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by reidjs 720 days ago
At least it doesn't run windows
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"man, i tried going to bed last night, but it was a BSOD so I had to reboot it, but then it needed 45 minutes of OS updates before I could get in the bed."

seems like a pretty good torture on multiple levels

And they wonder why so many people are sleeping on the streets these days. It’s just better UX.
"before you go to bed you must acknowledge our updated terms of service. Please bear in mind, that our newly added AI engine will process all the thoughts you have during your sleep. Images you see will be stored in the cloud and allowed for further processing by us"
If this paragraph made you giggle, give "Feed" by MT Anderson a read.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_(Anderson_novel)

It wasn't that long ago I tried to use an ATM only to find a WinCE error screen displayed on it. Scary stuff.
I've heard the Windows 3.1 ding (1) on an ATM. This was 2022. I hope it's just because the developers stole the wave file from Windows 3.1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXF_pmcDghI&t=4s