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Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @03:22PM (#47142374)
I love using Kindle's as single purpose tablet/interfaces/displays. I'm the weirdo who actually prefers the LCD displays vs eInk and it's incredibly easy to set Kindle Fire's into dev mode which lets you display a webpage, never turn off while connected to power and never show ads.

You can regularly find the Kindle Fire HD10s for ~$40

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Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times by mengchengfeng on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @03:31PM (#47142522)
Good to know about Kindle Fire. And hah, I can totally see why you'd prefer LCD's over e-ink - no ghosting + readable in pitch dark would be a sweet upgrade to the dashboard.
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