u/encol01

I've just received a Bigme B6 Color.
What surprised me is how slow it is! I expected a device with 4GB RAM, 64GB of storage, and an octa-core processor to be more responsive, but instead every single operation is extremely slow and the UI reacts with a significant delay.

Have you noticed this as well?

As far as you know, does Bigme have a return policy? I'm seriously considering sending it back.

Over the past month, I’ve been working on the development of AILector, an EPUB reader for Android with built-in AI assistance.

The goal is to make reading more interactive: instead of constantly switching between different apps, readers can ask contextual questions directly within the book they are reading.

Current features include:

✅ Chapter summaries
✅ Questions about the chapter or book being read
✅ Contextual questions based on selected text
✅ AI-powered translation
✅ Bookmarks, annotations, and highlights

It is designed primarily for Android e-readers (such as XtEink S4, Viwoods, Boox, Bigme, etc.), but it also works well on tablets and smartphones.

Over the past month, I’ve been working on AILector, an EPUB reader for Android with built-in AI assistance.

The goal is to make reading more interactive: instead of constantly switching between different apps, readers can ask contextual questions directly within the book they are reading.

Current features include:

✅ Chapter summaries
✅ Questions about the chapter or book being read
✅ Contextual questions based on selected text
✅ AI-powered translation
✅ Bookmarks, annotations, and highlights

It is designed primarily for Android e-readers (Boox, Bigme, etc.), but it also works well on tablets and smartphones.

If you'd like to try it, search for "AILector" on the Google Play Store.

Website: AILector

Disclosure: I am the developer of AILector. The links to the app and website are not affiliate links.

Sto sviluppando un'applicazione che genera del testo tramite AI in base all'interazione con l'utente.
Attualmente sto utilizzando DeepSeek V4 Flash tramite API OpenRouter.

Ho provato vari altri modelli, ma ho sempre problemi di tempi di risposta.
Per la mia app è fondamentale non tanto la precisione o la potenza del modello, ma piuttosto:
- che la risposta sia quasi immediata (o comunque nel giro di pochi secondi)
- che il modello sia sempre disponibile
- (bonus) che il modello non costi troppo ;)

Cosa mi consigliate?

Why is the heat rule basically nonexistent at Roland Garros?

We keep hearing about “player safety” every single year, but then matches are played in brutal heat with almost no meaningful intervention. The Australian Open has an actual Extreme Heat Policy, players get longer breaks, roofs close, schedules change. At Roland Garros? Apparently everyone is just supposed to survive.

You can literally see players struggling physically, ball kids collapsing, people in the crowd baking for hours, and the tournament still acts like clay somehow makes 35°C acceptable. It’s absurd.

And before someone says “they’re professional athletes” — being fit doesn’t magically make heatstroke impossible. Tennis matches can go on for 4-5 hours with almost no shade. This isn’t about toughness, it’s about basic common sense.

What’s even more frustrating is the total inconsistency between Slams. Either heat is dangerous or it isn’t. Why does one tournament take it seriously while another seems stuck in the 1990s?

At this point it feels like Roland Garros cares more about tradition and TV schedules than actual player welfare.

Hi everyone,

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I’m developing AILector, an Android EPUB reader with integrated AI features, and I’m looking for testers willing to keep the app installed and use it occasionally during the next 14 days.

Main features:

✅ Ask AI questions about selected text

✅ Chapter and full-book Q&A

✅ AI-generated summaries

✅ AI translations while reading

✅ Highlights, notes, and bookmarks

✅ EPUB support

The main goal is to improve deep reading and studying workflows, especially for:

• non-fiction readers
• students
• language learners
• people reading technical books or long essays

I’m currently running a closed beta on Google Play and I’m looking for Android users willing to test the app for the next couple of weeks and share honest feedback about usability, reading experience, and AI usefulness.

I’m especially interested in feedback from people already using apps like Moon+ Reader, ReadEra, KOReader, Librera, or similar tools.

Check the website: https://ailector-site.vercel.app/

If your're interested, join to the testers Google Group (with the account you use on your Android device):

https://groups.google.com/g/ailector-testers

Then install the app from the following link (you must be in the testers group to see it):

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.encol.ailector.sub

Any honest feedback is highly appreciated.

Ciao a tutti, vorrei acquistare un dispositivo per fare inferenza locale.
L'idea è di installare ollama e far girare modelli come Gemma 4 o DeepSeek V4 flash, opportunamente quantizzati.

Ho visto Nvidia Spark ma è un po' fuori budget, pensavo di stare intorno ai 2000 euro.

Cosa mi consigliate?

Ciao a tutti, dovrei sviluppare un'applicazione Java che genera del contenuto AI in base a contenuti inseriti dall'utente.

Sono indeciso se utilizzare LangChain4j o Spring AI.

Cosa mi consigliate?

Ciao a tutti,
Google AI Studio consente di creare un'API key ed utilizzarla per utilizzare le proprie API Gemini per scopi di test o sviluppo (con alcuni limiti).
Che voi sappiate, esistono altri provider che forniscono un servizio simile, senza costi di ingresso?