Post AW28vkTWuuSS4C3HyC by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
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(DIR) Post #AW1d9eUalEI9238PVg by corduroy@aus.social
2023-05-21T00:34:23Z
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A solar powered, e-ink bus stop sign with real-time bus times. This is a very good combination of neat technologies.
(DIR) Post #AW26Pgy8Dbcu15x6Iq by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-26T02:31:15.932432Z
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@corduroy thats a big eInk screen!
(DIR) Post #AW27muTKHQe4ViB6tE by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-26T02:46:32.556622Z
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@SigmaOne @corduroy we just use low cost front lit TN LCD displays.The fancier ones are signs that use big yellow LEDs on a low resolution matrix to render alphanumerics and icons.Both are solar powered :blobpartlysunny:
(DIR) Post #AW28vhwUKmq6D8ZsBs by SigmaOne@toot.party
2023-05-26T02:57:36Z
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@Polychrome @corduroy yeah, we have just plain regular LCDs at some bus stopsmeanwhile on others we have the absolute worst possible solution, a piece of paper with a QR code on it
(DIR) Post #AW28vkTWuuSS4C3HyC by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-26T02:59:24.947173Z
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@SigmaOne @corduroy that's just waiting for someone to slap a malicious QR on the original
(DIR) Post #AW2M1SosluMmRz5xFg by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-26T05:26:11Z
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@corduroy My brother used to do these kind of things 10-20 years ago (not e-ink, but...), and the biggest problem he had was vandalism and theft.Solar panels were stolen, whole display units were stolen and he has a lot of stories about how vandals destroyed "vandal proof" equipment. Will work in Japan, China and where surveillance is ironclad (which is then a bigger problem), but put it in an American big city and see how long it will last...@Polychrome @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW2QuabvuD4eMFZzKS by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-26T06:20:55.183217Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne it's not surveillance, it's culture. That culture sucks.
(DIR) Post #AW2RzNEj9s1OHRZQZc by SigmaOne@toot.party
2023-05-26T06:25:31Z
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@Polychrome @niclas @corduroy as in vandalism? can confirm, finland is far from a surveillance state, and vandalism isn't really that much of a problem here beyond like, some occasional graffiti and suchmy hypothesis is that it's to do with the more collectivist culture more than surveillance
(DIR) Post #AW2XTPhj2zlyONHGgi by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-26T07:34:27Z
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@niclas @corduroy @Polychrome @SigmaOne in japan ah yes, why work on improving social cohesion when you can have *checks notes* "ironclad surveillance" instead
(DIR) Post #AW2XU9ziwPVBxW3I80 by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-26T07:34:38Z
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@niclas @corduroy @Polychrome @SigmaOne ah yes, why work on improving social cohesion when you can have *checks notes* "ironclad surveillance" instead
(DIR) Post #AW2pxVYPf1kAOhQBUm by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
2023-05-26T11:01:02Z
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@corduroy let's see how it wears out in the sub but it's definitely neat!
(DIR) Post #AW4HeA3kLRAO6bbI1I by apocraphilia@hachyderm.io
2023-05-27T03:46:33Z
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@niclas @corduroy @Polychrome @SigmaOne yeah, that was my first thought too - this seems like a nice thing that we definitely can't have.
(DIR) Post #AW4XxNMchZXQ8Zc8Bs by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
2023-05-27T06:49:10Z
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@corduroy Next use in line : adds.
(DIR) Post #AW4YjQ1M7tb0HHZi88 by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-27T06:58:00Z
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@lritter Well, this was in Sweden, one of the model country of the USA left, with "social cohesion" until recently.It doesn't take many idiots (and I would guess there are juveniles) to ruin "nice things". Why do they do it? Impress friends? Bored? Growing up in kindergartens and schools without learning proper social behavior? Parents who don't care? I don't know, your guess is as good as mine.@corduroy @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW4YldHjmV6PzlIEBU by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-27T06:58:24Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne poverty, homemade or imported, or a bit of both.
(DIR) Post #AW4Z5PI9W9u0O4us2i by tusooa@kazv.moe
2023-05-27T07:01:51.481205Z
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@Polychrome @niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne it's never about culture. it's about poor people who have to rely on stealing things to feed themselves. you have to reach a solution to the systematic problem.
(DIR) Post #AW4Z7t7rZBAxUlHpNw by Arkana@freespeechextremist.com
2023-05-27T07:02:27.638121Z
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@SigmaOne @Polychrome @niclas @corduroy Culture is downstream of biology.d23377a8d162094e64e13dfb5896bf4e8d28918f8ac42978ca8b06ba56398bc91.jpgc3f155b4a25a36d52783f384282d5bc244059d0d87cad93148f420734ee504e7.jpga886011660fbc127328cc0ce1e682c272d797f233603ecfaf41420d707e1a812.pnga174dd2194f7eb2541bd28ce4283a52a88ffdb7f4808e53e3a6d472e93dcceb1.png
(DIR) Post #AW4Z9Tood3lPaM8VwO by tusooa@kazv.moe
2023-05-27T07:02:36.292537Z
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@corduroy i wonder what happens when it's nighttime.
