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Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by ge96 »

SXX wrote: post #136

Talking of cheap and powerful devices one can also look at Chinese UZ801 4G LTE (Qualcomm MSM8916) dongles. They cost like only $4-5 and pack quite impressive HW: 4GB eMMC, 512MB RAM, actual 4G modem sometimes with 2 sim switching support. Since it's actually old Android SOC there is even GPU and GPS in there. And a lot of work was already done on supporting them: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Zhihe_series_LTE_d…

would be funny if you could make a drone with this, a flying vape, probably missing good sensors

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by parliament32 »

L_226 wrote: post #413
parliament32 wrote: post #223

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> I wonder when in the West we'll start mining rubbish dumps Never, because we have virtually unlimited space for landfills, and landfill tech has quietly been improving over the last few centuries, to the point that landfills are cheap, non-polluting, and entirely carbon neutral. Countries with less land mass (Europe et al) prefer incineration (mainly to save space, despite it being significantly worse for the envir…

> carbon neutral No. Poorly separated wastes in landfill cause non-trivial methane emissions and other VOCs [0]. While leachate _may_ be captured, most of the time methane is definitely not. [0] - https://www.epa.gov/lmop/basic-information-about-landfill-ga...

For historic, sealed landfills, perhaps. Modern regulations require methane (LFG) capture for all non-trivially-sized landfills. In 2015, 74% of US household waste ended up in a landfill with a system to capture methane and convert it to energy[1], I suspect the number has increased over the last decade.

[1] https://ensoplastics.com/theblog/?p=2557

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by dannyw »

alanbernstein wrote: post #282
parliament32 wrote: post #223

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> I wonder when in the West we'll start mining rubbish dumps Never, because we have virtually unlimited space for landfills, and landfill tech has quietly been improving over the last few centuries, to the point that landfills are cheap, non-polluting, and entirely carbon neutral. Countries with less land mass (Europe et al) prefer incineration (mainly to save space, despite it being significantly worse for the envir…

This is backwards, it's not about eliminating the landfill, it's about recovering the materials which were previously not scarce but now are or will be soon.

Oil-plastics will increase in cost as it becomes more scarce.

Bioplastics are increasingly popular, research is making it better and easier to produce, etc.

I don’t fret over a plastic wrap. For one, if it’s bread in a supermarket, I want it wrapped, I don’t want someone’s sneeze on it.

Plastic for fruits and veggies that you rinse, that’s absurd.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by citizenpaul »

cluckindan wrote: post #151
citizenpaul wrote: post #145

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The mfg/mining process for the chips is probably equally bad. All for a device to help you develop health problems.

You could say that for a lot of devices. It is indisputable that anyone switching cigarette smoking to vaping is making a healthier choice.

>healthier choice

No just no.

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/qu...

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by freedomben »

ww520 wrote: post #370
VladVladikoff wrote: post #230

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Speaking of cheap and powerful, I’m looking for a dirt cheap android phone that has a decent camera. I used to ship out GoPros to my customers but I don’t actually need them to film in 4K, 1080p with a decent CCD would be fine. And lately new GoPro models have become a pain to setup, they require pairing with a modern mobile phone which my customers sometimes don’t have.

Motorola Moto G is a very capable phone on the cheap. It's even cheaper if you don't mind older models or used. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=motorola+moto+g&qid=1757978993&rn...

I've bought a lot of moto g and I concur. Camera is decent. It won't blow your skirt up, but it is roughly comparable to flagship phones from a couple of years ago. YMMV of course

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by HaZeust »

cluckindan wrote: post #412
HaZeust wrote: post #389

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what country contradicts my statements? Where in this world is getting spotted a Geek Bar equate to a severe debt that requires crime to pay off? Absurd premise.

Obviously it isn’t about a single vape. A bulk dealer wants to get rid of stock as quickly as possible, so they don’t expect a payment up front. Say it’s a box of 200 vapes. Then, someone steals it from the teenage vape dealer. Now, the teenager is out $4k in income but expected to pay $1k to $2k to the bulk dealer. That kind of debt to organized crime balloons fast; there are no controls on the interest. After a mon…

The conversation was about a single vape, and casual use, in the first place.

And yeah, I bet that's happened before, just like I bet a day-trader who ran on margin has lost all of his savings, house, cars, and wages through garnishment. That doesn't mean it's how 99% of situations, even in trading on margin, goes.

Even as it relates to underage dealers - even the stupid ones, a very few amount of teens buy in bulk - let alone do it only to fail on sales and get coerced into crime for payback. Not to downplay, the old "ATL" story like that is definitely real shit for illicit drug selling. But for vapes/alcohol/sanctioned (but legal and readily-available) substances? C'mon now. The market's there, but the incentives for coercion (due to the commodities being readily-available) are not.

I'd sooner assume that a story like that is a teen that's making a BS "blame the system" excuse for the fact that they actually bought vapes in bulk, squared it away, wanted to make more money than that hustle could offer, and voluntarily graduated to higher crime on their own. Fair play if they pull the excuse off, though - they've got us talking about it.

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by forty »

jaggederest wrote: post #414
forty wrote: post #347

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How is plastic on bread related with food poisoning? Here in France baguettes are wrapped in paper and are eaten within a day or two of being made (or else they get dry). if you keep them for long enough, molds will grow on it, then you see them and don't eat that old bread (even though it's unlikely to be too bad for most people, the taste is certainly not great). I'd be surprised if anyone ever got food poisoned wi…

> I'd be surprised if anyone ever got food poisoned with bread. I'm about to blow your mind. It was and is one of the most common food poisoning types, especially B. Cereus and everyone's favorite religion-creator, C. purpurea / ergot. Gross image warning (not sure why it's the first thing on the page but...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism

Right, I was really focusing on the bread itself, given the discussion was about the wrapping, rather than previous poisoning of ingredients (unless I'm mistaken, plastic wrapping would not help against ergotism). I'm sure people also get poisoned with chemicals they might put on the crops as well...

Re: Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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Post by jaggederest »

forty wrote: post #469
jaggederest wrote: post #414

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> I'd be surprised if anyone ever got food poisoned with bread. I'm about to blow your mind. It was and is one of the most common food poisoning types, especially B. Cereus and everyone's favorite religion-creator, C. purpurea / ergot. Gross image warning (not sure why it's the first thing on the page but...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism

Right, I was really focusing on the bread itself, given the discussion was about the wrapping, rather than previous poisoning of ingredients (unless I'm mistaken, plastic wrapping would not help against ergotism). I'm sure people also get poisoned with chemicals they might put on the crops as well...

Bacillus Cereus is the major modern issue, and it largely comes from soggy bread/rice/pasta, so plastic is a significant factor.

I completely agree with you that we should, in general, phase out plastic as much as we can, but we have to be realistic about the benefits and drawbacks. I don't think it's anything that couldn't be replaced with oiled paper, but plastic is used for some good and bad reasons.

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