Seems perfect for a YubiKey type of device. Know where your authenticating to.
yubikeys already know who they are authenticating to.
the relying party is verified as part of the FIDO2/CTAP2 protocol
$2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some things should never have had a display. Eg touch screen for car controls.
Controls are different from displays. You're probably shaking your fist at touch controls ? Would you be mad if it was a button or knob with some display ?
I recently drove a Mazda with a knob in the center console that controlled the Android Auto display. It was surprisingly usable!
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#73For 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.
Tell me you’re unaware of the artisan keyboard scene prices without telling me you’re unaware of the artesian keyboard scene prices
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Takes me back. https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51... Think this was $1200. Honestly don’t think I would spend any extra money on dynamic keys- I never look at my keyboard.
That keyboard definitely had wow factor for me when it came out. It was like: wow this is overkill... but it looks so nice with custom layouts that match the games.
I think they’d be functionally useless for my daily driver, but a keyboard that shows contextual hot keys to an app I’m learning (photoshop, blender, etc) would be a game changer.
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#75Seems perfect for a YubiKey type of device. Know where your authenticating to.
Crypto hardware wallets have had little screens on them for ages now, for this same reason. Rather than trusting the app to tell you the truth about the tx it's presenting your key to sign, your key shows you the tx hash / amount to be transferred / etc, and asks you to make sure the details match before approving.
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#76I recently researched USB connected information displays but I am interested in e-Ink. I want - USB power + data - Open interface so I can drive it from my own software on the host (but not like a traditional monitor, I imagine more uploading pre-rendered bitmaps) - Image retention when powered off - High resolution paper like appearance - Between A5 and A4 in size - At least black, red and yellow as colors - Buttons…
Seeed Studio is pumping out somewhat smaller sized e-ink with relatively open hardware for Trminal use https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/06/reterminal-e1001-e10...
I’ve been super happy with the black and white version although I do wish the display was a little higher res. Great piece of tech though overall.
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#77Alarm bells always go off for me when a vendor, as here, blatantly Photoshops an idealized perfectly black, flat, and non-reflective mockup image of what would be displayed onto the picture of the real display.
If it is oled it will be a perfectly black background.
The author of the article admits he's never actually seen the item he's reviewing. The pictures are from the manufacturer.
It may be a cool gadget, but it may be vaporware and/or blogspam.
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#78What 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.
That was the last Mac I ever bought for both those reasons. Sure, I had my replacement keyboard, but it was doomed to fail just like the last one. The Touch Bar seemed cool but then it was discontinued, so goodbye ever seeing any more integrations.
I want to believe that a department at Apple, deep in the basement of some outbuilding, knows that there are people like me who feel so let down by them. Maybe if you can find them and you know the secret knock then they’ll slide open a hatch and say sorry before telling you to leave? Sorry.
Ten years later and I am of course much happier with my FOSS laptop.
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#79For 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…
> For some reason, nothing says "future" to me more than having tiny screens embedded where they're not absolutely needed. Like this? https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/new-ddr5-modu...
On an SSD or HDD, it would occasionally be useful to have an eink display that indicates faults, wear, and thousands of hours operated.
Maybe also show the drive label and something about the partition table, although that requires inspecting the storage contents.
I wouldn't pay much more for that, though, and I don't know how many people would pay any premium at all.
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#80Aand it's gone https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009941797169.html