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minus-square@AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish21•4 months agoI wonder if you can install Linux on it?
minus-square@db2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish37•4 months agoI’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
minus-square@residentmarchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 months 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@somethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoJust have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
minus-squareZierlinkfedilink5•4 months agoOh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
minus-square@ShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoYou could use it to sell decorative coasters.
minus-square@somethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoPostage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.
minus-square@BigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months 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
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