How to build a f**king printer

I was planning to build an e-ink display when I came across the Xteink X3 online. Somewhere in the fine print, it said the thing was fully programmable. When it arrived, I liked how flat it was. It felt solid in my hand. I started adding…

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I was planning to build an e-ink display when I came across the Xteink X3 online. Somewhere in the fine print, it said the thing was fully programmable.

When it arrived, I liked how flat it was. It felt solid in my hand. I started adding things to the CrossPoint firmware: a different boot animation, dice I could roll by shaking the reader, a LinkedIn QR code for SF networking events.

But getting stuff onto it was tedious. I had to join its hotspot and open a little upload website in my browser.

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