A raspy W is like 20 bucks each, and has a tiny footprint. Cheaper than the screen itself probably, and simpler than having to reconfigure the amount of displays based on available flavors in the setup.
The only Raspberry Pi cheaper than 10€ is the Raspberry Pi Zero (no wifi) that launch at 5€/$5, the Raspberry Pi Zero W (with wifi) launch at 10€/$10, both in 2015. Raspberry Pi 1, 2 and 3 launched at 35€ and since the 4 and 5, it's a bit more complicated because they have different RAM options. Today, the RPi4 1GB is sold 37,90€. Availability is more of an issue. But in terms of pricing it's not bad ! I have the feeling, people's expectations for a Raspberry Pi are a bit distorted. No, you don't get a top of the line gaming PC for 40€... But even a RPi2 is still good for a tone of useful projects!
It's probably literally cheaper to have a cheap device that supports one display than a single device capable of supporting multiple displays.
It also simplifies the design. You don't need different hardware requirements or software configs for a slushy system of 3 or 4 or 5 flavors. You just have a single design for each slushy device.
On top of that, when a device is restarting or failed it only has a single failure. All of the other flavors are displayed.
Also, for the other "why not a sticker" comments. Having a digital display does have its advantages. You may not want your chain of stores having tacky hand drawn labels by a lazy employee. This prevents that. You can include the price in the display later if you want to. Ensuring you charge more for that "limited time" flavor and you don't have to send stickers to each store.
Also, the cost of these displays is so little in comparison to the mechanical parts that operate the actual machine it's likely worth the it for the flexibility in display.
Also, digital displays catch the eyes more. You're gonna get more people that notice a flashy machine and think "I'm in the mood for a slurpy". That alone is likely worth any other cost.
Capitalism doesn't have to "make sense" in terms of design or simplicity. It often doesn't. It chooses the things that return the most profit. It's not reason based in "logic" it's reason based in "profit".
Also, for the other "why not a sticker" comments. Having a digital display does have its advantages. You may not want your chain of stores having tacky hand drawn labels by a lazy employee. This prevents that. You can include the price in the display later if you want to. Ensuring you charge more for that "limited time" flavor and you don't have to send stickers to each store.
So purchase a nice color printer for each store? Or have an employee go to print at staples when you want to change labels?
Like, "just print them" is a lot more effort than you are making it sound to avoid the use of an extremely cheap screen.
There is a reason all vehicles put a big ass display in their car now even though people prefer actual buttons. Screens and software are dirt cheap. A printer with moving mechanical parts is expensive. Using employee time is expensive. Shipping is expensive.
Yes, if the infrastructure is in place for it it can be very cheap. But obviously, the people working at these companies decided that the benefits of the digital screens are worth the small upfront cost of the machine.
Why can't people understand that printing a physical copy of something off-site requires transport and overhead cost that are entirely eliminated by just literally using a digital screen that has a longer shelf life than the mechanical parts of the machine itself. It's not that complicated to understand.
This gives you the advantage of literally being able to change the ad instantly. Based on time of year, event, etc. Its an ad. It's good to be digital. It's an ad. It's not a label.
Why do you send an email instead of sending a letter? A smartphone is so expensive! /s
There are benefits beyond just cost. This isn't about cost. THIS IS ABOUT PROFITS.
People always focus on systemd whenever this is posted, but all systemd is saying is that it can't read the service files when it tries to start something. Earlier on the kernel is complaining about I/O errors as well.
If every single dispenser is a self contained unit, which then is put together in groups of how many different kinds of drink you need? That seems cheaper than having each group of dispensers individually built because all displays have to be wired up to a single computer. This way a single dispenser can be replaced quickly without needing a technician to come or replacing the whole thing.
That’s the actual wild part; using a simple (~$5) SOC to support a dynamic, remotely manageable, UI for an industrial appliance as in this case is reasonable. But dedicated a system per dispenser head is wild.
