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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 4 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 2.59s | 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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palata ◴[15 Sep 25 15:16 UTC] No.45250673[source]▶
The fact that selling such a thing is profitable means that we lack regulations somewhere.
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ramesh31 ◴[15 Sep 25 15:37 UTC] No.45250978[source]▶
>The fact that selling such a thing is profitable means that we lack regulations somewhere.

It's the exact opposite. Tobacco is so heavily regulated and taxed that these become profitable. If cigarettes were 3-4$ a pack (which they would be without sin taxes and regulatory overhead), the vape market would come down as well and there's no way these could be profitable. As it is, they retail around $20 and contain the same nicotine as multiple $10 packs of cigarettes.

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1. palata ◴[15 Sep 25 17:00 UTC] No.45252132[source]▶
> It's the exact opposite. Tobacco is so heavily regulated and taxed that these become profitable.

It's not the opposite at all. Tobacco should disappear just as well.

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2. fkyoureadthedoc ◴[15 Sep 25 17:12 UTC] No.45252337[source]▶
Juul was very popular and less wasteful (although not perfect of course) as you disposed of the liquid pod rather than the whole device, they were regulated out of existence though. The regulations had loophole/oversight which paved the way for the disposable vape era.
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3. johnisgood ◴[16 Sep 25 10:03 UTC] No.45260223[source]▶
And we have people in the comment section saying we need more regulations.
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4. fkyoureadthedoc ◴[16 Sep 25 12:37 UTC] No.45261405{3}[source]▶
There are many examples of good and bad regulations, I don't think you can just point at this one and say "see, regulation bad." They were too narrowly focused on cartridge based systems because that's what high school kids were hooked on.

Technically the disposables need FDA approval I think, many just don't have it. Manufacturers, importers, and retailers just don't care. There's a buck to be made and the spice must flow.