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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 2 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | 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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andoando ◴[15 Sep 25 17:17 UTC] No.45252383[source]▶
They need to regulate the nicotine content. In Canada its 2% at least. In the US its pretty much 5% juice only.

5% is 50mg/1ml. A cigarette pack has about 25mg. A geek bar has 16ml of juice = 800mg of nicotine = 32 packs of cigarettes.

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1. OkayPhysicist ◴[15 Sep 25 22:07 UTC] No.45255554[source]▶
While that does vaguely gesture at an increased nicotine consumption, it's pretty meaningless without the corresponding consumption rates. My gut suspects the average smoker goes through a pack of cigarettes a lot faster than the typical vaper goes through a rechargeable disposable vape.
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2. andoando ◴[15 Sep 25 23:51 UTC] No.45256367[source]▶
Pack a day is considered heavy smoking.

I go through those rechargeable ones in a week. That's pretty common I think for how addictive they are. https://www.reddit.com/r/Vaping/comments/1i9mva3/how_long_do...

Before the disposables were a thing most juices were either 0.3% or 0.6%

This is 100% big tobacco trying to get people hooked