Dumb things being crowdfunded.
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@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Arantor said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
realistically the amount of electricity out of a water wheel isn't going to charge a phone
Maybe we could harvest the energy of falling turds?
See my posts re: Arby's.
It'd put Nuclear power to shame.
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@Arantor said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@dkf realistically the amount of electricity out of a water wheel isn't going to charge a phone but collectively it might just reduce the electricity bill for the lighting a tiny amount.
But you know they'll sell that system with an "it's generating" LED. That uses more power than it generates. Oh wait, the solar road thread is
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@blek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Edit:
Spire offers a solution to a very real problem of forgetting to breathe properly.
Apparently, someone was paid actual real world money to write this sentence.
Christ, I swear... Idiocracy really was/will-be (this time-travel shit really screws up tenses) a documentary.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Here's an idea: Let's install water wheels in urinals
@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Maybe we could harvest the energy of falling turds?
My best friend and I already came up with these ideas back in high school. Can I sue these guys for taking my bad idea without permission?
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@mott555 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Can I sue these guys for taking my bad idea without permission?
Nope, I dropped the idea as a hot turd
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Time for something that I do not think is entirely stupid:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hddwatches-the-geek-watch-made-out-from-a-hdd#/
A watch made from a micro hard drive. If I were the type to wear a watch....I might buy one.
Everyone else is entitled to their own opinion, and I am open to hear it, but I think it is pretty nifty.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
If I were the type to wear a watch
It would clash in style with those cat earphones.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Time for something that I do not think is entirely stupid:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hddwatches-the-geek-watch-made-out-from-a-hdd#/
A watch made from a micro hard drive. If I were the type to wear a watch....I might buy one.
Everyone else is entitled to their own opinion, and I am open to hear it, but I think it is pretty nifty.
I like this one too. I like my watches to have a seconds hand though...
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I want this watch:
https://misfit.com/products/misfit-phase?color=rose-gold
(Yes, it's really a steps tracker and smartwatch!)
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Not sure if this counts as a dumb thing or not tbh:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ninjacket-japan/The whole point of ninja clothing is to hide you.
The hood(not detachable) is designed after those worn by ninja and stands out prominently with its accented color line.
And of course, nothing says 'ninja' more than fishnets:
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@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
If I were the type to wear a watch
It would clash in style with those cat earphones.
I will burn your goddamn house down for these libelous accusations.
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@RaceProUK said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Not sure if this counts as a dumb thing or not tbh:
To me it does.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
I will burn your goddamn house down for these libelous accusations.
who? me?
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@Akko said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
I like this one too. I like my watches to have a seconds hand though...
The second hand being absent I could live with. Not having tick marks for the hours would annoy me though.
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@Akko said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
I like my watches to have a seconds hand though...
But it's probably a second hand micro HDD
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@Polygeekery That would make a cool wall clock. I wouldn't want to wear something like that though.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Not having tick marks for the hours would annoy me though.
I think there's an option to get line or dot markers laser engraved on there. Apparently enough people complained about that ^^. Personally, I'd want to have both tick marks and a second hand.
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@TimeBandit said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Akko said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
I like my watches to have a seconds hand though...
But it's probably a second hand micro HDD
Third, if you count the hand of the wearer
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@Polygeekery
Just make sure you take your cat earphones off before you commit arson. That way it's harder for the eyewitnesses to remember you.
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@izzion said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery
Just make sure you take your cat earphones off before you commit arson. That way it's harder for the eyewitnesses to remember you.Or, I could buy some cat ear headphones, wear them as I burn down @Luhmann's house, toss them in the bin after, and blame it on @DogsB.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
wear them as I burn down @Luhmann's house
I feel like a must warn you: it's Belgiuming around here
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Carry a piece of fucking cardboard around with you, so you can rest your head on a piece of fucking cardboard! Upgrade your sleep! Eco-friendly! Designed by a rocket scientist! "PowerSiesta has worried about all the technical bits" on this piece of fucking cardboard! Only 12 fucking USD for the earliest backers! Retail price TWENTY!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powersiesta/powersiesta
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@blek wow, they've taken "will probably be available on alibaba.com for $5 per dozen before their kickstarter is fully funded" to the whole new level of "I think I could make that in like 10 minutes with some cardboard and a good pair of scissors".
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@blek these people have a stupid idea. Like, monumentally stupid. That they have spent 3.5 years on...somehow. Like, how the fuck does one spend 3.5 years on cardboard origami with some bungee cords attached? How is that possible? How do you spend 3.5 years on something like this? It boggles the mind. Holy fuck.
As for the video, I legitimately hope that the marketing people behind this die in a fire. Or maybe of ebola.
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@anotherusername said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
"I think I could make that in like 10 minutes with some cardboard and a good pair of scissors".
Also yes.
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@RaceProUK said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Not sure if this counts as a dumb thing or not tbh:
!https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ninjacket-japan/The whole point of ninja clothing is to hide you.
Not exactly. Those things would be pretty conspicuous even if they were all-black.
