11 points | by zdw 12 hours ago ago
4 comments
"I also tried with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, but 512 MB of RAM were too little to run a [clock]"
As we all know it didn't used to be like this! Really hope that a side-effect of the RAMpocalypse is a return to sanity in regards to memory usage.
it's a fun hobby project and thanks for documenting it!
but it's a pre-bought circular screen, raspberry pi and a browser... i could use it to ask google the time, the clock is just a formality.
thinking about it a little harder, i guess the focus is not really the project and more so the watch faces.
> but 512 MB of RAM were too little to run a modern browser, sadly
want to make clock -> need browser...
i do not want to live on this planet anymore
Yeah that’s kinda how I felt, too.
I would have done this in either Processing, or if it was connecting to something running Plan9 I’d do raw draw commands.
"I also tried with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, but 512 MB of RAM were too little to run a [clock]"
As we all know it didn't used to be like this! Really hope that a side-effect of the RAMpocalypse is a return to sanity in regards to memory usage.
it's a fun hobby project and thanks for documenting it!
but it's a pre-bought circular screen, raspberry pi and a browser... i could use it to ask google the time, the clock is just a formality.
thinking about it a little harder, i guess the focus is not really the project and more so the watch faces.
> but 512 MB of RAM were too little to run a modern browser, sadly
want to make clock -> need browser...
i do not want to live on this planet anymore
Yeah that’s kinda how I felt, too.
I would have done this in either Processing, or if it was connecting to something running Plan9 I’d do raw draw commands.