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by ajvargo 5493 days ago
Luddites were against technology that cost them jobs and made them generally obsolete. They'd weren't simply anti-technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

Given that, you may be set in your ways, or have standards that don't match the trends, but I wouldn't say you are a Luddite. (Though, perhaps, you are a deadtree publisher..?)
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keiferski 5493 days ago
Oh, yeah, I know what a Luddite is, and yeah, it wasn't the best word choice. I jokingly grasped at the word nearest to my situation - guy-who-doesn't-like-LCDs isn't quite as catchy. :) I'm as tech-savvy as anyone, but I prefer to work/read on standard paper if possible.

(not a deadtree publisher though - just a guy with irritable eyes)

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ajvargo 5493 days ago
I am with you on the LCD. I was annoyed that B&N went to them. I love e-ink. I swear my eyes sigh with relief when I go from coding to reading it.

I wish that there wasn't the stranglehold on the libraries, so I could get a real selection of epub and the like.

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semanticist 5493 days ago
Kindles don't have LCD displays. E-ink is as easy to read as newsprint, at worst.
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