Actual historical ninjas "became invisible" by pretending to be servants or peasants, who were socially invisible enough to give them an opportunity to get close to a target. The head-to-toe black costume actually comes from a very different source: it's the traditional dress of a stagehand in Kabuki theater.
A Kabuki stagehand can walk into the middle of a scene and rearrange things as needed, and because they're dressed like that, the audience knows to ignore them; they're not worth paying attention to. Then some playwright got the brilliant idea of depicting a ninja this way: have him dress up as a stagehand, who then becomes "invisible" to the audience right up until he jumps out and assassinates someone! It was successful enough to be imitated, until it became a cultural stereotype to depict ninjas dressed like stagehands.
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@Polygeekery Jesus, I didn't even notice the timeline!
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@blek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
so you can rest your head on a piece of fucking cardboard!
The woman is sat in an aeroplane seat. It's already got somewhere to rest her head.
"Here's an idiot cuddling some cardboard because she's too stupid to figure out how seats work"
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@loopback0 While I agree that this looks like a really dumb invention, in all fairness do you honestly think airplane seats are in any way comfortable or ergonomic for sleeping?!?
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@masonwheeler said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
in all fairness do you honestly think airplane seats are in any way comfortable or ergonomic for sleeping?!?
I've slept in them. Besides, is a bit of cardboard folded up any better?
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@masonwheeler said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@loopback0 While I agree that this looks like a really dumb invention, in all fairness do you honestly think airplane seats are in any way comfortable or ergonomic for sleeping?!?
I would say airplane seats are roughly as comfortable for sleeping as a folded up piece of cardboard.
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@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@masonwheeler said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
in all fairness do you honestly think airplane seats are in any way comfortable or ergonomic for sleeping?!?
I've slept in them. Besides, is a bit of cardboard folded up any better?
Also, it's one more thing you have to lug through the boarding process.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
how the fuck does one spend 3.5 years on cardboard origami with some bungee cords attached?
Procrastination
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@TimeBandit I am betting that 3.5 years ago one of those twats had a cross country flight home and brought a gift with them as their carry-on. They set the box on the tray table, rested their head on it and took a nap.
A month ago they tried to think up an idea to fleece crowdfunders for money. They spent 20 minutes with an Exacto knife and some rubber bands and then hired a marketing company that took 3 weeks to shoot the idiotic video.
It is the only way the timeline makes sense.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Or, I could buy some cat ear headphones, wear them as I burn down @Luhmann's house, toss them in the bin after, and blame it on @DogsB.
Or just encourage Samsung to make cat ear headphones, and let the arson happen naturally.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
just encourage Samsung
Easy, just tell them they would run perfectly with tizen
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Time for something that I do not think is entirely stupid:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hddwatches-the-geek-watch-made-out-from-a-hdd#/
A watch made from a micro hard drive. If I were the type to wear a watch....I might buy one.
Everyone else is entitled to their own opinion, and I am open to hear it, but I think it is pretty nifty.
Unboxing one over at EEVBlog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-vNo6H5gww&feature=youtu.be&t=2129
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@JBert that is where I originally saw it.
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Power siesta said:
Aren’t you tired of arriving at your destination TIRED and aching all over from uncomfortable sleep?
Of course you are – and so are your fellow passengers!Is that really a problem that someone has?
I find sleeping in planes very natural. Sitting there for long is boring so its actually hard not to sleep.But I can guess what their next project will be:
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
how the fuck does one spend 3.5 years on cardboard origami with some bungee cords attached?
They took a lot of naps.
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@Zecc said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
how the fuck does one spend 3.5 years on cardboard origami with some bungee cords attached?
They took a lot of naps.
are they half cat?
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vinci-first-smart-headphones-with-ai-music-audio
Because surely robots know more about your music needs than you do!
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Here is an old one, but one that just started shipping:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/batteroo-extend-battery-life-significantly#/
It claims to be able to use all of the capacity of a battery, which is a silly claim as most devices already do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iEshd6izgk
Unsurprisingly, it seems to actually reduce the run time of devices, because boost converters are not 100% efficient and most devices already use almost every single bit of battery capacity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl90m2KHbNk&t=995s
On a simple toy train and new batteries it ran for 169 minutes and 508 laps without Batteriser, 94 minutes and 351 laps with the Batteriser.
Oh, and it also makes battery indicators on devices completely useless as it will not drop below 1.5V output until the batteries are below the lower threshold voltage for the boost converter and then it just dies all at once.
It was crowdfunded for ~$400,000.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
It claims to be able to use all of the capacity of a battery
If that's the only claim, you can't say they are wrong.
It's using it all, faster
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@lolwhat said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
otherwise they remain under the law
I didn't say in reality. It was implied we were being hypothetical earlier.
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
a cop (that should theoretically be obeying the law, a la speed limit, right?)
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Fuck you, give me money every month.
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@Lorne-Kates
Join the ranks of passionate Lorne Kates fans
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@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Lorne-Kates
Join the ranks of passionate Lorne Kates fansWhat a cute name for a mass, unmarked grave. =)