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$2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Re: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Post by larusso »

QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #47
to11mtm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... I don't get why folks would want to use such ram sticks... That said, I am very appreciative of my 'inline USB-C power draw monitor' from a standpoint of understanding what kind of draw a given device has (up to it's limit ofc)

> inline USB-C power draw monitor I have a couple of those and I love them! Mine support up to 100W power draw. Before I got them, I hadn’t ever considered that a variable amount of power could be drawn by a laptop while charging. For example, right now my laptop is at 63% battery and currently charging. It’s drawing 36W at the moment. When the battery charge is lower, it’s drawing more power from the outlet, and the…

The analogy I always use is the filling a water bottle one. In the beginning when the bottle is empty you can go full power and fill it up with high pressure. At the end you need to reduce the pressure to not spill the water. I know it doesn’t work like this with batterie cells but close enough. I had the same aha moment when realizing this. It’s one of the things no one normally thinks about in a world where everything is a given.

Re: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Post by XorNot »

userbinator wrote: post #44
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #9

For some reason, nothing says "future" to me more than having tiny screens embedded where they're not absolutely needed. When I grew up in the 90s and 00s, screens were definitely the most expensive part of any system they belonged to. And any gadget that came with its own screen attached to it was regarded as a delicacy only for the elite. Living long enough to see "disposable" screens cheaper than literal candy get…

Unfortunately these are still a bit too expensive to e.g. have one on every key of a standard 101-key keyboard.

Admittedly at $2, thats within the cost bucket of an expensive keyboard.

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Post by gigel82 »

userbinator wrote: post #44
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #9

For some reason, nothing says "future" to me more than having tiny screens embedded where they're not absolutely needed. When I grew up in the 90s and 00s, screens were definitely the most expensive part of any system they belonged to. And any gadget that came with its own screen attached to it was regarded as a delicacy only for the elite. Living long enough to see "disposable" screens cheaper than literal candy get…

Unfortunately these are still a bit too expensive to e.g. have one on every key of a standard 101-key keyboard.

I want them in arcade buttons to show the mapping for the currently playing emulator / game. You can get circular 0.71 inch LCD screens for under $1.50 (160x160) - which will fit all sizes of arcade buttons, but for some reason no one built this yet... :)

Re: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Post by mbreese »

rr808 wrote: post #12

One thing I would like is a small portable hdmi display to use with my headless servers when they fail to boot. Even better would show screen over network.

I scavenged an LCD screen from an old laptop and put it in a cheap case from AliExpress. It has a small driver board and a steel case. I use it as a small/portable TV. But it has USB-C for input and power, and HDMI input. It’s just about the size of an iPad and very nice.

I think that would work very well in a headless/data center scenario.

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Post by mbreese »

maccard wrote: post #37
0x457 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Touch Bar. Given that it was removed in 2021 I'd say - No. However, the issue for me with it was that it replaced a functional key that I want to be tactile. While it's nice to slide a finger to control brightness and volume... I still want actual Esc and co to be physical keys.

I agree. The contextual UI was great and I loved it, but having it instead of the top keyboard row was a terrible idea

Agreed. The mistake was trying to make them replace function keys. If it was an additional info display/touch input, that would have potentially been interesting. But instead of getting something extra, we lost something in the process.

Re: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Post by IgorPartola »

QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #47
to11mtm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... I don't get why folks would want to use such ram sticks... That said, I am very appreciative of my 'inline USB-C power draw monitor' from a standpoint of understanding what kind of draw a given device has (up to it's limit ofc)

> inline USB-C power draw monitor I have a couple of those and I love them! Mine support up to 100W power draw. Before I got them, I hadn’t ever considered that a variable amount of power could be drawn by a laptop while charging. For example, right now my laptop is at 63% battery and currently charging. It’s drawing 36W at the moment. When the battery charge is lower, it’s drawing more power from the outlet, and the…

Ages ago I measured how much power it took for the Start menu to open in Windows 7 on a Dell desktop that was fairly average at the time. In my somewhat crude measurement it was 20W for about 2 seconds.

Re: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer

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Post by voidmain0001 »

larusso wrote: post #51
QuantumNomad_ wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> inline USB-C power draw monitor I have a couple of those and I love them! Mine support up to 100W power draw. Before I got them, I hadn’t ever considered that a variable amount of power could be drawn by a laptop while charging. For example, right now my laptop is at 63% battery and currently charging. It’s drawing 36W at the moment. When the battery charge is lower, it’s drawing more power from the outlet, and the…

The analogy I always use is the filling a water bottle one. In the beginning when the bottle is empty you can go full power and fill it up with high pressure. At the end you need to reduce the pressure to not spill the water. I know it doesn’t work like this with batterie cells but close enough. I had the same aha moment when realizing this. It’s one of the things no one normally thinks about in a world where everyth…

Or the opposite function of an audio potentiometer (logarithmic potentiometer).

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Post by qmr »

amelius wrote: post #28

What was that extra bar of information called on Macbooks? Were they a success?

Absolutely despised that nonsense.

Useless and no physical ESC for vim.

It also wasn’t optional, if you wanted a higher spec’d MacBook it was coming with a touchbar.

The keyboards of that era also had problems.

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Post by orev »

rr808 wrote: post #12

One thing I would like is a small portable hdmi display to use with my headless servers when they fail to boot. Even better would show screen over network.

Another option are HDMI/USB capture dongles and VLC. They’re cheap and take up no space when not in use.
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