I guess it could possibly be deemed to be worth it for an ‘industrial’ application like this as it could reduce per-head downtime if just one fails. But man, that’s a lot of silicon for such a task.
The real reason for modern complexity is to create more bullshit jobs and ensure money keeps flowing.
If we just said "enough", which is true, we'd have a leisure society and people would have time to start thinking.
We can't have that, so instead we have Linux soft drink dispensers that need multi-core CPUs, containers, VMs, gigabytes of RAM, SSDs, always-on internet connection, and endless hardware upgrades to dispense carbonated water and sugar syrup.
Design, get design approved, print inserts, package inserts, ship inserts, give lead time for most stores to receive inserts, swap inserts, discard old inserts.
And the product just what, magically shows up? If you're swapping out the flavor, that's a whole process, not something you're doing on a whim. All promotional material would either be shipped ahead of time or with the product. We've been able to label buttons and products for a long time w/o using an independent computer + screen to do it.
Pepsi isn't going to print an insert for every machine. They're gonna print an insert that fits the machine you have to rent from Pepsi. Same with Coke.
I would assume that in most cases, they arent running a mid day update, they would give prior notice that over night X will happen so make sure product is what the label is in the morning.
Being said, I also assume there is some custom-ability to the screens, as in they are probably touch screens or have a a physical button behind the control to allow to cycle through available products to ensure the right product is displayed. That or there is a network controller somewhere on premise (potentially linked to their menu manager) that decides what screen displays what.
It's a 7-Eleven Slurpee machine. If a new flavor was coming, it wouldn't be a surprise, and they'd know well in advance (well managment would). Now I don't frequent 7-Eleven so I can't say how often they swap out flavors, but most places tend to just maintain outside of special promotions or discontinued products.
There'd be no reason for those to be touchscreens, they're not like the Coke Freestyle that lets people pick. Those Slurpee machines are manually controlled by the customer. It being a touchscreen or a server somewhere... is needless over-engineering and a bunch of e-waste to replace an insert. A physical insert never had a CVE. A phsyical insert doesn't need tech support (both for the OS + application + networking + hardware) on top of the maintenance for the machine (the parts that cool and make the Slurpee). A physical insert cannot crash. The only thing adding a screen + Linux + whatever else does is make the presentation a bit cleaner (at an increase in cost and waste). This is like the places that replaced the glass doors with giant screens (sorry for linking to anything Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/p8s7ab/the_cvs_on_irvingpulaski_installed_these_screens/#lightbox
I can't see reddit on my network(I blocked it to avoid using it) so I will take your word for it, I'm assuming its the store freezer/produce doors with ads.
Being said, there are reasons to technologicalize the process. those type of low level mini pc's or controllers last generally years at a time, and are a setup once and done type operation. They are also super cheap and can be distributed across the entire chain once instead of needing to get material, print it, and ship it every time a new product or design is done. Sending stuff over the wire is cheap, shipping marketing material is not. It's generally sent from a different company all-together, and either centralized into a distribution center to be shipped to the stores, or shipped directly to the store from the producer.
It also allows for video based distribution which allows for more info on the screen (for better or for worse because this also could be ads).
I think it's dumb that it's an individual system it seems for every screen, but I expect that HDMI matrix hardware is more expensive vs just having them separate, but regardless cost wise it's a no brainer to make it digital over having physical inserts, even if its more wasteful.
I guess it could make sense to have a small computer in a Slurpee machine to check the temperature and the consistency of the ice, maybe do some maintenance, but yeah. Paper tags would make a lot more sense.
Very odd, I'd have thought it's a single system too, surely there's a lot of shared signals, like temperature, cleaning and whatnot.
The only reason for those to be individual with another 'parent' system is that it would be fully modular?
Just read through the installation and operations manual, and it looks like you’re right on the modular part. They offer 2, 3, and 4 dispenser models, along with a 1 and 2 dispenser “Multi-Flavor”. From what I can tell they have some other modules in the machine that control different things, as well as a parent module to tie them all together. The machine also tracks how often each dispenser is used, so the owner can know which flavors are popular and overall how profitable the machine is.
