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by malloreon 1848 days ago
Reminds me of https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimble/nimble-salon-qua..., seen a lotta YouTube ads for this lately.
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Hackbraten 1847 days ago
What a user-hostile design. You buy a $350 device, then you have to buy proprietary nail polish capsules until the day the company inevitably goes down? And after that you’re stuck with a nail Juicero?
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Bancakes 1847 days ago
There was a tabletop dishwasher not too long ago that had proprietary capsules. A dude bought industrial detergent and filled them up with a syringe for 100x cheaper.
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Jiejeing 1847 days ago
That is a bit reductive, you also need the tools to write to the chip that the capsule is full, otherwise it is useless.
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Bancakes 1847 days ago
It turned out to be a simple I2C memory, and the author wrote 999999 to it, IIRC.
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bhouston 1847 days ago
Does Nimble work? It is so highly promoted that I wonder if it is selling based on potential more than reality.
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