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108 points

Why does this produce need a massive digital signage pylon?

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They needed to construct additional pylons.

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11 points

Thanks Judicator Aldaris

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You need more minerals

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No idea where it’s from or what it usually looks like since I just nabbed this off of Facebook, but my guess is to display ads, or perhaps some slo-mo videos of fresh fruit being tossed in an appetizing manner in an attempt to trigger your Pavlovian reflex to buy some of those oranges.

Couldn’t find any pictures of that particular setup operating under normal conditions, but here are some similar ones to give you an idea:

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18 points

The question is, why does it run on Linux and not Apple

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Perhaps it runs on a Raspberry Pi?

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Or orange pi. Banana pi.

The best thing I learned when writing this comment (because I know there are other fruity labeled pi computers) is that you can look up “other fruit pi” and actually find results. Semi-relevant ones. (I use ecosia, not google/bing/askjeves, so ymmv)

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I was in a hotel where there was an AV input on a TV which just showed the screen of a Raspberry Pi. If I remember correctly it was running XFCE.

Not sure why that was because the TV channels worked correctly.

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16 points

Because it would be expensive, just look at the price of the Lime /s

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10 points

Why would it run on a fruit?

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3 points

Yes! Potatoes are the way, as our ancestors taught us!

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1 point

And not Windows*

Macs are not worth it for stuff like this.

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12 points

Because flashy screens work on dumb lizard brains

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Well ya. That is why were are here in this thread right now. But also having a sign you can change easily is probably also useful.

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8 points

Big Fruit is going to control our minds and enslave us all. If only they could get the interns to configure their shitty Linus distro.

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6 points

Greed?

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Do you really want an explanation for why a market might want large signage that they can change without much extra labor? Seems self evident to me.

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You could’ve just said:

So they can change the signage without much extra labor.

There’s no need to be rude.

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1 point

Wouldn’t be a Linux community without extra spice though

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0 points

Do you understand the meaning of the word “need?”

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3 points

Advertising, easier to see prices

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1 point

To attract bugs there instead of the food.

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But that’s where the food is.

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I know, but they will be on the screen instead of the food.

The lamps are not enough.

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