jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRedbox’s disc rentals are overwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI wonder if you can install Linux on it?
minus-squareBigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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
minus-squareresidentmarchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoJust have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou could use it to sell decorative coasters.
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
I wonder if you can install Linux on it?
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
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?
You could use it to sell decorative coasters.
Oh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
I’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s