(DIR) Post #AW4ZKFbRp3z6gL1GqW by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-27T07:04:40Z
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@lritter Please explain why a poor person has a greater determination(!) to destroy than a less poor one?Determination; a far amount of my brothers work was about designing indestructible signs. E.g; bus stop poles, both in cities and countryside. People would climb the 3 meter (10ft) pole, and break the sign at the top, just bend it. They went up 8mm aluminium plates, and a machined joint to stop this. There were signs that people still tried, perhaps now a challenge.@corduroy @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW4bmkOb84hYCUj104 by thatbrickster@shitposter.club
2023-05-27T07:32:14.291890Z
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@corduroy Only using power when it refreshes, can be seen in sunlight and doesn't induce eyestrain? Our councils are missing a trick.
(DIR) Post #AW4cvrQUSWxwZ8WHZY by duponin@udongein.xyz
2023-05-27T07:44:47.354118Z
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@corduroy that’s neat!I have a similar project in my backlog project list, but with a much smaller e-ink display haha
(DIR) Post #AW4g5MS0mPGjFtS9GC by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-27T08:20:24Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne poverty is probably not the right word, as i do not necessarily mean financial poverty. Broken windows theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory) is also a good starting point.
(DIR) Post #AW4hMry0xMarsVKnxY by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-27T08:34:47Z
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@lritter Personally, I think (can't back it up with sources) it is mostly about "poor family conditions", whether that being single parents, financial difficulty or negligence in affluent families.@corduroy @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW4i8kWhvHsWhaOQ64 by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-27T08:43:25Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne that's also just a symptom.
(DIR) Post #AW4iru9Sz2zzaL3Obo by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-27T08:51:35Z
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@lritter Symptom of...?@corduroy @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW4kM8CLQKpvn6NQx6 by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-27T09:08:15Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne you named a few. "financial difficulty" is a cute way to say "sliding into poverty" btw. but it seems we don't use the P-word anymore.
(DIR) Post #AW4oH1QBakhd8rfcjw by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-27T09:52:07.190385Z
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@tusooa @niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne people vandalizing things without stealing anything or having a political statement don't do it to feed themselves. This kind of a thing definitely happens.
(DIR) Post #AW4s1g8up2yEcXX10q by SigmaOne@toot.party
2023-05-27T10:33:30Z
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@Polychrome @niclas @corduroy @tusooa from what i've seen and heard in finland, vandalism really doesn't look into socioeconomic class or anything, it's mostly just teens regardless of wealth fucking about, and due to that not that big of an issue
(DIR) Post #AW4s5GGixn7pX2tO0O by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-27T10:34:49.543887Z
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@SigmaOne @niclas @corduroy @tusooa thats is also my experience (I am not American)
(DIR) Post #AW5OB4v3GqUSbQZZdQ by Rasp@raru.re
2023-05-27T16:34:25Z
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@corduroy only downside is it would need a light pointed at it to be read in the dark.
(DIR) Post #AW5SjT7qB7fRL7D0Hw by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-27T17:25:30Z
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@lritter If you have traveled the world, there is very little poverty in the western world. Real poverty doesn't breed vandals, pretty sure about that. Don't want to waste the energy...@corduroy @SigmaOne
(DIR) Post #AW5pWmIXsiTJz38KsC by lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-27T21:40:54Z
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@niclas @corduroy @SigmaOne if youre hurting and feel fucked over, it might
(DIR) Post #AW82aaIo6w3BerJyL2 by aran@livellosegreto.it
2023-05-28T21:48:11Z
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@Polychrome @corduroy @SigmaOne All other things being equal, I find eink less intrusive on the landscape 😅 There's something stressful in having bright LCD screens EVERYWHERE
(DIR) Post #AW82ad5Rl496II5qQi by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-28T23:16:38.294778Z
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@aran @corduroy @SigmaOne the LCD screens we have are reflective screens that are visible in sunlight during the day and use soft a frontlight during the night.
(DIR) Post #AW836SlVfX79Y5wnPk by aran@livellosegreto.it
2023-05-28T23:21:38Z
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@Polychrome @corduroy @SigmaOne And can we both agree that the paper look of eink is more relaxing than that?
(DIR) Post #AW836VHqIIALMx5e5Y by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-28T23:22:22.685671Z
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@aran @corduroy @SigmaOne you're talking with someone who loves the look of TN LCDs so I'm probably not an example :blabcat:
(DIR) Post #AW83Rryr79GnplOgwy by aran@livellosegreto.it
2023-05-28T23:25:09Z
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@Polychrome @corduroy @SigmaOne If it were to me, I would tear down every single ad sign from the streets 😅 Let's agree to disagree 😄
(DIR) Post #AW83RuLcJUfJAw3tho by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-05-28T23:26:15.327976Z
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@aran @corduroy @SigmaOne I ... don't think I ever saw an ad sign using TN LCDs, those things are too chill. Mostly they use obnoxious bright LEDs and stuff.Also, fuck ads :meowderpy:
(DIR) Post #AWqYQE2QTI4qx8uf8C by tangeek@mastodon.metalbanana.net
2023-06-19T10:40:38Z
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@otyugh Honestly if ads were to use e-ink like this, virtually consomming nothing, I wouldn't mind them so much. @corduroy
(DIR) Post #AWqkgOR8mBfTHqwswC by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
2023-06-19T12:57:58Z
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@tangeek I would want to steal them instead of breaking them I guess.