[HN Gopher] To unlock drink verification can
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       To unlock drink verification can
        
       Author : cm_silva
       Score  : 58 points
       Date   : 2023-06-30 21:22 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (gamefaqs.gamespot.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (gamefaqs.gamespot.com)
        
       | science4sail wrote:
       | From the timestamps, I guess that this blurb[0] dates from the
       | tail end of the DRM wars[1]. It's fascinating how the
       | enshittification of various online services have led to a
       | resurgence of that era's anti-establishment attitudes.
       | 
       | [0] possibly copy-pasted from an earlier 4chan post? The language
       | style certainly seems to match.
       | 
       | [1] https://xkcd.com/86/ and https://xkcd.com/488/ and
       | https://xkcd.com/546/
        
       | seamac3 wrote:
       | This might just be fiction, but what would let the server know
       | that the can has been drank?
        
         | 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
         | Unique unlock code at the bottom of each can? Some kind of
         | scannable QR code or NFC system? They do not care if you dump
         | the ooze into the toilet, so long as it has been purchased.
         | 
         | You could even region lock the cans! Make sure nobody is trying
         | to cheat you by purchasing wholesale or across the border.
         | 
         | Edit: You could even make them like some kind of Nintendo Amibo
         | action figure. Dedicated holder device with API interface to
         | the game.
        
           | Am4TIfIsER0ppos wrote:
           | The always on camera watches you drink it. The qr code is
           | either on the bottom of the can or in the lid if you buy the
           | deluxe bottle version.
        
         | thereisnospork wrote:
         | Real-time blood sugar monitoring, if your customers aren't
         | diabetic yet they could be drinking more. Coming soon to a
         | dystopia near you.
        
         | 0-_-0 wrote:
         | Xbox Kinect
        
         | charonn0 wrote:
         | The XBox's Kinect camera, which was introduced around the time
         | this was written.
        
       | dooglius wrote:
       | To provide some historical context for this meme, the Xbox One
       | had recently been unveiled and at the time was going to have a
       | mandatory Kinect. It was rumored that the camera would be un-
       | disableable and on at all times.
        
         | stonogo wrote:
         | Pretty sure it was "say McDonald's to end commercial" from
         | https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en
        
       | unwind wrote:
       | Meta: this needs "(2013)" in the title.
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | I believe this to be at least a screenshot of the original
       | version: <https://imgur.com/dgGvgKF>
        
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