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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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x187463 ◴[] 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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patapong ◴[] No.45250310[source]
Another example: One-time covid tests with a microcontroller, optical sensor to read the result and bluetooth to connect to a phone to display the results. Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29698887
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1. chrisldgk ◴[] No.45252342[source]
Don’t forget the Tom7 video[1] where he made a „hard drive“ from disposable Covid test kits.

[1] https://youtu.be/JcJSW7Rprio?t=1560