Why not use a sticker and a backlight instead of a whole ass pc?
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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Adverts, sooner or later
The entire screen is already an advert.
Ah but they don't get paid extra to show it, by having a screen they can get paid by other companies to advertise for them
What a horrible design to require an individual computer for EVERY screen. JFC just have one device run multiple displays.
A raspy W is like 20 bucks each, and has a tiny footprint. Cheaper than the screen itself, probably, and simpler than having to reconfigure the amount of displays based on available flavors in the setup.
God I remember buying an RPi for less than 10β¬ this company really screwed up their product.
Why not just do a sticker there? What an inefficient approach!
I imagine they have an embedded raspberry pi type computer in the screen itself.
Might be a single computer that's just the primary display.
Nothing in that boot sequence is a deal breaker it's just missing an Internet connection I think.
Instant brain freeze. Followed by death.
Oh hell ya! Linux boot screen is my favorite flavor.
This is what happens when you don't drink your verification slurpee before getting another slurpee
sudo rm -rf that shit into my stomach.
At least it's not too grubby
that seems, inefficient
I bet the actual logo display is a full screen browser too, multiple computers each running chrome just to display ads.
Imagine having an old Slurpee machine Kubernetes cluster
That was pretty close to my first thought, too
Systemd having a special it seems
They didn't enter the machines date of birth...
Its the underlying filesystem
Under where?
Boot
Start plasmashell
That storage is riding the struggle bus
mount
Call the slurpadmin.
Mmm tastes like system service failure
Gay sex. /j
(Wishful thinking)
Lemmy moment
Excuse you I'm on piefed >.>
"Tastes like wires."
Why exactly does this need to run a full OS?
Ads.
Maybe a button or two to initiate the machine cloaca to piss into the cup?
Define full OS
Probably so they can easily swap out flavors or mark OUT or OUT OF SERVICE, etc
Technically thatβs a bootsplash, which works better for branding purposes.