Instead of doom-scrolling through my phone in the morning, I built an alternative with a Raspberry Pi, a dot matrix printer, and some PHP.
    • geekwithsoul@lemm.eeEnglish
      52·
      13 hours ago

      Maybe? But in the article he was talking about his priority being that he wanted to disconnect from his phone but still wanted news. Just seems there’s been a solution for that for a few centuries now. His solution seemed to me at least to be a lemon that wasn’t worth the squeeze as it were.

      • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        So there was two solutions for them:

        1. No-code, paid and pre-made
        2. DIY script writing, free(except materials) and custom built to suit personal needs. Fun to build(obviously).

        I choose 2.

      • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        12 hours ago

        I’m assuming they still print newspapers, but I can’t remember when I last saw our local paper for sale at a store. The vending machines are long gone.