Dumb things being crowdfunded.
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@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
doesn't catch fire (more than normal shoes),
INB4 we find out it is made entirely of guncotton and glued together with Mercury fulminate.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@blek there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"? The next Nazi-esque regime will rise because of nonsense like this. We are so far down the rabbit hole that eugenics is the only reasonable answer at this point.
The heat death of the universe cannot come quickly enough.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
doesn't catch fire (more than normal shoes),
INB4 we find out it is made entirely of him cotton and glued together with Mercury fulminate.
No, Not cotton, celluloid!
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"?
There are people on this planet who understand what that even means?!
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
him cotton
The only sense I can make of this is "gun" cotton, but with your right hand shifted one key to the right on a QWERTY keyboard.
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@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"?
There are people on this planet who understand what that even means?!
Perhaps, but the people who know and the people who care are disjoint sets. Anyone who understands it doesn't care, but facepalms instead.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@blek there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"?
Well, authenticity certificates for clothes have been a thing since at least the beginning of 20th century. This is just the next logical step.
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@HardwareGeek I was wondering too...
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
INB4 we find out it is made entirely of him cotton and glued together with Mercury fulminate.
Shoes that automatically set the places you visit on fire do however sound like something right up your alley.
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@Rhywden said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
doesn't catch fire (more than normal shoes),
INB4 we find out it is made entirely of him cotton and glued together with Mercury fulminate.
No, Not cotton, celluloid!
Goddamn autocorrect. Was supposed to be "guncotton".
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@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"?
There are people on this planet who understand what that even means?!
Schizophasics.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
The heat death of the universe cannot come quickly enough.
You can accelerate that with block-chain, too.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@remi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
ONLY want to show their dick.
It goes without saying, but mine is available upon request only.
I'm kind of in a "curiosity killed the cat" situation here.
No. No, better not.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Rhywden said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
doesn't catch fire (more than normal shoes),
INB4 we find out it is made entirely of him cotton and glued together with Mercury fulminate.
No, Not cotton, celluloid!
Goddamn autocorrect. Was supposed to be "guncotton".
Yeah, but you need a bit of camphor to make it more usable as a material for clothing
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@Cursorkeys said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@blek there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"? The next Nazi-esque regime will rise because of nonsense like this. We are so far down the rabbit hole that eugenics is the only reasonable answer at this point.
The heat death of the universe cannot come quickly enough.
(Also perspective errors says yours is shopped)
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@PleegWat Yeah, I've got a really old one based on it:
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@Rhywden said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@PleegWat Yeah, I've got a really old one based on it:
That wouldn't get you far, since Yog-Sothoth is misspelled, you'd only get one actual Elder Evil.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"?
There are people on this planet who understand what that even means?!
Schizophasics.
I had to look up what that meant. Then I tried to find a knife but could only find lots of spoons.
Filed under: Alanis Morissette called...
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@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Alanis Morissette called...
To say hello?
Now I tried to google that, and WTF is wrong with google?! There’s no “hello” in “thank you”.
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@topspin said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@remi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
ONLY want to show their dick.
It goes without saying, but mine is available upon request only.
I'm kind of in a "curiosity killed the cat" situation here.
No. No, better not.
It's not quite that high in the horror scale. Probably won't even give you an aneurysm...
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@topspin said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
WTF is wrong with google?!
Google users, presumably.
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@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Alanis Morissette called...
To say hello?
That was Adele**
**Lionel Ritchi was my first thought I figured more you would be familiar with
theAdele
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@Karla said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Adele
One of the most memed people of all time.
And unrelated to whatever meathook abortion the song we are talking about, but my favorite Adele meme of all time:
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@Karla said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Luhmann said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@loopback0 said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Alanis Morissette called...
To say hello?
That was Adele**
**Lionel Ritchi was my first thought I figured more you would be familiar with
theAdeleThere was this comedy sketch where (paraphrasing):
Shopkeeper: "welcome to our impersonator shop. We've got Michael Jackson"
MJ impersonator: "hello"
Shopkeeper: "we've got <whoever it was>"
<Whoever it was>: "hello"
Shopkeeper: "we've got Lionel Ritchie..."
