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What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

This thread is for complaining about how you can't find it and (maybe) finding it thanks to someone else.

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[–] WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You're thinking about it too hard.

Just use a launcher, sometimes called Kiosk mode/launchers, to launch one app. You can disable the other hardware if you want, but it doesn't seem like it really helps you reach your goal.

You could probably pull it off with a Pi Zero, battery pack, and screen if you want to get into it a bit. It's not that hard at all.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Probably - thought about it harder anyway (see: actually read stuff), and the closest you can probably get to what I was thinking about with your average smartphone is disconnecting and terminating all connections to the antennas.

Let's be real, though - if I actually intended to use something like this, it'd for sure be something cobbled together using an SBC like the Pi Zero.

[–] WagyuSneakers@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

It's not uncommon to just disable hardware you don't intent to use. You don't have to do it mechanically. There's a lot of kiosks around that have a lot more capabilities than they're used for.

If you're looking to do it with a Pi, banana, orange or raspberry, let me know. I've spent way too much time finding the perfect screen to use and case to print. I build a rechargeable handheld device that can pull up all my surveillance cameras and functions as a master remote.