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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 3 points 1 year 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 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

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