The machine has to manage electricity to solenoids, motors, sensors of all sorts, etc, as well as CO2, N2, compressed air, refrigerant, water, and syrup. A lot more complex than I ever thought while getting a slushy.
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.
Reminds me of the Cathode Ray Dude's video on the nicotine ad display. Weird aspect ratio display, with an industrial PC with an immensely locked down Linux system.
157 Comments
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 123 pts · 138d
What a horrible design to require an individual computer for EVERY screen. JFC just have one device run multiple displays.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de · 90 pts · 138d
Why not just do a sticker there? What an inefficient approach!
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 8 pts · 138d
Sticker requires transport, inefficient as shit relative to a file download.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 138d
As if the sugar water inside teleports there through a mere downloading deployment via Ansible.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 138d
Ansyruple
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 138d
A raspy W is like 20 bucks each, and has a tiny footprint. Cheaper than the screen itself probably, and simpler than having to reconfigure the amount of displays based on available flavors in the setup.
Plus, I hear the systemd flavor is pretty good.
Miaou@jlai.lu · 15 pts · 138d
God I remember buying an RPi for less than 10€ this company really screwed up their product.
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 138d
The only Raspberry Pi cheaper than 10€ is the Raspberry Pi Zero (no wifi) that launch at 5€/$5, the Raspberry Pi Zero W (with wifi) launch at 10€/$10, both in 2015. Raspberry Pi 1, 2 and 3 launched at 35€ and since the 4 and 5, it's a bit more complicated because they have different RAM options. Today, the RPi4 1GB is sold 37,90€. Availability is more of an issue. But in terms of pricing it's not bad ! I have the feeling, people's expectations for a Raspberry Pi are a bit distorted. No, you don't get a top of the line gaming PC for 40€... But even a RPi2 is still good for a tone of useful projects!
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 138d
It's probably literally cheaper to have a cheap device that supports one display than a single device capable of supporting multiple displays.
It also simplifies the design. You don't need different hardware requirements or software configs for a slushy system of 3 or 4 or 5 flavors. You just have a single design for each slushy device.
On top of that, when a device is restarting or failed it only has a single failure. All of the other flavors are displayed.
Also, for the other "why not a sticker" comments. Having a digital display does have its advantages. You may not want your chain of stores having tacky hand drawn labels by a lazy employee. This prevents that. You can include the price in the display later if you want to. Ensuring you charge more for that "limited time" flavor and you don't have to send stickers to each store.
Also, the cost of these displays is so little in comparison to the mechanical parts that operate the actual machine it's likely worth the it for the flexibility in display.
Also, digital displays catch the eyes more. You're gonna get more people that notice a flashy machine and think "I'm in the mood for a slurpy". That alone is likely worth any other cost.
Capitalism doesn't have to "make sense" in terms of design or simplicity. It often doesn't. It chooses the things that return the most profit. It's not reason based in "logic" it's reason based in "profit".
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 6 pts · 138d
Ear me out: you print them, crazy right?!
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 138d
So purchase a nice color printer for each store? Or have an employee go to print at staples when you want to change labels?
Like, "just print them" is a lot more effort than you are making it sound to avoid the use of an extremely cheap screen.
There is a reason all vehicles put a big ass display in their car now even though people prefer actual buttons. Screens and software are dirt cheap. A printer with moving mechanical parts is expensive. Using employee time is expensive. Shipping is expensive.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 1 pts · 137d
You can pay other companies to print for you duh, they will print you anything for dirt cheap, it's not like a company can't afford it lmao
wheezy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 137d
Yes, if the infrastructure is in place for it it can be very cheap. But obviously, the people working at these companies decided that the benefits of the digital screens are worth the small upfront cost of the machine.
