The Official Good Ideas Thread™
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@loopback0 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@JBert said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Colemak
Yeah, it's easy to transition from Qwerty when myrg yt ghf efjr apf --- fucked, I tried mentally switching the keys, couldn't do it.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Yeah, it's easy to transition from Qwerty
You know what's easier than that?
Not transitioning from QWERTY.
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@loopback0 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@JBert said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Colemak
Well, I won't vouch for the other letters being in the same place. The vowels are always close by though.
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@Zecc said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Nice.
Sounds like an amped of version of the old tab groups.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@loopback0 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@JBert said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Colemak
Yeah, it's easy to transition from Qwerty when myrg yt ghf efjr apf --- fucked, I tried mentally switching the keys, couldn't do it.
It takes work, but I can type in either Dvorak or Qwerty. Making the switch though... I'm pretty sure I know what cold turkey withdrawal is like now. Your brain just screams at you to switch back to Qwerty so that you can type more than a couple words per minute.... Worth it though.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I also like this idea.
Fuck standing desks. We went from giving people their offices, to giving people their cubicles, to giving people just their desks in an open space, to not even giving them desks and forcing them to hotdesk, and now we're going to take away the chairs too?
I suppose there isn't much evolution left before we inevitably arrive at having to program in an empty parking lot.
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Fuck standing desks.
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Fuck standing desks.
Going up! I just got one. Sitting too long is an issue for me - blood clots. January was not a fun time for me...
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I also like this idea.
Fuck standing desks. We went from giving people their offices, to giving people their cubicles, to giving people just their desks in an open space, to not even giving them desks and forcing them to hotdesk, and now we're going to take away the chairs too?
I suppose there isn't much evolution left before we inevitably arrive at having to program in an empty parking lot.
My nearby cowerker was on one of these for his chair, does that count as a good "me too!"?
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
to not even giving them desks and forcing them to hotdesk
Oh, and fuck that in particular. Had to move my laptop three times today because apparently hotdesking means "you can't sit where someone else is sitting, but if you try to find an empty chair you'll just learn someone from a more legacy project will be sitting there when they come to office".
And the kicker? I ordered an HD monitor from the IT since working on a 1366x768 laptop and a 1280x1024 display is starting to be painful, I waited patiently for a week for it to be delivered, and when I finally got it someone else just snatched the spot I was at for months the very next day. "Team structure changes" my arse.
I let it slide for now. But I tell you, if they take my stapler...
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@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Sitting too long is an issue for me - blood clots.
Do they also attach a ball and a chain to you for the 8 hours you're at work?
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I also like this idea.
Fuck standing desks. We went from giving people their offices, to giving people their cubicles, to giving people just their desks in an open space, to not even giving them desks and forcing them to hotdesk, and now we're going to take away the chairs too?
I suppose there isn't much evolution left before we inevitably arrive at having to program in an empty parking lot.
Standing desks are good. Just don't take my chair.
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Sitting too long is an issue for me - blood clots.
Do they also attach a ball and a chain to you for the 8 hours you're at work?
Of course - they feed us lunch!
More seriously, walking around means I can't type. We'll see how this goes - it's the first day I have it. (Changing from sit to stand only takes a couple seconds - I can have it remember up to 4 different heights so a simply press of a button changes things)
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@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
More seriously, walking around means I can't type.
And as we know, programming is just glorified typing
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I suppose there isn't much evolution left before we inevitably arrive at having to program in an empty parking lot.
If you're lucky you'll transcend and skip right to working from home.
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Fuck standing desks. We went from giving people their offices, to giving people their cubicles, to giving people just their desks in an open space, to not even giving them desks and forcing them to hotdesk, and now we're going to take away the chairs too?
They have to, to install the ADA-mandated elevator in front of the desk for the guy in the wheelchair.
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@Maciejasjmj said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
More seriously, walking around means I can't type.
And as we know, programming is just glorified typing
That explains why so many of you guys spend most of your time on here "practicing".
Don't tell @boomzilla though, or it'll start to feel too much like "work" for him.
