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angrygoat ◴[] 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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steezeburger ◴[] No.42137028[source]
I'm a backer, but this would probably fit your bill https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/usetrmnl/trmnl-the-e-in...

I wanted the same kind of general eink device, but this is also supposedly super hackable!

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ryanckulp ◴[] No.42137445[source]
hackable indeed :) https://docs.usetrmnl.com

no longer a Kickstarter btw, shipping same-day now (see homepage)

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1. steezeburger ◴[] No.42140826[source]
Anyway you could check on mine? I've yet to receive it, and I'm ready to start hacking!
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2. ryanckulp ◴[] No.42141001[source]
i imagine we aren't at your cohort yet but email team@usetrmnl.com and we'll get yours out today, regardless. tiny thank you for the shout here!
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3. steezeburger ◴[] No.42178984[source]
Life happened, and I realized I would not be in town over holiday! Thanks for the offer though. I can't wait to get it and write some code for it!