Lionel Ritchie impersonator, singing: "Hello"
Shopkeeper: "as you can see we've got quite a selection. Now who might you be interested in hiring?"
Lionel Ritchie impersonator: "is it me you're looking for?"I can't remember where it was from. I thought it was Smith and Jones, but I'm not finding it.
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@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
whatever meathook abortion the song we are talking about,
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@PleegWat said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Cursorkeys said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@Polygeekery said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@blek there are people on this planet that care if their shoes are "block chain certified"? The next Nazi-esque regime will rise because of nonsense like this. We are so far down the rabbit hole that eugenics is the only reasonable answer at this point.
The heat death of the universe cannot come quickly enough.
(Also perspective errors says yours is shopped)
No year specified but digging through linked comics, it's 2004 and he got re-elected in 2008 and 2012 (yes, really).
Although based on his quotes in another strip and one of his campaign slogan:
Let's make America prehistoric again.
I wonder if the current president is not just the Allosaurus in disguise...
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My first thought was:
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
@remi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Allosaurus for President!
Paging @kazitor
I assume the mention was relevant somehow?
inb4 @by-joining-this-group-you-agree-to-be-mentioned-randomly-for-no-reason-is-that-okay-yes-no
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@blek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
What in tarnation
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/satoshi-studio/satoshi-one-high-end-sneakers-for-tech-lovers
Looks like a scam but I do like one thing about it. I like the idea of tracking what happens when things are recycled. Mostly because I think most recycling ends up in a tip.
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@kazitor said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
I assume the mention was relevant somehow?
On second thought, no, it must not have been. Feel free not to take notice of it.
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@hungrier
Update on ThePhoneCoat, the Invisible Shield knock-off from last year:Abi (Superbacker), 20 days ago
I haven’t received my stuff
Favio Rene Roman (Superbacker), 25 days ago
I haven’t received anything yet
Thierryline Li, 25 days ago
Totally useless, lasted for 5 days on my iPhone 7. Total scam.
Benita Allen, about 1 month ago
My screen cracked with your cover. Useless and now have to buy new screen
Sander (Superbacker), about 1 month ago
With all respect..
The cover was a joke! It doesn’t last. Two weeks and it was done!!
So not only was it a rip-off of an existing product from over a decade before, but apparently it was an extremely shitty version as well. Lets see what these scam artists are up to now:
Some kind of goop. The audio mix in the trailer makes it impossible to hear what the guy's saying, so lets take a look at the bullet points in the text:
✂️ ANTI SCRATCH / Maximal resistance under scratch. 9H grade on Mohs scale under mineral resistance.
I have a feeling that there's some kind of asterisk or something where their claimed 9H grade doesn't actually mean that. Maybe Zack from JerryRigEverything could test it out and see if it improves on normal tempered glass and its scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7.
💧ANTI SPLASH / Thanks to the hydrophobic nanotechnology, your device will have a durable splash protection and also antibacterial
Just in time to protect your IP68 rated iPhone from water ingress. Except it probably doesn't block the ports (or it does, which would be worse), so if your phone isn't waterproof to begin with, this adds nothing.
📲FULL BODY / Our product is available for both sides of your smartphone. It covers the screen, the frame and the back cover of your device. Edge to edge feature allows a maximum protection !
As opposed to any other screen protector or case
🎹SENSITIVE / Most of classic tempered glass are not compatible with new touch screen technologies. Nano gel is compatible with 100% touch screens.
They're not? Quick, someone tell every phone manufacturer before they start including them pre-installed. Why are they even selling them in stores if you can't use the touch screen?
💯FOR ALL DEVICES / Universal protection for any type of screen (up to 10 inches with a single dose!) If you have a connected watch, glasses, nano liquid can also be used to protect these objects.
"Up to 10 inches" sounds a bit iffy, especially if the common use case is going to be phone sized devices. But okay, maybe they give you way too much for a phone and barely enough for a small tablet, or something like that.
