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@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ write a daemon for a task I wanted, but mostly for my personal amusement.
 This is generally intended as a joke, although for me it serves real purpose.
 I didn't want to use any 3rd party service for monitoring my battery level,
 because I know exactly what I want and how I want to do it and what configuration options I wish.
-The task seemed easy enough to do for myself. This is a small and easily usable software, and
+Obviously this could have been done with a shell script in a cronjob, but it's not that fun.
+The task seemed easy enough to do for myself. This wants to be a small and easily usable software, and
 it would be really fun if other people used it or did something with it :slight_smile:
 
 Also, this is for learning in a fun, but somewhat productive way.