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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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[โ€“] glans@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd like a way to disable all the various way too bright indicator lights.

[โ€“] crime@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How low-tech is still tech?

I want a device that can be armed and if moved without being disarmed (optional passcode) will set off an alarm.

This is both for my laptop when working in public spaces and for my cooler/food bag when camping.

[โ€“] Lennnny@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They have these for bikes, I've not looked too far into it, but maybe that would work?

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[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Folding screen eReader....it would be extremely niche, but I want it

Recently heard about RePebble, so my complaining about smart watches may have to end

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[โ€“] Azal@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Is a truck tech? Fuck it I'm calling a pickup truck tech.

I just want a pickup the size of a 90s ford ranger that's a hybrid. Since I'm making it a unicorn, lets go 4wd

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[โ€“] carp1@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

A small android smartphone with good software support

[โ€“] boaratio@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A phone that runs Linux, has decent battery life, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

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[โ€“] Securus777@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Water bottle that auto seals and is easy to clean.

[โ€“] lemming741@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

A laptop with trackpad buttons

Lenovo is the only one I can find, and they're above the pad for the nub

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

A Steam Deck with stock pricing in Mexico.

[โ€“] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I need an ecmascript library that demuxes mpeg when fed individual frames. Every lib just wants to take in a whole file or URL to a stream. I need to filter the websocket sending the data so I need to feed individual frames to the lib. I'm only finding commonjs libs that do this

[โ€“] Taiatari@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

An app like Shazam but that shows me : this is the song you played and these are the songs it reminds you of because the melody is from here and the vocals melody is from here etc. I am mad that every other song reminds me of another but I cannot check which one it is.

[โ€“] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

A SEGA Dreamcast

[โ€“] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Magnetic audio cable break-aways

[โ€“] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A way to easily remove dust and debris without busting open the tower

[โ€“] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I'm jealous of my friend's workstation that has an easily accessible filter in front of the case fans

[โ€“] Mad_Dugan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A physical slide out keyboard case for iPhone.

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[โ€“] BullishUtensil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • Phone with dual sim card slots and a sdcard, plus pop-out camera (my present phone has all of that except the second simcard, and I refuse to replace this phone!) ** Charging port on top ** Slightly thicker to fit a larger battery - and possibly slightly better optics for the main camera.

  • Computer mouse about 15% larger than the "large" mouses they presently sell.

  • Detachable 10-key that's mirrored for easy left hand use.

  • In general, small electronic devices should have more than one button for interaction. It's easier to remember 3 different buttons than 3 different Morse codes to achieve the three different functions.

[โ€“] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Something like this ?

If you're wanting a mirrored classic numpad with the bigger enter/plus I am surprised it seems like an unexplored niche of custom keyboard stuff. Can't find any atm.

Could probably grab a numpad kit like this and mount the everything on the bottom of the PCB, but you'd need to do some soldering. On the other hand, that kind of kit is generally recommended as a first soldering project.

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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Reliable software. It's a thing of the past.

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