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And it probably should be. We could even have a set of small plates embedded somewhere for quick swapping on demand.

I like computers, but having an individual computer to run a single drink display really is overkill. At least use one to drive all the labels simultaneously, if you still want the ability to display nifty animations of liquid flowing above the actual liquid actually visibly flowing.

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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They’re probably paying a dollar or two for a esp32 at volume. When one fails a tech probably just throws the old one away.

tween this and the e-ink pricetags on merchandise…

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- MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Esp32 probably doesn’t have a bios crash. My bet is a raspberry pi
  
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  - boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not a BIOS crash but a Linux startup has been interrupted here. So likely you’re right
    
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  - kbotc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They are RPis.
    
    I saw this setup at my local 7/11
    
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    Metype@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Reminds me of a Rug Doctor rental machine I saw that was proudly displaying the default Raspberry Pi OS background and a login prompt
    
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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Exactly. This implementation makes no sense. Unless the logos are animated, need to change frequently, or supposed to show advertising (I hope not), a backlit plastic label would do the same job just fine. In fact, that has done the same job for decades at this point.

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- 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  supposed to show advertising
  
  I’m betting on this.
  
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  - dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    sharp exhale You’re probably right.
    
    Is there some version of Occam’s Razor where “enshitification” is the most likely answer?
    
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- lb_o@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This implementation makes a lot of sense if you think about the ability to support variable amount of screens without the need of complex routing and addressing.
  
  It has increased reliability where one failure doesn’t break the whole system.
  
  As for the need of it - well, that’s “slurp” they try to sell some cold sugar to impulsive people who like flashy things. That implies animations on the screen and being “not boring”.
  
  The fact that they changed by itself means that backlit plastic label was doing poorer job than this abomination.
  
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