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[–] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Upvoted for truth, I was going with the idea of a monitor out from a phone, aka DeX (a horrible Samsung proprietary version of something that could be from a Linux phone, a free desktop, I believe it can happen, but expressed poorly) which has heaps of potential for turning phones into general computers. The next PC, in your pocket, and re-purpose a whole lot of e-waste, perhaps through LLM decomposition.

Right now I'm exploring SBC versions of the idea, nothing dramatic, give me books to read, music to listen to and whatever else a free OS has to offer and ideally a 5. something inch OLED or maybe a drawable eInk (currently remote desktop to my phone) screen and I'll be happy, especially if I plugged it together myself.

Not at all prime time, not sure I even want that. But fair criticism if it was, idea may have some resonance?

And no, you couldn't have guessed from one sentence. Seems we're mostly aligned?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Look up Project Ada, I believe it was. Google/Motorola had a functional mockup of basically a Lego kit for phones. Abandoned for lack of general interest.

    If you want it DIY, then DIY. The vast majority of people want something that just works. There's a slice of that who care about the specifics, the nitty gritty, the full capability and functionality. I'm somewhere in that surprisingly broad range of a slice. You are too, it seems, but even then my willingness to tolerate jank with the amount of processing power available to literal children these days is extremely limited. My 8-bit NES ran better with only a few spare kilobytes and you mean to tell me actual gigabytes isn't enough room to do flying cartwheels? Sorry, fuck outta here.

    Proof of concept is one thing and I can run with that, but daily driver? I need more.

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