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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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yrxuthst ◴[] No.42135791[source]
You may be interested in https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal, it looks like it's out of stock at the moment but they have pre-made devices or you can make your own with a list of parts.
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pbronez ◴[] No.42135866[source]
That is super cool! I might need to build one of those. My family needs a way to keep the fridge calendar up to date with our digital calendar.
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ryanckulp ◴[] No.42137495[source]
for your family cal, check out TRMNL. can go on a fridge w/ magnets: https://usetrmnl.com

(disclaimer, i'm the founder)

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1. bornfreddy ◴[] No.42150910[source]
Wow, that looks super interesting!

Just one comment:

> Developer Edition > Ability to build custom plugins for yourself and others. Unlocks our API. > $20

Isn't it in your interest that developers unlock the potential of your hardware in some new ways? Charging for it seems... weird.

I mean the price is not that high, it just doesn't feel right to pay for access to API. My 2 cents.