Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your phone

Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by alanbernstein on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @08:56AM (#42256101)

This is what I want to do, but as a husband, father, homeowner, etc, I find it is not in my best interest to be unreachable by phone.

So I think about carrying a flip phone for my telephone, an e-reader for entertainment, and a smartphone in airplane mode for (mainly) maps, photos, music, notes. But then I'd be carrying three devices, which seems worse in its own way.

Probably worth the change ultimately?

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by myself248 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @09:27AM (#42256344)

It drives me NUTS that nobody makes a decent e-ink device with a GPS app.

It seems like it'd be ideal for the backcountry use-case. Super long battery life because you could just wake up the GPS every few hours and get a new fix, reframe the map, then go back to sleep and use the latent image like a topo map.

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by dleink on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @09:40AM (#42256445)

I have a few use cases like this that would go towards replacing my phone. I'm on the lookout for a hackable/linux ereader.

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by myself248 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @10:21AM (#42256741)

I thought the reMarkable was that, but they hardware-disabled the Bluetooth radio in the wifi/bt chipset, and that really wrecked most of my use-cases.

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