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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoI wonder if you can install Linux on it?
minus-square@residentmarchantlinkEnglish9•1 month agoSeems like it could be converted to a vending machine pretty easily if you could add your own OS Already has security, waterproofing, payment processing stuff, and a screen to choose your item.
minus-square@somethingsnappylinkEnglish10•1 month agoJust have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
minus-squareZierlinkfedilink5•1 month agoOh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoYou could use it to sell decorative coasters.
minus-square@somethingsnappylinkEnglish1•1 month agoPostage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.
minus-square@BigDaddySlimlinkEnglish2•1 month agoI was talking to one of the repair guys working on one near me and he told me they already ran Linux, so they’re one step ahead of you
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I think I’ll take one home.
I wonder if you can install Linux on it?
I’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
Seems like it could be converted to a vending machine pretty easily if you could add your own OS
Already has security, waterproofing, payment processing stuff, and a screen to choose your item.
Just have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
Oh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
You could use it to sell decorative coasters.
Postage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.
I was talking to one of the repair guys working on one near me and he told me they already ran Linux, so they’re one step ahead of you