'water is transparent only within a very narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum,

so living organisms evolved sensitivity to that band, and that's what we now call "visible light". '

Today, we’re launching on Crowd Supply a fast, open-hardware dev kit for e-ink displays. It supports 75Hz refresh, color and monochrome panels, and more.

It began with a post about building an e-ink laptop. That sparked conversations with makers, minimalists, and others exploring how e-ink fits daily life or supports personal health. From those came a community, then a project, a company, and now today’s launch.

Thanks for being part of the journey!

https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-paper-monitor/

Edit: someone in the thread points out that this formulation was paraphrased from Sean Tejaratchi: https://web.archive.org/web/20130621083214/http://www.readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2012/03/taking_the_piss

#banksy #advertising #publicspace

idle thought: if we can say “protocols, not platforms”, i think we can also say “people, not protocols”.

thesis: protocols can be “good” or “better than” but what matters is the people that end up using it, and what the protocol enables them to do.

example: i’m sure nostr does some cool stuff and it does it simply but i don’t care to be on there bc people. likewise fedi is an ill-defined ad-hoc mess that can barely even be called a de facto protocol, but the reason i’m still here is bc people.