Why can't people understand that printing a physical copy of something off-site requires transport and overhead cost that are entirely eliminated by just literally using a digital screen that has a longer shelf life than the mechanical parts of the machine itself. It's not that complicated to understand.
This gives you the advantage of literally being able to change the ad instantly. Based on time of year, event, etc. Its an ad. It's good to be digital. It's an ad. It's not a label.
Why do you send an email instead of sending a letter? A smartphone is so expensive! /s
There are benefits beyond just cost. This isn't about cost. THIS IS ABOUT PROFITS.
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 138d
It also has the benefit of being able to show metrics and diagnostics right there without having to connect it to another device.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 138d
Might be a single computer that's just the primary display.
Nothing in that boot sequence is a deal breaker it's just missing an Internet connection I think.
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 138d
Nah, storage is fried.
People always focus on systemd whenever this is posted, but all systemd is saying is that it can't read the service files when it tries to start something. Earlier on the kernel is complaining about I/O errors as well.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 138d
Oh yeah youre right, I was squinting real hard to try and read that on on a phone and was only looking at the bottom
byte_0verflow@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 138d
And then they blame ai for the ram shortage
silenium_dev@feddit.org · 3 pts · 138d
If every single dispenser is a self contained unit, which then is put together in groups of how many different kinds of drink you need? That seems cheaper than having each group of dispensers individually built because all displays have to be wired up to a single computer. This way a single dispenser can be replaced quickly without needing a technician to come or replacing the whole thing.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
They make display boards with modular numbers of outputs.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 138d
Coca cola runs windows
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 138d
I imagine they have an embedded raspberry pi type computer in the screen itself.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 138d
I drink Arch btw
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 133d
Best blue slushy
mech@feddit.org · 41 pts · 138d
Why not use a sticker and a backlight instead of a whole ass pc?
yakko@feddit.uk · 22 pts · 138d
Adverts, sooner or later
mech@feddit.org · 10 pts · 138d
The entire screen is already an advert.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 138d
Ah but they don't get paid extra to show it, by having a screen they can get paid by other companies to advertise for them
667@lemmy.radio · 4 pts · 138d
Every public-facing surface will be ripe for adverts. Previews of it at gas stations in the US, and nearly everywhere in countries like Philippines.
yakko@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 138d
You're right - but at least for now they're advertising Linux 😀
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
wait till you see electronic price tags. adverts and price gouging per person
coolie4@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 138d
Not only that, but is each flavor a different system??? Wtf
NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
That’s the actual wild part; using a simple (~$5) SOC to support a dynamic, remotely manageable, UI for an industrial appliance as in this case is reasonable. But dedicated a system per dispenser head is wild.
I guess it could possibly be deemed to be worth it for an ‘industrial’ application like this as it could reduce per-head downtime if just one fails. But man, that’s a lot of silicon for such a task.
teuniac_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 137d
I guess this is an instance where 'mission critical' actually means something!
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 138d
The real reason for modern complexity is to create more bullshit jobs and ensure money keeps flowing.
If we just said "enough", which is true, we'd have a leisure society and people would have time to start thinking.
We can't have that, so instead we have Linux soft drink dispensers that need multi-core CPUs, containers, VMs, gigabytes of RAM, SSDs, always-on internet connection, and endless hardware upgrades to dispense carbonated water and sugar syrup.
Something a mechanical switch from 1855 can do.
mr_anny@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 138d
Whenever you change the product or the visual of it is changes, you change the sticker, this is automatic.
If I were to make these devices I would make it so that changing the BiB to different flavor would automatically change the screen.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 138d
If you're changing out the product with something different, then swapping out an insert really isn't a big task.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Design, get design approved, print inserts, package inserts, ship inserts, give lead time for most stores to receive inserts, swap inserts, discard old inserts.
