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Buttons840 ◴[] No.41838783[source]
I might buy this to use as follows.

I want a work-time tracker that lights a bright LED every 5 minutes or so, and as long as I'm there and working I smash a button and the light goes off for another 5 minutes. Some algorithm tracks the times I have hit the button and displays how long I have been working on said task.

I'm picturing something fairly cheap, like a stop watch or 3 button kitchen timer. A LED, a few buttons, a LCD display, a AAA battery slot, and an internal timing circuit is all that's needed (and a case to hold it together).

This would basically be a stop watch that stops on its own if neglected, and I can imagine a few uses for it.

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1. wepple ◴[] No.41839425[source]
I’ve got this, just some simple JS that flashes bgcolor when the time is up, and I click to extend. I just keep a tiny thin browser on my laptop display

I set it to 15 minutes or it’s too frequent.

I’ve considered a hardware device (and have tried some) but I like to also track time in meetings, so I’d be lugging it around with me.