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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 1 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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x187463 ◴[15 Sep 25 14:07 UTC] No.45249934[source]▶
Re-using this sort of device is super cool. I can imagine a post-apocalyptic scenario where a city is run on a hodgepodge of random computing devices like this.

I will say, though, disposable vapes with microcontrollers inside (and even full games and screens from recent reporting) are an egregious source of e-waste. Many layers of stupid are present here.

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spicyusername ◴[15 Sep 25 15:04 UTC] No.45250541[source]▶
It's a shame negative externalities like this are basically impossible to include in the up-front price.
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palata ◴[15 Sep 25 15:18 UTC] No.45250693[source]▶
I feel like a law saying "don't put electronics in disposable products" would do the job.
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Someone1234 ◴[15 Sep 25 15:29 UTC] No.45250865[source]▶
What about Smoke Detectors, since they too are a disposable electronic?
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1. palata ◴[15 Sep 25 16:57 UTC] No.45252077[source]▶
Do I misunderstand what we mean with "disposable vapes"? It's not the first such comment I see.

When we talk about "disposable vapes", we don't talk about something that lasts 10 years, do we?

Or do you think that the very word "disposable" should not exist, because after all, nothing will last longer than the sun?