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Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by philips »

philips wrote: post #90
ryanckulp wrote: post #44

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hackable indeed :) https://docs.usetrmnl.com no longer a Kickstarter btw, shipping same-day now (see homepage)

> Most IoT products support SSH-ing directly into peripheral devices. We've heard too many horror stories about how this can go wrong, and decided to invert the paradigm. > Your TRMNL device pings our server, never the other way around. > Each request made to our /api/display endpoint includes only the minimum details needed to support customers -- an API key, device mac address, firmware version, battery voltage, an…

The docs aren't super encouraging either. https://docs.usetrmnl.com/go/diy/byod-s

> Purchase a TRMNL from our home page: https://usetrmnl.com

> Then follow the instructions on BYOD/S > Server.

> More TBD.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by bsimpson »

mathieuh wrote: post #31
ghosty141 wrote: post #22

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> but studies showed that he could remember some things, just not consciously. This reminds me of muscle memory. I can play pieces on the piano even though I don't actively remember the sheet music of them. My hands just "know" what to do. Funnily enough the moment I start actively thinking about certain passages that ability worsens by a lot.

Yes same for me on guitar. If I try to play something too slowly or if I really start thinking about what I'm doing it all falls apart. I think that's when you really know a piece, when you can play it incredibly slowly. Paradoxically it's easy to play quickly and just let your fingers play out their muscle memory, playing something really slowly is the challenge.

Passwords also work this way.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by bravura »

rosslh wrote: post #87
zackmorris wrote: post #35

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I've been watching the evolution of the web since 1995, and I remember when css got popular in the late 90s thinking that it didn't match real-world use cases. Somehow design-by-committee took us from drawing our sites with tables in the browser's WYSIWYG editor, to not being able to center text no matter how much frontend experience we have. Css jumped the shark and today I'd vote to scrap it entirely, which I know…

Your comment is some interesting food for thought, but I wanted to respond to a couple statements you made: > not being able to center text no matter how much frontend experience we have Not being able to center things is a bit of a meme, but flexbox was introduced back in 2009 and has been supported by major browsers for quite a long time. Centering text and elements is now extremely easy. > css could benefit from k…

As someone who has struggled with getting CSS to do normal layout stuff that had clear precise semantics but required weird CSS trickery, it's actually more scary than lucky that stuff like container queries have arrived 30 years after CSS was introduced.

I agree with GP that CSS should be scrapped.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by bravura »

harpastum wrote: post #41
tekchip wrote: post #28

Pimeroni has a selection of eink displays up to 7.3" including some with various buttons and LEDs to make whatever you'd like. https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=inky All boox tablet/e-readers just run Android. They can do literally anything Android can for folks asking about the loading and displaying of the web page. There are several "kiosk" apps and browsers with kiosk modes. Also fairly expensive Android automat…

If you're comfortable with microcontrollers (esp32/arduino), I can definitely recommend Inkplate. I found them when I was making a similar setup for my parents, and they have various sizes up to 10" and up to 6 colors they can display. You can either just get the module, or buy with a battery and mountable case already attached. I think all of the models are also available via Digikey and Mouser if people don't trust…

I've never used esp32/arduino. How does it compare writing some low key Python on RPi and blitting an image to the display?

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by hinkley »

frereubu wrote: post #12

This is one of the few HN articles that have profoundly moved me. Such a beautiful and simple use of technology to make a clear and big improvement in someone's life. As a side note on his mother remembering that the tablet exists, it sounds like she has amnesia quite like Henry Molaison, a famous case study in neuropathology. He had very specific brain damage that seemingly stopped him forming new memories in the sa…

There was a study that suggested that the motor cortex can remember even if short term memory conversion was destroyed.

If nothing else, myelinization counts as a form of memory. Strengthened by reuse.

I would love to know if those warm feelings are stronger with individuals who remind you of someone you used to know. “This nurse reminds me of Aunt Sarah, who was nice to me when my dog died.” And so forth.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by frereubu »

hinkley wrote: post #95
frereubu wrote: post #12

This is one of the few HN articles that have profoundly moved me. Such a beautiful and simple use of technology to make a clear and big improvement in someone's life. As a side note on his mother remembering that the tablet exists, it sounds like she has amnesia quite like Henry Molaison, a famous case study in neuropathology. He had very specific brain damage that seemingly stopped him forming new memories in the sa…

There was a study that suggested that the motor cortex can remember even if short term memory conversion was destroyed. If nothing else, myelinization counts as a form of memory. Strengthened by reuse. I would love to know if those warm feelings are stronger with individuals who remind you of someone you used to know. “This nurse reminds me of Aunt Sarah, who was nice to me when my dog died.” And so forth.

That study is an interesting suggestion that there might be a physiological basis for the explicit / implicit distinction in terms of memory. Makes sense in many ways that some kind of memory might be embedded in the motor cortex. I wonder if the same is true for emotional memories and midbrain structures, as hinted at in your last paragraph.

I always find those non-obvious connections fascinating, like the disorders where e.g. someone can't say the word "fork" when they're looking at one despite being to describe what you use it for etc, but can immediately name it when they touch it.

Edit: got a link? I'd be interested to read that.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by justsomehnguy »

ghosty141 wrote: post #22
frereubu wrote: post #12

This is one of the few HN articles that have profoundly moved me. Such a beautiful and simple use of technology to make a clear and big improvement in someone's life. As a side note on his mother remembering that the tablet exists, it sounds like she has amnesia quite like Henry Molaison, a famous case study in neuropathology. He had very specific brain damage that seemingly stopped him forming new memories in the sa…

> but studies showed that he could remember some things, just not consciously. This reminds me of muscle memory. I can play pieces on the piano even though I don't actively remember the sheet music of them. My hands just "know" what to do. Funnily enough the moment I start actively thinking about certain passages that ability worsens by a lot.

> My hands just "know" what to do. Funnily enough the moment I start actively thinking about certain passages that ability worsens by a lot.

At least playing is mostly an entertainment. Passwords is where the shit happens. I recently lost a 20y old account thanks to this.

Re: MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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Post by frereubu »

ghosty141 wrote: post #22
frereubu wrote: post #12

This is one of the few HN articles that have profoundly moved me. Such a beautiful and simple use of technology to make a clear and big improvement in someone's life. As a side note on his mother remembering that the tablet exists, it sounds like she has amnesia quite like Henry Molaison, a famous case study in neuropathology. He had very specific brain damage that seemingly stopped him forming new memories in the sa…

> but studies showed that he could remember some things, just not consciously. This reminds me of muscle memory. I can play pieces on the piano even though I don't actively remember the sheet music of them. My hands just "know" what to do. Funnily enough the moment I start actively thinking about certain passages that ability worsens by a lot.

I remember a lecturer in undergrad psychology talking about this in the context of walking, and my walking felt really messy for a week, like when you start to become conscious of your breathing.
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