👻ALMOST INVISIBLE / Thanks to its thinness (0,1mm) you will rediscover your smartphone in it’s original state.
Given that it's some liquid goop, I bet that depends on how well you apply it.
Anyway, lets take a look at the comments to see what the backers think
Kickstarter is a well functioning website built and maintained by competent people
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Daniel, about 1 month ago
also, is there a way to remove this gel if needed?ThePhoneCoat (Creator), about 1 month ago
Hello Daniel, the gel is invisible, this is nano technology :) So you will not be able to remove it but you will not need it.
Jakob Hjelm, about 1 month ago
Two questions:- You said below that you estimate the gel to last 6-24 months. What will the gel look like when that time is reached (start to peel off, visibly scratched, etc.)?
- Why do you still recommend using a normal screen protector in the FAQ? For impact resistance?
ThePhoneCoat (Creator), about 1 month ago
Hi Jakob,
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The product is invisible so we would recommend you re apply it every 6 months. But you can put a little bit of water on the surface and should see it pearl if its still on.
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Yes exactly because our protection is not for impact resistance
Best
Vinwest Yu (Superbacker), about 1 month ago
Probably you guys will get a bottle of olive oil (or a bottle of eyedrops) this time! Hahaha...It can save your money by dipping your phone in olive oil by yourself and let it dry. It is “innovative” since I got 2 pieces of simple plastic sheets so called fully wrapped and fully protected phone skin from the phone coat team last time.
Please don’t reply me “I am sorry to hear that blah blah blah or I didn’t hear you from the previous project blah blah blah” something like that. It is not a delivery issue or any problems that have a solution. These project is totally a SCAM! The phone coat team just fulfilled the backer with poor quality goods but presenting how innovative it is. Kickstarter is a platform for people to invest for new products that is not existing but not for you to make your own business by selling low cost products. You treated your backers as a money machine so I am wondering how come many people still trusted you and back your second project.
Admit it! You failed in the first project and you even do the same tricks in second one. I bet you can’t have any nano tech and give something like oil for backers instead.
Try to drop several drops of water slowly on your phone screen by yourself. You will see it is the SAME without their product.
I strongly suggest you guys to press the CANCEL button if the phone coat team cannot provide any evident about how special it is and the quality proofs of the product. Also, I would wonder if they can provide the ingredient as well because there are no proof it wont harm to electronics. Be careful and good luck.
Goodbye to everyone. It does not worth to waste 1€ in this project.
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@hungrier I saw this same nonsense in infomercials 30 years ago that were trying to sell overpriced car wax.
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/citizensagain
TL;DR: Man tries to crowdfund $50k to start building $3bln deatchmatch arena for 150k hobos because he's months behind on his mortgage.
(PLEASE NOTE: Launching a crowdfunding campaign during the holidays is not ideal, but I have no choice. By not taking a salary for the last few years, I have exhausted all financial means to get this project launched, and I am now many months behind on my mortgage payment and all bills, with no cash or credit left. Every donation - and clicking the share button - truly matters for this project, myself, my family, and eventually for the people I’m trying to help.)
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@blek Will it include long-term inpatient mental health and drug rehab care? Because that's what a lot of the chronic homeless need.
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@blek at least the guy is sort of honest that he isn't going to use this money to build
an arena for hobo fightsa city for the homeless but is going to use the money to pay all his overdue bills so he can continue to plan hisarena for hobo fightscity for the homeless
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@blek How much of the money will go to hiring a trans stripper?
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@blek why is there a news article about this? It’s not like this scam will lead anywhere.
Heck, I can steal a few renders from SimCity and ask for <Dr Evil>1 million dollars</Dr Evil> too, but . Maybe I’ll propose to build a rocket tomarsthe sun, that’d be totally original.
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@hungrier said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Some kind of goop
DID SOMEONE SAY GOOP?
I'LL SELL IT! But it has to be quantum or something.
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The whole hobo deathmatch arena thing reminds me of this:
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Man, I can't believe this topic is dead.
Anyway, this was apparently successful on Kickstarter a while back:
It's a... 350 EUR dumbphone. You could literally buy a comparable phone for a tenth of the price, but would it have a meditation timer? HUH?! Didn't think so, boomer.
