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MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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2106 points pabs3 | 10 comments | 14 Nov 24 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.04s | source | bottom
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angrygoat ◴[14 Nov 24 12:36 UTC] No.42135621[source]▶
What a beautiful use of technology to uphold someone's personhood, and let them know they are loved, despite (and with regard to) a profound injury.

This reminds me of a desire I've had for a long time: a simple, wall-mountable eInk device that could be configured with a URL (+wifi creds) and render a markdown file, refreshing once every hour or so. It would be so useful for so many applications – I'm a parish priest and so I could use it to let people know what events are on, if a service is cancelled, the current prayer list, ... the applications would be endless. I'd definitely pay a couple of hundred dollars per device for a solid version of such a thing, if it could be mounted and then recharged every month or two.

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1. allenrb ◴[14 Nov 24 17:45 UTC] No.42138858[source]▶
Just an aside, but “parish priest” must surely be the opposite of “software developer” on the Hacker News Table of Occupational Frequency. Neat!
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2. Spooky23 ◴[15 Nov 24 04:55 UTC] No.42144065[source]▶
The principal of my son’s former school was a Sister of St Joseph, and a huge HN fan.

More amazing was how creative the sisters were in managing themselves with technology. Many decisions are made by votes, done in real time globally! Religious people get short shrift.

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3. Hunpeter ◴[15 Nov 24 07:48 UTC] No.42144737[source]▶
Reminds me of the monks in the third season of Babylon 5. Who says you can't both be an IT person and a cleric?
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4. aitchnyu ◴[15 Nov 24 08:16 UTC] No.42144880[source]▶
To save a few moments stalking his profile yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762380

TLDR: 20 years as SWE, then used his skills for his calling.

5. vanderZwan ◴[15 Nov 24 08:51 UTC] No.42145057{3}[source]▶
Given their history as archivers it seems like a natural complement, really
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6. lostlogin ◴[15 Nov 24 09:30 UTC] No.42145258{4}[source]▶
And scientists. Gregor Mendel comes to mind.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel

7. parthianshotgun ◴[15 Nov 24 13:56 UTC] No.42146969{3}[source]▶
That episode with the reformed murderer was especially hard...what a brilliant show
8. tengwar2 ◴[15 Nov 24 19:41 UTC] No.42150156{3}[source]▶
Lay preacher here. There are dozens of us, dozens!
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