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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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zero_k ◴[] No.45250588[source]
I am happy they demonstrated how useful these devices are. Marking these as "disposable" is a kind of insanity. I recovered a few of them "disposed" (i.e. "randomly thrown away into") in an empty flower pot, and took out the LiPo batteries from them -- which are rechargeable, and have charge circuitry (non-trivial for LiPos). That we somehow decided that it's OK to design these to be used only once feels wrong.

This is the opposite of repairability. We specifically made them impossible to reuse and refill. Makes my tinkerer (and eco-friendly) heart very sad.

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Eric_WVGG ◴[] No.45251103[source]
There's a pretty amazing video where a guy makes an entire functioning e-bike battery out of disposable vapes that he gathered around a music festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcVp9T8f_W4

I can't fathom why disposables are legal. Really believed that the post-boomer generations actually gave a damn about waste.

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1. epanchin ◴[] No.45257306[source]
They’re already illegal in places, eg UK