My AI Agent Got Its Own Screen on My Desk. It Decides What I See
It Decides What I See.There is an e-ink display next to my keyboard telling me I have used 42.14% of my life. This is a story about hardware, AI, and why the two finally belong together.Pawel JozefiakAug 20, 20262421ShareThere is a small grey screen on my desk that says I have used 42.14% of my life.I built that with my agent in an evening. My actual age, the average life expectancy in my country, a small bump for how medicine keeps improving, and out comes a number.
- ▪It Decides What I See.There is an e-ink display next to my keyboard telling me I have used 42.14% of my life.
- ▪This is a story about hardware, AI, and why the two finally belong together.Pawel JozefiakAug 20, 20262421ShareThere is a small grey screen on my desk that says I have used 42.14% of my life.I built that with my agent in an evening.
- ▪My actual age, the average life expectancy in my country, a small bump for how medicine keeps improving, and out comes a number.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (AI / LLM) |
| Canonical URL | https://thoughts.jock.pl/p/trmnl-eink-ai-agent-physical-surface-2026 |
| Publication time | Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:06:32 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-15T13:11:52.483Z |
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My AI Agent Got Its Own Screen on My Desk. It Decides What I See.There is an e-ink display next to my keyboard telling me I have used 42.14% of my life. This is a story about hardware, AI, and why the two finally belong together.Pawel JozefiakAug 20, 20262421ShareThere is a small grey screen on my desk that says I have used 42.14% of my life.I built that with my agent in an evening. My actual age, the average life expectancy in my country, a small bump for how medicine keeps improving, and out comes a number. Some of it is assumptions stacked on assumptions, I know. But it sits there, refreshing quietly, and I look at it every day.I will get back to why I want that number on my desk.
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