Dumb things being crowdfunded.
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@abarker said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Homophones become entirely reliant on context.
I've never seen a homophobe that did anything other than ignore context.
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@Gurth Mine doesn't need batteries, and doesn't need winding. No it doesn't do a countdown timer, but hey, all I need is for it to tell the time to "around cowboy time" level. Nine forty-eight and thirty-seven seconds? Fuck off.
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@abarker said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Homophones become entirely reliant on context. Not really a bad thing on it's own, but not really great, either
Which is also the case when you're, well, speaking.
I don't think it's supposed to be a system for actual distribution of text, it looks more like stenographic shorthand for taking notes quickly.
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@tufty said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@abarker said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Homophones become entirely reliant on context.
I've never seen a homophobe that did anything other than ignore context.
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@anotherusername said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@tufty said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@abarker said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Homophones become entirely reliant on context.
I've never seen a homophobe that did anything other than ignore context.
Homophobes tend to be obsessed with "hot batons"
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@r10pez10 Come on dude, pasting an image that's a wall of text is cheating.
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@another_sam said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@r10pez10 Come on dude, pasting an image that's a wall of text is cheating.
You didn't honestly expect him to write it all out when there's a perfectly good screen that already has it, did you?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
You didn't honestly expect him to write it all out when there's a perfectly good screen that already has it, did you?
His (her? Who knows?) thing is that he does't ever write anything out. He only ever posts images. So to post a wall of text he's side-stepping his own rules, which is why the accusation of cheating.
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@another_sam said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
You didn't honestly expect him to write it all out when there's a perfectly good screen that already has it, did you?
His (her? Who knows?) thing is that he does't ever write anything out. He only ever posts images. So to post a wall of text he's side-stepping his own rules, which is why the accusation of cheating.
I don't believe he's ever specifically laid out his own rules for posting. You've only assumed a particular interpretation based on his prior actions (as accurate or not as it may actually be).
Filed under: Do I get a ?
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@another_sam said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
he does't ever write anything out
No, he did write things out for one of the Mafia games where he was playing. But it was all in poetry.
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/8-in-1-evolution-bra-the-world-s-most-advanced-bra-yoga-fitness
Apparently, what makes it 8-in-1 is that you can reverse the three parts.
How often are people in a position to admire the colorful design of your bra, and where can I find them?
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@Jaloopa said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
1000% funded? Jesus, I wish I had looser morals so I could sell this type of bullshit and not feel bad about it.
It's annoying how easily shitty people can make money with scams. There was some guys around here that were sending bills to random companies and making a lot of money with the ones that just paid without checking what it was, because it was a small value.
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@fbmac It may have been bills for fictional DNS services. Our clients get at least one of those per quarter, per client and we always receive emails about it.
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@Polygeekery I dunno what the correct translation would be to your banking system, but around here anyone can register a company and send anyone a "boleto" with a value and not necessarily any description of what you're billing them for. On the receiving end if you don't have a good control of your finances you may end paying it up just to be sure.
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@fbmac such fraudulent invoices are not unheard of in the US, either.
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@anotherusername Before I learned about private registration, I had tons of fraudulent invoices emailed to me for a couple of my domain names.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
How often are people in a position to admire the colorful design of your bra, and where can I find them?
So you can stand in their group and look at what theyβre looking at?
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@Gurth said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
How often are people in a position to admire the colorful design of your bra, and where can I find them?
So you can stand in their group and look at what theyβre looking at?
No, he obviously wants some of those people of his own, so they can admire the colorful designs of HIS bra instead.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
You didn't honestly expect him to write it all out when there's a perfectly good screen that already has it, did you?
Well at the very least he could have had the decency to print it out and photograph it on a wooden table...
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@another_sam said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
but I suspect I'm the only one here who's actually got a job!
I have a job.
I just don't do it.
{goof off}
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@Gurth said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
CR2032
I just replaced all the CR2032 in my Halloween props and lights. Nearly a hundred of them. So many goddamn tiny little screws. Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to screw a LED candle's batter compartment shut?
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to screw a LED candle's batter compartment shut?
People who don't want little kids to eat lithium cells.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to screw a LED candle's batter compartment shut?
They're really expanding the line of Easy-Bake Ovens, huh?
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Lorne-Kates said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to screw a LED candle's batter compartment shut?
People who don't want little kids to eat lithium cells.
What's wrong with the standard goddamn-impossible to open snap covers?
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@Lorne-Kates They're merely 'goddamn-impossible'. They don't meet the new standard of 'holy-shit-just-kill-me-impossible'.
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@Gurth said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
How often are people in a position to admire the colorful design of your bra, and where can I find them?
So you can stand in their group and look at what theyβre looking at?
Yeah!
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@PleegWat said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Lorne-Kates They're merely 'goddamn-impossible'. They don't meet the new standard of 'holy-shit-just-kill-me-impossible'.
Plus, we all know "kid-proof lid" means you need a kid to open them - because no one else can!
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
What's wrong with the standard goddamn-impossible to open snap covers?
They break, and you need a tool to open them anyway. I think the screw-on covers are easier to deal with as long as the screw is captive in the cover. If it comes lose it's easy to loose.
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Did you guys read about this:
tl;rd Guys kickstarter idea was copied and sold before his campaign finished
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@Helix It was posted previously in this thread.
