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Re: Doom Running on a Toothbrush

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I'm sorry, that is cool and all, but since 2020 when somebody made doom run on a pregnancy test I am waiting for something as impressive. Even running it on a toothbrush seem "meh" to me in comparison, although certainly a feat.

That person just replaced the internals with an OLED display and controller

That is so disappointing lol, all this time I thought it was running on the actual pregnancy test hardware.

Re: Doom Running on a Toothbrush

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For those without a Twitter account confused by its hostile UI, here is a link to the video https://twitter.com/atc1441/status/1762969015197053110

I'm wondering: IS there a way to get to that video from the linked tweet without being logged in? I could not figure it out. Thank you for your service of providing the video.

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Re: Doom Running on a Toothbrush

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For those without a Twitter account confused by its hostile UI, here is a link to the video https://twitter.com/atc1441/status/1762969015197053110

I wish people didn't post twitter links to HN. They're almost always useless now you have to have an account.

I wish people didn't use Twitter links at all. They almost never convey real information, just a quick opinion. If they're useful at all, it's to point to a real article or study or whatever, so just point to the real ultimate source.

Zvi's blog is infuriating for this. He seems to think the whole world revolves around Twitter.

Re: Doom Running on a Toothbrush

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

In this time and age, the question is 'why not'? If customers want a bluetooth-connected toothbrush and are willing to shell out the extra $5...

I don't think that engineers must design product only because of "why not doing it if we can do it". There is a ethical value to what we design and produce. Some technologies are better than others.

I guess you're right, it's just that there are plenty of people who don't think it's unethical to put bluetooth in a toothbrush...? Even if it means putting in a computer which would've been a nice office computer 30 years ago?
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