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Engineer turns disposable vape pen into a working web server (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 1 month ago by TimeNaan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How broken is it? Touch still works? Display visible?

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It just got dramatically worse, screen jumps up and down, unusable I won't even be able to take phone calls. I can't even restart it.

[–] dandu3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If it's an OLED and it's cracked you have only a couple hours to get your shit off of it before it goes completely blank. LCDs are usually somewhat fine depending on how they're broken. They don't get worse

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depending on how security is, you can plug a USB-c hub and connect it to a KBM and run it that way...

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I had to read your comment several times before I realized you didn't type USB-chub.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It took a day to go from partially fucked to unusable, the entire screen is like seizuring. There was no actual crack though, must have hit a rock or something getting lobbed onto the ground.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably only replacing the screen would work at this point. Android is quite flexible but you need some touch input to operate it.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Android can take keyboard and mouse input actually

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're right, I haven't thought of that. Maybe connecting it to a monitor through an HDMI enabled USB-C hub could work.