibleLight (edited )Link Parent😬 whoops. I had edited that section of my comment (and removed direct mention of you) because I realized it's a bit presumptuous to say "I'll go around building these giant noisy contraptions at...[sic]
😬 whoops.
I had edited that section of my comment (and removed direct mention of you) because I realized it's a bit presumptuous to say "I'll go around building these giant noisy contraptions at everyone's bases! What fun!" Any build at another person's base should be by-request, not the other way around. On the other hand, I think community infrastructure is fair game.
Mainly as, well, it's so out of the way that barely anyone really comes by anyway, and it'd be a shame if I built an entire city and almost nobody ever saw it.
It does still require a person to come load pearls into the node; it can't teleport you if there are no pearls. Combined with
ender_pearls_vanish_on_death, it's really only valuable for commuting back and forth between a few set locations. For example I see great value in a "Home" node combined with the "Community Storage" node - you can hop over to grab some supplies, then be right back to building.And I also generally welcome other players doing era/lore-friendly builds around the area.
It could help with this, since it reduces travel time to gather forgotten supplies for such outpost-type builds, where you don't plan to bring all your gear with you.
I'm open to any ideas (even half-assed) though.
In-universe, the node is not open access. Only a select few are authorized to place their pearl in the contraption. Metagame, I only have so much time and space to build and maintain/debug the stasis chambers.
I don't know a great deal about the details of Polish history here, but I imagine in such an authoritarian state that high-ranking military officers and political officials are permitted to travel more freely than the general populace; this could be Secret Experimental Military Technology™ which enables fast travel for such important persons. If you have any place for large brutalist construction in militarized areas or government intelligence offices, this could fit in there.
Even if you don't want to have a full public node at your base, I could build a personal "Home" node just for you that might help with the commute. The personal nodes are much smaller; I don't have an exact design yet but the footprint ought to be a tower about 5x5 or so with a single stasis chamber for one player. There will be a special "Home" destination which takes each player to their home node.
@j0hn1215 I updated and filled out some of the maps in the inn, except I didn't complete the big one because my elytra was nearly broken. Also, it looks like there are some unwanted guests upstairs.