Comment by socalgal2
2 hours ago
i found this both amazing and ... a little like why?
Like it was amazing to see it get built, parts ordered, boards printed, parts assembled, all coded and running on a PI
But, the end result I felt like I could just run on LLM on any old computer and put up a standard monitor with a large font showing 6 lines of text. Put the monitor in a nice box and hide the computer (any small form Mac Mini / Beelink) and the effect as an art installation would not be any less impactful to the average viewer. Heck, I could use a 7 segment font https://www.dafont.com/seven-segment.font and draw 2 colors (dark gray, all segments on, bright orange with actual letters) then add a post processing effect for glow.
Or pivot to any number of other display effects. CRT effect. Falling letter matrix effect. Etc....
Sorry I'm not trying to be dismissive. I think that someone made this is amazing. It was just what went through my head once I saw it finished.
He's done other things that are pretty cool, just for the hell of it. I think it's valid to ask "Why not?"