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I want a modulator laptop with no soul. Specifically, it should be just a keybo…
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I'm gonna have to build this myself by running power & USB over an HDMI…
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my specific use case is that I'm bedridden but having all my computing powe…
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@foone I've been staring at the NexDock which is basically this, but it&#39…
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@Milkman76 exactly! I want the brains to be elsewhere, and just the display+inp…
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the other part of my use case is that I hate this keyboard with the intensity o…
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@foone would this be a use case for remmina?
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@foone Had a cherrytrail tablet that worked pretty well for that other than bei…
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@depereo nah. I have too much adhd: latency is my nemesis
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@depereo computers are slow enough already, I don't want to make them slowe…
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@foone I have wanted something like this for so long. All I really want is the …
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@foone It sounds like you're describing something like this. https://www.ki…
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@foone I have a significantly worse idea for the display, a pair of glasses set…
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@foone and the age old standard problem of: parts cost way too much.Probably wi…
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@Maddyflen have you seen Zack Freedman's heads-up-display work? Here's …
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@foone You could probably fit an HDBaseT receiver and an HDMI→eDP converter i…
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@foone If you also want to screw up your eyes and joints I can recommend using …
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@foone I have that exact kind of device made by Nexdock: https://nexdock.com/HD…
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@foone I have successfully run HDMI (1080p/60/SDR) and USB over three 50-foot C…
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@foone they sell these! they're called "lapdocks"
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@foone This is basically a more portable version of some things I can probably …
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A few people pointed out LapDocks and these things are weird.See this? There&#3…
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I'll have to see if I can find one of these that has a non-shit keyboard an…
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because let me tell you, after 6 months of being mostly bedridden, the last thi…
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@[email protected] X11’s time has finally arrived
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@aud NO.NO NETWORKS.computers are already Too Fucking Slow, I do not want anyth…
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@foone My NexDock keyboard is not amazing, so I can't vouch for it on that …
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@foone Would a better laptop with a decent keyboard solve this all? Maybe a thu…
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@TechTangents yeah it seems most of these lapdocks are just using knock-off mac…
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@Novyx yes it would. unfortunately, money.
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@Novyx though it only mostly solves it: I need1. power2. good keyboard3. less w…
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@foone what phones these days support it?
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@xssfox I dunno, other than Samsung having the "Dex" thing supported …
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maybe I'll hollow out a dead thinkpad with a decent keyboard and turn it in…
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@foone <click here to learn more about USB monitors!>8-]
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laptop keyboards are a crime against man and god
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Foone's law:Of course 90% of laptop keyboards are shit.90% of all keyboards…
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if I see that engraved on a mechanical keyboard I'm going to beat the creat…
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why do so many of these have batteries in them. Are they supposed to charge the…
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@foone RE: lapdock keyboards, I have found that the CrowView Note has a very go…
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I think lapdocks are officially not what I'm talking about wanting.These th…
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@foone What about one of the non-wacom monitor tablets? Forgetting the brands a…
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I need GOOD KEYBOARD and A WORKING DISPLAYnot batteries and the shitty keyboards
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@foone I also forget if any of them are actually touchscreen and not pen only. …
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@diedofheartbreak 90% of dirt is shit!
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@diedofheartbreak it's not a keyboard, it's a "LapDock!" so i…
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I have no money and bad keyboards.why can't I have no keyboards and bad mon…
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@Novyx do any of those have a keyboard?
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I also need 0% network.No RDP, No VNC, no X11, no fucking IP.Computers are alre…
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@foone You’d still have to graft that bit together if you went that route, as…
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@Novyx at that point I don't really know what I'm gaining over just hav…
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I might just end up duct-taping a small laptop to a keyboard
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elegance is for designers, I just need a thing that works
Post #ApG8ljuNPdpGk67s9I by [email protected]
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@diedofheartbreak what settings? it's just a monitor and a keyboard!