As opposed to design, get design approved, send.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
And the product just what, magically shows up? If you're swapping out the flavor, that's a whole process, not something you're doing on a whim. All promotional material would either be shipped ahead of time or with the product. We've been able to label buttons and products for a long time w/o using an independent computer + screen to do it.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Pepsi isn't going to print an insert for every machine. They're gonna print an insert that fits the machine you have to rent from Pepsi. Same with Coke.
Pika@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 138d
I would assume that in most cases, they arent running a mid day update, they would give prior notice that over night X will happen so make sure product is what the label is in the morning.
Being said, I also assume there is some custom-ability to the screens, as in they are probably touch screens or have a a physical button behind the control to allow to cycle through available products to ensure the right product is displayed. That or there is a network controller somewhere on premise (potentially linked to their menu manager) that decides what screen displays what.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 137d
It's a 7-Eleven Slurpee machine. If a new flavor was coming, it wouldn't be a surprise, and they'd know well in advance (well managment would). Now I don't frequent 7-Eleven so I can't say how often they swap out flavors, but most places tend to just maintain outside of special promotions or discontinued products.
There'd be no reason for those to be touchscreens, they're not like the Coke Freestyle that lets people pick. Those Slurpee machines are manually controlled by the customer. It being a touchscreen or a server somewhere... is needless over-engineering and a bunch of e-waste to replace an insert. A physical insert never had a CVE. A phsyical insert doesn't need tech support (both for the OS + application + networking + hardware) on top of the maintenance for the machine (the parts that cool and make the Slurpee). A physical insert cannot crash. The only thing adding a screen + Linux + whatever else does is make the presentation a bit cleaner (at an increase in cost and waste). This is like the places that replaced the glass doors with giant screens (sorry for linking to anything Reddit) https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/p8s7ab/the_cvs_on_irvingpulaski_installed_these_screens/#lightbox
Pika@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 137d
I can't see reddit on my network(I blocked it to avoid using it) so I will take your word for it, I'm assuming its the store freezer/produce doors with ads.
Being said, there are reasons to technologicalize the process. those type of low level mini pc's or controllers last generally years at a time, and are a setup once and done type operation. They are also super cheap and can be distributed across the entire chain once instead of needing to get material, print it, and ship it every time a new product or design is done. Sending stuff over the wire is cheap, shipping marketing material is not. It's generally sent from a different company all-together, and either centralized into a distribution center to be shipped to the stores, or shipped directly to the store from the producer.
It also allows for video based distribution which allows for more info on the screen (for better or for worse because this also could be ads).
I think it's dumb that it's an individual system it seems for every screen, but I expect that HDMI matrix hardware is more expensive vs just having them separate, but regardless cost wise it's a no brainer to make it digital over having physical inserts, even if its more wasteful.
FishFace@piefed.social · 4 pts · 138d
To show animated things and different flavours when they change without changing the sticker
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 138d
“Animated”.
You mean… advertising.
FishFace@piefed.social · 2 pts · 138d
Yes?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
Definitely.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 2 pts · 138d
For some reason I now want to kill everyone that I see around me, is that a bad sign?
FishFace@piefed.social · 1 pts · 138d
Are you worried about your sleeper agent robo killer programming being activated by the soda machine?
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 138d
Oh hell ya! Linux boot screen is my favorite flavor.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 138d
The complexity of modern stuff boggles my mind. Why?
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 138d
I guess it could make sense to have a small computer in a Slurpee machine to check the temperature and the consistency of the ice, maybe do some maintenance, but yeah. Paper tags would make a lot more sense.
JangleJack@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 138d
I can see having a single node in the whole machine, but one per mix makes me think this photo is doctored. Then again an esp32 is pretty damn cheap.
filcuk@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 138d
Very odd, I'd have thought it's a single system too, surely there's a lot of shared signals, like temperature, cleaning and whatnot.
The only reason for those to be individual with another 'parent' system is that it would be fully modular?
