Gloria Caulfield, an executive for Orlando-based property developer Tavistock, was met with a similar reaction at the University of Central Florida on May 8. The school’s arts and humanities graduates booed when she equated the rise of AI to the “next industrial revolution.” Moments later, they cheered when she said, “Only a few years ago, AI was not a factor in our lives.”

Why is a property developer even talking at an arts and humanities graduation? Universities have a long standing tradition of shitty commencement speakers that benefit the school rather than the students. Wouldn’t be surprised if the school was looking for some sweetheart development deal here.

I remember my graduating class giving shit to our school for picky some high ranking general, likely as a result of the large amount of DoD grants the school gets. That guy got boo’d too when he spoke, effectively trying to give a recruitment speech.

Don’t expect to be blown away, e-ink tech moves very slowly. Most of what’s changed since then is probably improved responsiveness, while maintaining similar levels of sharpness and contrast, and the introductions of other players into the market, such as those based on android.

Which kobo did you use? If it’s one of the color ones, it’s going to be much more grey than B&W e-readers due to the extra color filter layer. All the color e-readers have this drawback and rely on the front light to improve contrast.

If you don’t need color, just go with the latest gen of a black and white reader, which should be using Carta 1300 I believe, with the software you’d like. Could also go with an older generation if you want to save a few bucks, such as carta 1200, all you would sacrifice is a bit of contrast and some responsiveness.

Cost doesn’t seem to matter with return fraud. I recently received a “new” $6 item that had its contents replaced with a $4 item and then taped shut. Seriously, who wastes their time on this stuff?

It’s what turns it from a children’s book into a horror story

I have a Kobo and much prefer it over kindle. While they have a bookstore, it’s not intrusive like Amazon, and it’s super easy to load books over usb (I use Calibre but I’ve also just directly copied books over).

There are also a multitude of android based e-ink devices which are much more open and configurable but they tend to be more expensive and not as smooth of an experience if all you care about is reading.