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@foone They can charge the connected device or just like a laptop work without …
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Like starting with one of these "portable" monitors, then getting a k…
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@foone I just don’t know of small touchscreen monitors otherwise, I suppose, …
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@foone maybe you could rig up a monitor on a stand and have it loom over your b…
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@StellaFoxxie yeah I've looked into that, but sadly because of positioning/…
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@foone I did crime https://social.treehouse.systems/@felipe/112261216671405551
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@felipe oh that's cool! How'd you do that?
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@Novyx I don't need a touchscreen, just a monitor+keyboard.
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although it'd probably be easier to just go to ewaste, find a laptop that&#…
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@foone There was a Kickstarter for this sometime ago. USB-C cable going to your…
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although that'd technically be breaking The Treaty of 8-Bit Guy, and I may …
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@foone Oh. I thought a touchscreen was involved at some point, but I’m tired.…
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@foone I think almost what you described later in the thread:- bought USBC moni…
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@felipe ahh, cool!
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@foone all of this sounds to me like a really big monitor arm attached to ceili…
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@moira yeah, that was actually my first thought! it didn't look like it wou…
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@foone I know of rack-mounted "KVM consoles" (e.g. https://www.ebay.c…
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@foone He has a video - it's been a couple of years but he has a video on h…
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@foone Ah if I had a Model M with a 17" display on a real stiff hinge with…
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@foone definitely seems a better design than my "have a small cutting boar…
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@foone Just has to be new enough to not be "retro" until after you&#3…
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@foone i have ideas if you want them.
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@Unixbigot sure
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@foone I have the 11” orange pi screen, which has usb-c and hdmi input. It h…
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@foone @diedofheartbreak Screen power? My portable screen runs dim unless ther…
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@foone turn your RasPi into a laptop with this one simple trick! (And a device …
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@foone ouch $300
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@foone so, one of my projects is to take a typewriter and microswitch it up for…
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@RueNahcMohr that'd be cool. I saw a presentation from Tim Paterson where h…
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@foone I understood that reference.
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@Unixbigot of course. after all, 90% of all references about "90% of all X…
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@foone @Unixbigot 90% of all call-outs to Sturgeon's Law are shit.
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@foone have you considered an IBM 172317X? Might not meet your "use in bed…
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@th yeah! but I'd have to modify it so much that I'm probably better of…
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@fooneThat's the way I'd go : https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Portabl…
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@foone @moira Maybe don't use an entire Arm. Use a few beams of wood to cre…
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@fooneI want one of these so bad, but none do both HDMI in (full size port) and…
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@foone couldn’t you do this with a really lightweight client laptop and X or …
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@fooneMotorola made exactly this (also had a battery in it). I'm thinking L…
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@foone so that's not a laptop, that's a trun?
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@foone @diedofheartbreak you just trun it on
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@foone @th What about a Lapdock or similar product? https://nexdock.com/lapdock…
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@foone exceptions exist, but they are rare.
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@foone You could actually reduce it to two cables, one if you go wireless for t…
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@fooneit wont solve the keyboard problem but idk if you've looked into a la…
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@[email protected] i’m sorry is that the desktop version of Excel (2016? 20…
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@bye yup!
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@[email protected] that has to be photoshopped…right
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@bye pretty sure yeah
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@foone like a barebone PC?
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@gkrnours nope, that's too much computer. I mean like a display + keyboard
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@foone but that's too much computer with no keyboard nor screen. With big b…
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@gkrnours yeah that would be cool! but my budget is way, way lower.
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@foone "Trun"
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@foone Lobotomizing a laptop is probably the most reasonable way to get there. …
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@foone so, a serial terminal for the modern user?
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@nabijaczleweli yup!
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@foone basically Motorola Lapdock? I have one of those, bought it for 40$ after…
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@foone the typewriter I took apart for it was ~100yrs old (tonnes of them made,…
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@foone I feel this in my bones. Laptop keyboards from Lenovo which switch Fn an…
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@fooneIf you go with thunderbolt 3/4, you can do power, usb and display all ove…
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@ppxl yep. First rule for my next laptop keyboard: it cannot have a function ke…
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@foone ‘trun’
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