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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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gadders ◴[] No.45252398[source]
Disposable vapes were banned in the UK. Which in practise has meant that manufacturers have added the cheapest possible charging port which is non-standard so nobody can charge them and no way to open them to refill them.

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/disposable-vape-ban-loo...

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1. chuckadams ◴[] No.45253876[source]
Maybe they should start charging a deposit per vape, and make the manufacturers pay the cost of recycling or proper disposal.