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minus-squareNutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhy exactly does this need to run a full OS?
minus-squaremrnobody@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoProbably so they can easily swap out flavors or mark OUT or OUT OF SERVICE, etc
minus-squareCaptPretentious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoYou’re right, in just speculating why a screen could be there. Seems overkill, even if it ran the icee machine itself
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAds. Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
minus-squareJargonWagon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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-up1·2 months ago“Why make it simpler when you can make it harder?” 😬
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOne Hannah short of perfection.
minus-squarehexagonwin@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoprobably cheaper to use a full OS than hiring a dev to build a small embedded machine just for that i guess
Why exactly does this need to run a full OS?
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
Ads.
Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
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.
probably cheaper to use a full OS than hiring a dev to build a small embedded machine just for that i guess