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Cross-posting as I'm not sure if this a good idea or not:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ototok-your-voice-on-the-road-car-bluetooth#/
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This, however, is definitely a good idea:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/magbine-first-magnetic-cable-for-all-devices-iphone-android--2#/
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A bot that bumps the real Bad Ideas Thread every time someone bumps any of the fake ones.
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@anonymous234 But which one's the real one?
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@RaceProUK A smartphone-controlled LED sign that helps me get T-boned while distractedly thumbing text messages to the tailgating arsehole behind me? Sign me up!
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@RaceProUK That definitely needs to be voice-controlled :/
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@Yamikuronue said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
definitely needs to be voice-controlled
Needs a good strong "hey Google" type of reserved activation phrase as well. I shudder to think how much carnage would be caused by everything that comes out of a typical driver's mouth in the course of an ordinary commute appearing in the back window.
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@coderpatsy said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@anonymous234 But which one's the real one?
The second one. The one from @ben-l and @fbmac is incorrect.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Cross-posting as I'm not sure if this a good idea or not:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ototok-your-voice-on-the-road-car-bluetooth#/With a smartphone app, or with TokMote, the special remote control which guarantees minimal distraction when driving.
"Either you can't use it on the road, or you probably can't use it on the road".
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@Maciejasjmj Why would you need any other message in the rear of your car than 'back the fuck off'?
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@coldandtired If you can read this, you are too close.
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@TimeBandit Which is what I said, but less Canadian ;)
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
If you can read this, you are too close.
But if I'm not this close, I can't type anything.
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@coldandtired said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Why would you need any other message in the rear of your car than 'back the fuck off'?
Screw with everyone's minds and put “Responsible adult on board”. :p
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@TimeBandit said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
If you can read this, you are too close.
The closer you get, the slower I'll go.
2 SECOND RULE ENFORCED HERE
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@flabdablet said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
2 SECOND RULE ENFORCED HERE
Good luck getting anywhere standing still.
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@boomzilla said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I wonder how it manages to not get one's pants wet, but...
Just saw this in a ten-year-old Viz mag
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smart urinal that will wash, dry and caress your dick hands-free
For the first time, I can rate something as both and at the same time.
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@coldandtired said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@boomzilla said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I wonder how it manages to not get one's pants wet, but...
Just saw this in a ten-year-old Viz mag
Can't stop at the line? WTF just pull out and continue into the urinal like normal, regard!
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
The price is a bit steep, and the bumpf is overflowing with hipster marketing nonsense, but this does look like a genuinely good product:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lofree-typewriter-inspired-mechanical-keyboard-design-technology#/wireless
mechanical
switches to make it sounds like a typewriter
Sounds perfect for the Bad Ideas thread to me
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@flabdablet said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
The closer you get, the slower I'll go.
I tried that once. Didn't work. Until I pulled off onto the shoulder and stopped.
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@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Until I pulled off onto the shoulder and stopped.
Softcore. For best effect, do it on double lines where overtaking is illegal. And if you do have to stop, be six foot tall and damn near that wide and carrying a pry bar when you get out of the car.
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@flabdablet said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Until I pulled off onto the shoulder and stopped.
Softcore. For best effect, do it on double lines where overtaking is illegal. And if you do have to stop, be six foot tall and damn near that wide and carrying a pry bar when you get out of the car.
I was just out of high school (coming home from my job) and seriously creeped out. No way in hell I was going to get out of the car. And, of course, this was before cell phones existed. Don't think car phones existed yet either. (1980ish)
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Someone's finally realised women aren't the same as men:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revele-s-ultimate-female-armor-for-contact-sports-women#/
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Dear WhoeverAtIndiegogo'sResponsibleForOEmbeds:
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KTHXBYE
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Someone's finally realised women aren't the same as men:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revele-s-ultimate-female-armor-for-contact-sports-women#/Really surprised they didn't start the title with "worlds best" or "the most"....
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WANT.
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@RaceProUK Only $500 (and only delivers to three countries).
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@coldandtired I was born in the West Country. Therefore, when it comes to cider, I have standards.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
when it comes to cider, I have standards
Not high enough standards if you're calling Strongbow cider
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@Jaloopa said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
calling Strongbow cider
I would never call Strongbow 'cider'. I even hesitate to call it 'alcoholic apple juice'.