If you don't have anything that can be proprietary and able to be patented, better keep it hush hush so that you can be first to market. Else, someone will steal your idea if it is worth stealing. Ideas are worth fuck-all. Implementation is where the money is made.
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Yes folks, we now have tinfoil hats being crowdfunded. This has come full circle...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shieldapparel/shield-the-world-s-first-signal-proof-headwear
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@fbmac It may have been bills for fictional DNS services. Our clients get at least one of those per quarter, per client and we always receive emails about it.
Just got a phone call from a guy with a strong accent asking me if I was the owner of a house so he could sell me warranty.
I said, "I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I'm homeless", and then hung up.
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"You can take this hat out to the wilderness, to get all 13 benefits of a common hat."
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" it[']s a specially designed hat for bouncing electromagnetic waves and radiation"
"antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiradiation, antiodor, antistatic, radar Invisible, infra-red invisible"
radar invisible? a hat that is advertised to reflect electromagnetic radiation? (And why would anybody think that a normal made-from-fabric hat would show up on a radar? And ... why would you care?)
Filed under: insert similar argument on infra-red invisible
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Yes folks, we now have tinfoil hats being crowdfunded. This has come full circle...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shieldapparel/shield-the-world-s-first-signal-proof-headwear
yeaaaaaah.........
about that........
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@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
And ... why would you care?
Suppose there exists a walking/jogging/biking trail. Further suppose this trail has a posted speed limit of 15 MPH. Suppose you are a world-class sprinter, and you are practicing sprints along this trail. You wouldn't want to get a speeding ticket from a radar-wielding cop because your tin-foil hat reflected his radar, would you?
Filed under: This makes as much sense as any other reason for wearing a tin-foil hat.
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@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
antiradiation
Maybe against alpha particles, but those are the least of your worries in typical scenarios where you need to protect yourself from radiation.
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@mott555 Judging from the other content, they seem to use "radiation" as a catch-all for various EM-emissions.
But, yeah, if one had fewer scruples, one could just take a cheap clothing brand, and relabel their stuff, and sell them as antiradiation clothing. After all, most cloth will stop alpha radiation.
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@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
But, yeah, if one had fewer scruples, one could just take a cheap clothing brand, and relabel their stuff, and sell them as antiradiation clothing. After all, most cloth will stop alpha radiation.
BRB, I need to file for another LLC and EIN.
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If you ever see a hipster using one of these, beat them with it. There is not a court outside of Denver that would convict you.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954250822/the-qwerkywriter-typewriter-inspired-mechanical-ke
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@Polygeekery Ok, I admit that might be a neat little thing to have as a curiosity or an oddity (such as if someone else paid for it, because I sure as fuck wouldn't), but how the FUCK are you supposed to actually transport it that wouldn't make carrying a laptop just as easy?
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@e4tmyl33t said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
how the FUCK are you supposed to actually transport it that wouldn't make carrying a laptop just as easy?
Logic, practicality, style...a hipster craves not these things.
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@Polygeekery The existence of that is at least an implicit acknowledgement that typing on a touchscreen sucks balls. But that abomination is not the answer. Buying a used typewriter from the 40's for $10 at an old lady's garage sale is a better solution than that thing.
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@mott555 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery The existence of that is at least an implicit acknowledgement that typing on a touchscreen sucks balls. But that abomination is not the answer. Buying a used typewriter from the 40's for $10 at an old lady's garage sale is a better solution than that thing.
i wondered where this video came from.....
21st Century Utility, 19th Century Swagger - DIY USB Typewriter – 09:09
— Linus Tech Tips
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@HardwareGeek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Further suppose this trail has a posted speed limit of 15 MPH.
Don't know about where you are, but here speed limits under 40km/h aren't enforcable. Motor vehicle speedometers aren't required to be accurate, or even display a value, under 40km/h. Non-motorised vehicles aren't required to have a speedometer.
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@another_sam said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Motor vehicle speedometers aren't required to be accurate
Yeah, my speedometer curves off quite rapidly after 70 mph. By the time I'm going 85 it says ~91.
Not sure if it was done on purpose or perhaps mechanical limitation, but I thought those were digital nowadays...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Yeah, my speedometer curves off quite rapidly after 70 mph. By the time I'm going 85 it says ~91.
Not sure if it was done on purpose or perhaps mechanical limitation, but I thought those were digital nowadays...It's deliberate. In the handful of vehicles I've checked, with four wheels or two, from different manufacturers and decades from '80s to '10s, analog and digital, the speedometer reads over GPS speed by somewhere between about six and nine percent. However the odometer is within one percent, so the car knows exactly how far you've travelled in a given time.
In my current vehicle and my wife's vehicle I used an OBDII device to check the ECU's idea of how fast the car was going, and it's within one percent of GPS speed. So the car knows exacly how fast you're going, and lies about it.
I imagine it's so people can "speed a little bit" and not get a ticket. But with the ubiquity of GPS these days there can't be anybody left that still thinks they're speeding. So I'm unsure why the practice continues. Also I've noticed the digital speedometers don't have a constant error, it varies with speed.
Australian Design Rules require speedometers to be within ten percent at speeds over 40km/h. They're always within that ten percent, but always err on the fast side.