I'd be interested in the actual answer/reason...
icansee@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 138d
Just read through the installation and operations manual, and it looks like you’re right on the modular part. They offer 2, 3, and 4 dispenser models, along with a 1 and 2 dispenser “Multi-Flavor”. From what I can tell they have some other modules in the machine that control different things, as well as a parent module to tie them all together. The machine also tracks how often each dispenser is used, so the owner can know which flavors are popular and overall how profitable the machine is.
The machine has to manage electricity to solenoids, motors, sensors of all sorts, etc, as well as CO2, N2, compressed air, refrigerant, water, and syrup. A lot more complex than I ever thought while getting a slushy.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 138d
Be able to change the picture remotely. New flavor? No need to print out a new sticker, remove the old one, and add the new one.
DibbleDabble@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 138d
Start your shift as a server.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 137d
Take the damn upvote, and get outta here.
bender223@lemmy.today · 28 pts · 138d
I'm just glad slurpee machines run on Linux and not Windows CE. 😌
WrathEnchanter@europe.pub · 25 pts · 138d
Mord important question: Why do they all have their own system?
rumba@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 138d
Cost, Parts availability
They're building them out of cheap SBC with sd cards.
It's cheaper to put four economy SBC's in than one computer that can handle 4 displays.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 137d
what is my purpose?You show a Mt Dew ad at a single store in Ketchikan, AK
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 137d
Oh GOD, can't I pass some butter?
seatwiggy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 138d
or, hear me out, a backlit piece of paper
rumba@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 137d
They did that for years. It's a good servicable option.
Of course, printing all those out and shipping them all over the world isn't without cost.
These can be animated. Ideally, they can have an attract mode to improve sales.
Corporate can force the hand of small shops to put the flavors in they want to market.
There are probably as many pros as there are cons.
You're 100% correct, they're not necessary
Auth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 137d
sorry to easy we'd rather go with a company that specializes in this task and charges a monthly subscription
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 137d
As is the way of marketing.
mlg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d
I'm pretty sure its shopped because I've never seen a machine with actual displays in it for each flavor lol. They all use paper cut outs.
Tiger_Man_@szmer.info · 1 pts · 138d
because computing is a forgotten magic and no one knows how to correctly operate those black boxes
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 137d
Maybe only the one on the right is a screen so you can diagnose things, but the rest are paper?
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 138d
Verify your age to drink the SystemD drink
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 138d
SystemDrink
nieceandtows@programming.dev · 4 pts · 138d
SystemD drink is for me and you!
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 138d
At least it's not too grubby
nieceandtows@programming.dev · 16 pts · 138d
Free as in beer
coaxil@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 138d
Systemd having a special it seems
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone · 32 pts · 138d
They didn't enter the machines date of birth...
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 138d
Its the underlying filesystem
5715@feddit.org · 4 pts · 138d
Under where?
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 11 pts · 138d
OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 138d
::: spoiler NSFW version
:::
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 138d
This image was seared into my memory 20+ years ago (maybe I saw it first in a PC magazine?) & has never left it, not even for a moment.
(Wait, was it all penguin propaganda all long?? Is this why I like foss?)
OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 138d
There are many reasons to enjoy being nerdy.
::: spoiler Nudity is merely one of them.
:::
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 138d
Exactly!
Live
longand nerd is what I always say.osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 15 pts · 138d
This is what happens when you don't drink your verification slurpee before getting another slurpee
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 138d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 14 pts · 138d
Instant brain freeze. Followed by death.
Skepticpunk@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 138d
It made me take a log dump. Do not recommend.
polite_cat@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 138d
Is this a systemDrink?
FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 12 pts · 138d
that seems, inefficient
lauha@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 138d
Imagine having an old Slurpee machine Kubernetes cluster
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 138d
I bet the actual logo display is a full screen browser too, multiple computers each running chrome just to display ads.
forrgott@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 138d
That was pretty close to my first thought, too
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 138d
That's not bootloader. Init?
