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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: 0.159s | 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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conductr ◴[15 Sep 25 17:03 UTC] No.45252192[source]▶
Would you include RFID tags in packaging? If so, you're law needs more nuance back to the drawing board.
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palata ◴[15 Sep 25 17:39 UTC] No.45252633[source]▶
Sure, there is a need to draw a line somewhere. The plastic wrapping is disposable as well, and it's not always a solution to just not have it.

But a disposable vape is very clearly on the side of "should not exist, period".

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1. lapetitejort ◴[15 Sep 25 17:46 UTC] No.45252721[source]▶
Drawing the line will be the hardest part of writing a theoretical law banning electronics in disposable products. And the line will probably be obsolete a few weeks after the law takes effect. Which is why the line should be continuously drawn by a regulatory body, which in America are being an endangered species.
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2. palata ◴[15 Sep 25 17:49 UTC] No.45252771[source]▶
Make a list of tolerated disposable electronics.

RFID chips, maybe (and even then, not sure how much they are needed). What else? I don't think that I consume disposable electronics every day...

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3. stockresearcher ◴[15 Sep 25 19:20 UTC] No.45253830[source]▶
So they’ll get rebranded as decorative plastic sticks with a bonus temporary vaping feature, and the packaging will say that you must never throw it away, ever.

I really hope you are starting to understand the difficulty in regulating products like this. A lot of people don’t want to do the right thing.

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4. palata ◴[15 Sep 25 22:02 UTC] No.45255514{3}[source]▶
The law is meant to be interpreted. If a judge decides that you are bullshitting in order to sell an illegal product, you get a fine.

All we need is judges who do their job. Which is easier said than done, I'll admit it.