Fun fact: people in Brazil used to cook black beans with an iron nail inside the pot to treat anemia and iron deficiency. They removed the nail before eating, in case someone is wondering. Some people might still do it.

Another fun fact: I remember a research concluding that it's actually effective.

They make gaming more and more elitist hobby, and then get surprised when indie games with pixel graphics that can run even on potato devices make a great success.

Isn't it impressive that we in Brazil sometimes create the best and most simple solutions to problems, but no one will imitate us and will keep insisting in their problematic systems, because we are the third world and supposedly can't get anything right? It's sad when we end up replacing our own good things, because even we think we're inferior in everything and can't come up with a good solution for anything.

According to the site, home routers and dvrs were part of the devices used. Looks like manufacturers abandoning devices without updates is becoming more and more of an issue.

But how do they get the food back?

It would be awesome if there was a community focused on that

Seeing functional risc-v devices popping up is so awesome! Not long ago, they were highly experimental. When I eventually find myself in need of a new device, I will probably get one with a risc-v processor.

Several things weren't considered in the experiment:

• A lot of people on the streets have some degree of mental illness or come from another background of vulnerability.
• he started the experiment im good health. Constant malnutrition is something that destroys someone's hability to concentrate and think on complex subjects, and a reality for most homeless people
• A lot of homeless people have no digital devices needed to take things from a site and resell online
• No one in their right mind will trust a stranger from the streets to sleep in their van. He got this privilege probably by talking to someone and explaining his experiment or something.
• in a lot of places, there are no free things available to resell. Also, he probably already got this idea before starting the experiment.
• the site didn't mention where he did the experiment, because a lot of people on the streets are subject to violence and live in constant danger
• and the most important one: there aren't enough free stuff available for all homeless people to resell. If everyone tried this, the "market" would eventually saturate and no one would get a profit anymore.

I remember someone from here in Brazil that tried a similar experiment, but on a smaller scale. He started by buying a box of candies and reselling to people going through a busy avenue. Every time he sold all the candies, he had to buy more, getting just a small profit. At the end, he had to eat, and then spent everything, while being still hungry. The experiment wasn't viable, because he didn't even manage to end the day with more than when started. I tried to find the video to link, but couldn't find it, unfortunately. But anyway, I believe this was much closer to the real experience.

a reminder to hack the government?

It's a sad thing to see one more sign of how the big tech companies dominated the internet. A lot of people today don't even know how to use their devices, but only how to use the products offered by those conpanies.

To be fair, steam reports less than 1% of users using windows 7. It's not as big as we think.

Underestimating the competition is often a path to failure