jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRedbox’s disc rentals are overwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down17
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minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoI wonder if you can install Linux on it?
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoI’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
minus-squareresidentmarchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months 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-up8·2 months agoJust have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoOh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
minus-squareBigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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
I wonder if you can install Linux on it?
I’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
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?
Oh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
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