Welcome to the @internetofshit. Who happens to already be on top of this story…
So, I wonder if Cory will delete or update the post with the info that it is a hoax?
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I am like this before my 2nd Mt Dew…
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“I just wanted some water”
That Americans think they need a machine between the faucet and their mouths says far more than the silly Windows thing does.
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If you want to get Cory’s attention, you have to summon him with his true name. Turn out all the lights, then stand in front of a mirror, and intone
@doctorow
@doctorow
@doctorow
also, probably not. He updates his posts exceedingly rarely.
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What about if I just use inter caps, and write iPhone, and eBook a bunch of times?
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Can it play Doom then?
Yes, but you have to use the dispenser buttons as controllers. So, hope you really need a lot of ice and chilled water 
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All I wanted was a Pepsi.
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Yea, it say’s “Flint.”
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Kind of off-topic, but I noticed that when BB slummed the comments into their own bulitien board – separating the comments from the important content – the site became a lot less interactive.
There are some authors (like Jason W., and to a lesser extent Pesc) that still interact with the readers, but with others (like CD) there is much less slumming going on.
Windows Embedded is pretty cheap for a license.
Not that anyone needs the shitty bells and whistles for their appliances, but of all the things to complain about, cost is pretty low on the list.
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He has better things to do, honestly.
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I think that is more of a co-incidence. Cory has also stopped posting on FB. So he’s changed how he uses social media. Even so, I don’t think that excuses his complete lack of updates or corrections on posts and/or headlines that turn out to be false in whole or in part.
Though I like seeing authors post in comments, I can see how it can be a huge time waster and discouraging.
To me, the fact that it’s possible to display an image on a screen on a water dispenser is the problem, even if it’s not running Windows.
I have a rather high bar to designing in an OS in an embedded computer in an appliance. If it’s likely to cause more trouble than help, leave it out.
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Fixed that for you.
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That’s my point- the richest country on earth can’t provide potable water to its citizens, yet 100 years ago it could.
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I see what you did there.
Unfortunately, your change reverses the meaning of my sentence.
Would be funnier if it was a Pepsi dispenser…
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