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 138d
init
webkitten@piefed.social · 11 pts · 138d
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 138d
Baja Bash
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 138d
CachyOS Cola
JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 138d
One sip and suddenly I’m compiling my life choices 💀
Zink@programming.dev · 9 pts · 138d
Hol up though...
Is that the Arch flavor or the Fedora flavor? I think that's important information to have on hand.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 138d
All we know is the screen isn't using HDMI 2.1.
Zink@programming.dev · 2 pts · 138d
Is there anything those damn media companies won't screw up? Even my frozen Mt Dew, man.
Wilco@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 138d
It depends on the keys you press when you drink it, you could get access to your own bios.
EonNShadow@pawb.social · 6 pts · 138d
That'd be super nice
Maybe I could enable fast boot and a couple other settings I've been meaning to change
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 138d
Gimmie some of that 'bootloader blue' slurpee
18107@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 138d
Boot
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 138d
Boot up obviously.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 138d
Start plasmashell
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 137d
SystemDrink
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 137d
installing Arch on myself
FGoo@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 138d
I'll (kernel) panic
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 138d
Exit the matrix
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 138d
Gay sex. /j
(Wishful thinking)
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 138d
Lemmy moment
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 138d
Excuse you I'm on piefed >.>
NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Which is spelled pieced but pronounced Lemmy. Everyone knows that.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 138d
I assume thats a joke but I don't get the joke 😅
If I remember right the "fed" part is just short for federation
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 137d
Login and startx?
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 138d
mountNocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d
Must use sudo to drink this slushy
deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 5 pts · 138d
Construct Additional Pylons?
dan69@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 137d
This is weird to see so many things needing to be a screen..
ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 138d
Call the slurpadmin.
Encephalotrocity@feddit.online · 4 pts · 138d
Usually take a GNOME all over the toilet seat.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 138d
Mmm tastes like system service failure
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com · 4 pts · 138d
Why exactly does this need to run a full OS?
mrnobody@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 138d
Probably so they can easily swap out flavors or mark OUT or OUT OF SERVICE, etc
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
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.
mrnobody@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 138d
You're right, in just speculating why a screen could be there. Seems overkill, even if it ran the icee machine itself
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
Right? Could just use a microcontroller for each individual screen and then a separate PC to update each microcontroller if needed.
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 138d
"Why make it simpler when you can make it harder?" 😬
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 138d
Ads.
Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 138d
Define full OS
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 138d
One Hannah short of perfection.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 137d
probably cheaper to use a full OS than hiring a dev to build a small embedded machine just for that i guess
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 138d
That storage is riding the struggle bus
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 4 pts · 138d
sudo rm -rf that shit into my stomach.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 137d
BSOD: the Blue Slurpee of Death
lengau@midwest.social · 3 pts · 137d
That's a systemd slurpee.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d
Freakazoid.
Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Man, I haven't heard of that name in decades!
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 138d
"Tastes like wires."
jobbies@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 138d
The refreshing taste of systemd
ItsMyVault101@piefed.social · 3 pts · 138d
I drink a bootload of this stuff, it's great for starting the day.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 138d
Get some grub
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 138d
I bet you could hack them for crypto mining or displaying your own ads.
dgdft@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 138d
Technically that’s a bootsplash, which also works better for branding purposes.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Get me some kernel panic pancakes.
kernel panicakes if you will.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 137d
Reminds me of the Cathode Ray Dude's video on the nicotine ad display. Weird aspect ratio display, with an industrial PC with an immensely locked down Linux system.
Sxan@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 138d
It's all calories, no flavor.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 138d
Mmmm, tastes like FOSS
Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Compile Gentoo
Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
Luckly it will be virus free, unlike it's competitor.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d
https://youtu.be/Fuum4UcYz0o
blarth@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 138d
I duckinnnnnnnnnn Nnnnnnnnn Nnn’
rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 103d
that's systemd, not a bootloader
locahosr443@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 138d
Not American, I assume a slurpee is a piss based beverage?
PolarPirate@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 138d
Close enough