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		zvmaz on Aug 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: E-ink is so Retropunk It's a new technology (in that sense, it's not "retro"), and "punk"? I don't know what the author means.

layer8 on Aug 26, 2023 [–]

It’s not new, the first Kindle was released in 2007.

PurpleRamen on Aug 26, 2023 | [–]

That's just 16 years, not much. From the POV of retro, this is new. Especially as we are talking about a still used and evolving technology, not something dead which was rediscovered and revived.

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