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Found this video interesting and wonder if there are any alternatives within Linux systems

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[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

Brendan Howell's The Screenless Office is "a system for working with media and networks without using a pixel-based display. It is an artistic operating system."

You can "read and navigate news, web sites and social media entirely with the use of various printers for output and a barcode scanner for input".

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

"the ship was completely black. There were black controls labelled in black, on a black background, with a little light that lit up black, which made it difficult to control the ship. The ceiling and walls of the swaying cabin were also black, as well as the seats, control panel, the instruments and the little screws that held them in place. The thin tufted nylon floor covering was black, and when a corner of the foam underlay was lifted up that was also discovered to be was black."

Or

"For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive - you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope."

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Thank you Douglas Adams

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 7 points 1 day ago

That's funny you share this, a friend just sent it to me yesterday.

Similar to this: https://github.com/alibahmanyar/breaklist

This is an interesting way to receive data but I wish there was a way to do the reserve. Take handwritten/handled input into a computer. I asked this question the other day if I could somehow input my handwritten notes into programs like Trilium (or logseq whatever) and memos. OCR/HCR seems to far behind still so I am unsure. That would certainly be a cool method!

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Similar to this: https://github.com/alibahmanyar/breaklist

Relatedly, there was a company was selling a cloud(🤡)-based product called "Little Printer" from 2012 to 2014; after their backend predictably shut down, some fans of it recreated it as https://tinyprinter.club/ and later https://nordprojects.co/projects/littleprinters/

somehow input my handwritten notes

I've heard the reMarkable e-ink tablet's cloud service has good-enough-to-be-usable handwriting recognition, but sadly I haven't heard of anything free/libre and/or offline that is.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Relatedly, there was a company was selling a cloud(🤡)-based product called “Little Printer” from 2012 to 2014; after their backend predictably shut down, some fans of it recreated it as https://tinyprinter.club/ and later https://nordprojects.co/projects/littleprinters/

This is super cute. Thanks for sharing!

I’ve heard the reMarkable e-ink tablet’s cloud service has good-enough-to-be-usable handwriting recognition, but sadly I haven’t heard of anything free/libre and/or offline that is.

I've eyed those for some time but I do prefer FOSS or at least only connected to my own server... That is a cool suggestion!

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

not so "funny" when you consider that the 3rd episode is released 2 days ago

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 day ago

What?? The link Arthur sent is not in that third video. What does your comment even mean?

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago
[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 day ago

@cypherpunks@lemmy.ml who I responded to. What do you seek to add?

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

nothing. excuse me

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