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\nconsults magic 8 ball
\nSigns point to Yes.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ddykstal/87214310","date_published":"2026-03-29T20:45:50+00:00","author":{"name":"David Dykstal","url":"https://daviddykstal.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F8ce326cd898bdf25bdf503b4e2979dad%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ddykstal"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 20:45","date_timestamp":1774817150,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87216782","content_html":"@jimmitchell Thanks!
","url":"https://micro.blog/activitypub/conversation/ddykstal/87214310","date_published":"2026-03-29T20:45:50+00:00","author":{"name":"David Dykstal","url":"https://daviddykstal.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F8ce326cd898bdf25bdf503b4e2979dad%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ddykstal"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 20:45","date_timestamp":1774817150,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86011505","content_html":"@bitdepth at least once every year!
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ddykstal/81210942","date_published":"2026-01-02T18:18:31+00:00","author":{"name":"David Dykstal","url":"https://daviddykstal.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F8ce326cd898bdf25bdf503b4e2979dad%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ddykstal"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 18:18","date_timestamp":1767377911,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81210835","content_html":"@frankm I found the Daylight DC-1 to have a lack of that kind of focus. I would imaging the Boox (or any other Android based tablet) to have the same issue. I really like the reMarkables focus on writing and drawing, but it turns out that the interoperability I would like isn’t there. For example, I’d like to cut a rectangle of writing and paste it as a PNG or JPEG with a common clipboard. I can do that with 3rd party tools but it’s extra steps. Or, I’d like to write and post a page either as written or converted to Day One, but the conversion from handwriting to text, while reasonably accurate, is clumsily formatted and correcting that on the tablet is a pain.
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