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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…
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.
It inspired me much later to buy a 7" LCD for the same purpose. You can find them as Raspberry Pi accessories. Some of them have HDMI input, most use USB for power, and they are cheap - about 50€. The downside is that they tend to be almost bare circuit boards with a bit of plexiglass framing + stand.
There are also "DVD watching screens" for car headrests, which are more sturdy with a thick case. The downside there is that power supply (12, 1A or so) is more of a hassle, and good luck finding one without overscan. It's not in the specs if they have it or if it can be disabled.
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…
I wonder if the previous generation felt that way about the little unlit LCDs that used to be in everything (although, I bet they were more than $2 adjusted for inflation).
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…
Yeah, I hope they put displays on more things. The trends are weird though, since some things that used to have displays no longer have them; you have to use the app on your phone instead...
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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.
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.
At a hacker conference in the early 2000s, I saw a maybe 5" cash register CRT screen on a tower server case. That was cool. It inspired me much later to buy a 7" LCD for the same purpose. You can find them as Raspberry Pi accessories. Some of them have HDMI input, most use USB for power, and they are cheap - about 50€. The downside is that they tend to be almost bare circuit boards with a bit of plexiglass framing +…
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…
As I worked through countless of those keyboards I mused that what it needed was a little screen on each keycap, so I could just do my job using software.
This was in 1982. Seems like we're nearly there.
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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…
“You’re holding it wrong.”
— Steve Jobs re antennagate
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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.
I've been a vim user for a long time but it still took me a second to sort out "ESC for him". :)