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minus-squareNutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhy exactly does this need to run a full OS?
minus-squareJargonWagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoRight? Could just use a microcontroller for each individual screen and then a separate PC to update each microcontroller if needed.
minus-squareAuster@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“Why make it simpler when you can make it harder?” 😬
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOne Hannah short of perfection.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAds. Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
minus-squaremrnobody@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoProbably so they can easily swap out flavors or mark OUT or OUT OF SERVICE, etc
minus-squareCaptPretentious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIf you’re swapping flavors (which won’t happen often) your already having to clean it. Swapping out the button insert isn’t a big ask. This doesn’t solve anything a physical sign could do better.
minus-squaremrnobody@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYou’re right, in just speculating why a screen could be there. Seems overkill, even if it ran the icee machine itself
Why exactly does this need to run a full OS?
Right? Could just use a microcontroller for each individual screen and then a separate PC to update each microcontroller if needed.
“Why make it simpler when you can make it harder?” 😬
Define full OS
One Hannah short of perfection.
Ads.
Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
Probably so they can easily swap out flavors or mark OUT or OUT OF SERVICE, etc
If you’re swapping flavors (which won’t happen often) your already having to clean it. Swapping out the button insert isn’t a big ask. This doesn’t solve anything a physical sign could do better.
You’re right, in just speculating why a screen could be there. Seems overkill, even if it ran the icee machine itself