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Re: Show HN: E-Ink Day Schedule

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Post by SanderNL » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 12:07 PM UTC

konschubert wrote: post #64

EvanAnderson wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any option to self-host that backend service? I'm not comfortable, from a mental health perspective, with integrating a device into my life routines that could suddenly stop working through loss of a hosted service. What's the actual communication technology? Is it Wi-Fi? Cellular? Edit: I see elsewhere you state it's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. From a Wi-Fi perspective and workplace deployment does it support 802.…

> Is there any option to self-host that backend service? Not yet, I want to support that in future but it's not possible yet. I have personally decided that I will keep the backend running even if I decide the project isn't worth it for me any more... but of course, I understand the this is no 100% guarantee. > From a Wi-Fi perspective and workplace deployment does it support 802.1x? Uhhh, I don't know.. how would I…

You don’t support changing an URL? Why..?

Re: Show HN: E-Ink Day Schedule

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Post by kevinwang » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 1:38 PM UTC

Nice, I literally just started to build something similar on a waveshare and raspi!

Re: Show HN: E-Ink Day Schedule

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Post by Qwertious » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #127

All I want for Christmas is for eink displays to be as cheap as commodity LCDs.

It won't happen until e-ink gets a similar scale of production - E-Ink is niche, because it's basically never better than LCDs and is more expensive, so it's only used in e-readers, supermarket tags, and nowadays e-notes, all of which are incredibly niche. This might change if E-Ink corp's fast multi-dye color tech ACeP/Gallery 3) takes off in a big way, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Re: Show HN: E-Ink Day Schedule

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Post by Fnoord » Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 8:30 PM UTC

nextaccountic wrote: post #128

konschubert wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ssh-ing is hard because there is no USB port. There isn't even an USB controller on the board, just some rudimentary UART pins. The usb plug is just for power.

How does it communicates with anything from the external world? This same channel could be used for sshing or anything Actually, from another comment > Privacy Information: Plese note that the data is proxied through the Invisible Computers API backend and a non-reversible hash of most recent image is stored for up to 48 hours. So there's some mechanism to make API calls to your own cloud infrastructure, but customer…

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