@Omegatron on the POPCAKE

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The POPCAKE airport lounge pancake maker
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I love these things so much that I looked into getting one, but it turns out: a) they are rather expensive machines and b) they use an expensive premix packet that goes in the top, gets squeezed out like a tube of toothpaste and only lasts a few days once it’s opened :(

Darn! I assumed it was a resovoir of sorts, that anyone could pour batter into. I wonder how hackable it is? Could I put NetBSD on it, and attach a funnel?

I guess I’ll put this alongside the Mitsubishi JetTowel, Tennant ride-on floor polishers, and rackmount 10G switches as commercial devices I’d love to have for home, but it’s probably for the best that I can’t. Or… could I?

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