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A comment on Ask HN: How did you hack your home?.

Re:Ask HN: How did you hack your home? by TDettmering on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:30AM (#16458058)
In the pre-Smartphone era (not really, but I didn't buy one back then), I built a printer that would output a daily report every morning that I could just take with me:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfg/albums/72157623026358605

I used an old POS printer from eBay and an Arduino with an Ethernet shield. It was a fun thing, but was made obsolete by smartphones.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you hack your home? by richerlariviere on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:53PM (#16461400)
I love your project. Bridging virtual and material component is so satisfying :).
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Re:Ask HN: How did you hack your home? by throwaway413 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @11:05AM (#16459524)
So cool! Thanks for sharing
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Re:Ask HN: How did you hack your home? by pixelfeeder on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @02:13PM (#16476828)
This is so cool
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