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McBroken - A website that charts the working status of every McDonald's ice cream machine in the United States (and some other countries) and whether it's broken or operational (mcbroken.com)
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[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just curious how is this data collected? How does the site know if a machine is up or down?

[–] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it tries to purchase ice cream from each location by their online storefront iirc

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oh that’s so cool. What a great way to test

[–] exohuman@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

This is brilliant and I love the name.

[–] Eggcat@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

step 1 on how to get people to get more mcdonalds lmao

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who cares. What is this, a McDonald's ad?