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Originally Posted by NiLuJe
Technically feasible, annoying to implement. (This has came up before, IIRC, and the fact that it's still not implemented should tell you how much I like the idea... ;D).
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IIRC: yup, it has been on the suggestion list before.
I don't recall when/where, but this one isn't the first.
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Let me see if I can come up with a brand new, annoying suggestion.
All of the suggestions so far have been from optimists. Those who think there might be a tomorrow (or a "next time") to prepare for.
(Weather forecasts, book being read now to return to, etc.)
Well, they also assume they will live to see tomorrow (if it comes), but I am still thinking on how to deal with that fact.
So ignore it for now.
Why not display the Doomsday clock?
Ref:
http://thebulletin.org/timeline
It has been done using a micro-computer:
Ref:
http://blog.arduino.cc/2013/03/27/ho...oomsday-clock/
tl;dr:
https://github.com/tomschofield/Neur...ddon-Indicator
How to "Kindle-ize" this display?
(And to skip any graphic I.P. claims from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.)
Instead of a clock face, with the segment between the minute hand and the hour hand showing the time remaining -
Use a graphic of a "Panic Button" - with the corresponding segment missing.
When the "Panic Button" graphic is complete, enable it as an input.
When that input is used (touched, clicked, etc), send an "erase all" command to the diagnostics system.