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Gambling with Lain (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Ebber@lemmings.world 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

They've made Windows IoT Core that runs on Raspberry Pi. I have a colleague that maintains a tanning bed system that uses two Pis running that for each bed, one to operate the bed itself and one to accept payments.

It's mad

[โ€“] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

So they can make a lightweight Windows, they just normally choose not to?