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1. tombert · 1789921845 · focus · HN ↗

   I read a lot, and I own a lot of physical books, but I almost never actually read physical books anymore. I'm one of the happy few that used my Kindle for more than a week after getting it as a gift.

   I find that reading on an ereader is many times easier for me, primarily because I can make the text gigantic and I don't lose track of my place on the page nearly as often. I'm not dyslexic (I've been tested), but I do think that there's some issue with my brain where if the text is small I really can't follow it. On all my computers the text is gigantic and even then I will click and highlight text as I'm reading so don't lose place. I would love to be paid to read but I don't think I'd love to be paid to read physical books.

   I remember my grandmother was wholly unconvinced that my Kindle was a different thing than an iPad or a Game Boy, and that it was not "real" reading, for whatever reason.

   1. mulderc · 1789922312 · focus · HN ↗

      One thing I do with my students is show them how to adjust text size and have them try out larger sizes. I think a surprisingly large number of people have never even attempted to change the text size on their devices and many can benefit from something different than the defaults.

      1. cheschire · 1789925644 · focus · HN ↗

         Even on computer monitors, I always bump the scaling to 125% on modern high resolution screens.

         1. mulderc · 1789934735 · focus · HN ↗

            I tell everyone to set it to what you find comfortable and then adjust it up a notch.

            1. Toslink · 1790030596 · focus · HN ↗

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         2. juujian · 1789937775 · focus · HN ↗

            150% gang here. Actually 200% on my laptop but the resolution of that display is just ridiculous.

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