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Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by mm263 »

vdupras wrote: post #175
amelius wrote: post #167

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How do I build a 6502 from just the elements?

You begin by making a pen "from just the elements", then work your way up to there. In other words, it's a huge challenge, but 6502 is closer, in complexity, to the pen than to the, say, AMD Ryzen. But the primary idea behind Collapse OS isn't to run from 6502 built from the ground up (although it partly is), but to run from frankenstein cobbled up machines made from scavenged parts.

If I scavenge any machine today, how likely would I be to find a 6502 vs something more modern? I’d argue that some people might have a NES at home and one could get a 2A03 from it, but in a hypothetical scenario where I need to scavenge some computational power, I’d find an Android phone

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by strbean »

spacephysics wrote: post #166
palata wrote: post #135

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The fact that selling such a thing is profitable means that we lack regulations somewhere.

The fact something is profitable (even vices) does not mean it requires regulations, unless the regulation in mind is direct or indirect cap on profit margins?

I think it's a lack of regulation to prevent negative externalities. Particularly with respect to waste management / product lifecycle.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by int_19h »

ffsm8 wrote: post #97
Mistletoe wrote: post #90

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Will the Butlerian Jihad find all the vapes?

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There are many discussions on this exact topic online.

TL;DR: while Dune has many references to various concepts coming from Islamic societies throughout, the Fremen are the obvious stand-in for Arabs specifically, and so get the most attention. And, in the context of the first book at least, Fremen are the "good guys" in many ways - if you reframe it in modern terms, they are the natives fighting against a colonial empire that subjugates them in order to extract a valuable resource from their lands, and then on top of that there's also the more subtle ecological angle.

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Post by wpm »

Someone1234 wrote: post #183
sitzkrieg wrote: post #180

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every smoke detector i've seen takes a 9volt battery. maybe this is true for commercial units

Most of those smoke detectors are old and already passed their 10-year-lifespan. People keep putting 9-volt batteries in them, but they shouldn't. If you go look at modern smoke detectors, many-to-most, now have a non-replaceable battery for exactly that reason.

I didn't have to look far to replace my combo CO/Smoke detector or do a ton of hard searching to find one that just took a 9-volt. The first two results on Amazon US for "smoke detector" take 9-volts.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by vdupras »

mm263 wrote: post #191
vdupras wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You begin by making a pen "from just the elements", then work your way up to there. In other words, it's a huge challenge, but 6502 is closer, in complexity, to the pen than to the, say, AMD Ryzen. But the primary idea behind Collapse OS isn't to run from 6502 built from the ground up (although it partly is), but to run from frankenstein cobbled up machines made from scavenged parts.

If I scavenge any machine today, how likely would I be to find a 6502 vs something more modern? I’d argue that some people might have a NES at home and one could get a 2A03 from it, but in a hypothetical scenario where I need to scavenge some computational power, I’d find an Android phone

You're much more likely to stumble one something more modern, but that modern something is also much less repairable. It's great if it works and if it can run Linux or Dusk OS, but when it can't, you're out of luck.

With a 6502 or other such CPU, the machines you scavenge them from are much more repairable and adaptable. You can use those components like lego blocks. It breaks? either repair it or strip the working parts to use in another frankenstein computer.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by wpm »

dns_snek wrote: post #68
jimmaswell wrote: post #47

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Vaping nicotine doesn't seem that bad to me. AFAICT the dangers outside simple addictiveness are moderate lung irritation and cardiovascular effects, but no strong evidence of cancer caused by vaping alone - far better than cigarettes, and still better than an equivalent drinking problem.

Vaping causes inflammation, nicotine suppresses the immune system (which is probably pretty bad news for fighting any other diseases), and nicotine cessation has been linked with an increase in development of autoimmune disorders in the 12-24 month period after quitting. I had elevated white blood cells counts and I developed an autoimmune condition a few months after quitting vaping. I had good health record leading…

> linked with an increase in development of autoimmune disorders in the 12-24 month period after quitting

No shit, I had no idea.

That explains a lot. I quit smoking (well, the first time I tried to quit) when I was 19 (2 years smoking). 3 months later I was in the hospital with sclerosing mesenteritis, a rare disorder for an older person but baffling and way out of left-field for a 19 year old with no prior history autoimmune issues. We only got a diagnosis after full exploratory surgery that earned me a six inch incision scar on my stomach.

Don't start smoking, kids.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by Someone1234 »

wpm wrote: post #196
Someone1234 wrote: post #183

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Most of those smoke detectors are old and already passed their 10-year-lifespan. People keep putting 9-volt batteries in them, but they shouldn't. If you go look at modern smoke detectors, many-to-most, now have a non-replaceable battery for exactly that reason.

I didn't have to look far to replace my combo CO/Smoke detector or do a ton of hard searching to find one that just took a 9-volt. The first two results on Amazon US for "smoke detector" take 9-volts.

> The first two results on Amazon US for "smoke detector" take 9-volts.

I did the same thing, and the first four results were Kidde and First Alert Smoke Alarms with non-replaceable 10-year lifespan batteries.

It is likely because you recently purchased one, and Amazon has targeted your results based on your purchase history.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by uyzstvqs »

palata wrote: post #139
spicyusername wrote: post #123

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It's a shame negative externalities like this are basically impossible to include in the up-front price.

I feel like a law saying "don't put electronics in disposable products" would do the job.

Almost every electronic device becomes disposable at some point, some sooner than others. Just make sure you bring them to an e-waste bin when that time comes. E-waste recycling is a profitable business, so there's always one nearby in my experience.

If you have some old Samsung Galaxy Gio from 2011, it'll provide far more value by recycling it back to raw materials than it would if you'd somehow try to keep it usable in 2025.

The problem here is planned obsolescence in a product's design. That is what needs to be made illegal.

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