It also has a two-color flashlight. That's not necessarily a bad thing, for example, plenty of headlamps nowadays have a red light mode which allows you to do stuff like read a map without blinding yourself (or others). That's great. However, this is a phone for retarded hipsters who haven't seen a physical map in their lives, and the feature description is incredibly puzzling:
White flashlights can easily wake up your family or make it difficult for you to fall asleep. Warmer colors are more neutral. That is why we added a two color flashlight to Mudita Pure. You can choose between white light and the sunset light, which is closer to red. It promotes the secretion of melatonin, resulting in an improved sleeping quality.
I... what? Do these people go to sleep with flashlights pointed on their faces? You know what would make it even easier to fall asleep? TURN THE FUCKING THING OFF!
The site also lists another product, which is an alarm clock with an undisclosed but undoubtedly outrageous price tag.
I'm pretty sure I could buy this exact same thing for ten bucks on Aliexpress. The product page blathers on about unhealthy sleeping habits and looking at smartphones before you fall asleep, which I agree isn't good, but I have no idea how they expect an alarm clock to help with that. Does it detect me using a phone in bed and start yelling at me to put it down?
You don't have to start every morning with an information overload. Mudita Bell removes unnecessary stress from your bedroom and gives you the tools to build up your own sleep hygiene.
How the fuck does anyone wake up with an "information overload", and how the FUCK does this piece of plastic prevent that?
The rotten cherry on top of the shit sundae is that the site contains a "manifesto" section, because of course it does. You stupid motherfuckers are importing egregiously overpriced plastic shit from China or wherever the hell, you're not running a fucking movement, so shut up about your "welcome to the future" bullshit and sit down. God damn. "What an exciting time to be alive!" - stop this or you won't be.
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@blek
It's a creation of co-founder of CD Projekt, btw.
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@blek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
How the fuck does anyone wake up with an "information overload"
Presumably by setting your alarm to wake you up to the sound of talk radio, or your phone reading you your Twatter feed, or something like that. Does anybody do that? I dunno, but I sure don't.
how the FUCK does this piece of plastic prevent that?
It's a dumbphone, so it can't read your Twatter feed. I guess?
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@HardwareGeek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
It's a dumbphone, so it can't read your Twatter feed. I guess?
That was the shitty alarm clock, not the phone.
Although I guess you have a point, I doubt the alarm clock can read twatter either. Or do anything but display time and wake you up, just like every other alarm clock ever made.
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@HardwareGeek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Presumably by setting your alarm to wake you up to the sound of talk radio, or your phone reading you your Twatter feed, or something like that. Does anybody do that? I dunno, but I sure don't.
Some Android update ago, the alarm clock on the phone started talking by default. Like, it reads out the name/description of the alarm in question, as well as some sort of greeting and the current time.
Now, of course, I never entered my actual name into whatever form it uses to get the name from, but (likely) just entered a "-" to make it stop bugging me. Furthermore, my alarms don't really have sensible names: one is simply "Urk.". Therefore my mornings largely start by the text-to-sound engine on the phone trying to make a grunting sound (and failing), followed something along the lines of "minus, it is ${time}...". There's an "Ewww.." string somewhere in there as well, but can't actually remember where that is from.
Took me a bit until I figured out what the hell was going on. Still, been too to actually turn it off.
Figure I should change the name to "+" to get a more positive wake-up experience.
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@blek said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
The rotten cherry on top of the shit sundae is that the site contains a "manifesto" section, because of course it does. You stupid motherfuckers are importing egregiously overpriced plastic shit from China or wherever the hell, you're not running a fucking movement
Of course not, they just want to cash in on gullible new age health hipsters with cheap china crap.
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@cvi said in Dumb things being crowdfunded.:
Some Android update ago, the alarm clock on the phone started talking by default.
That must be a more recent update than I have. (There are advantages to having a hugely out of date version. No doubt I am missing many important security fixes, but I am also missing new "features".) The alarms that I have are set to either built-in musical jingles (one non-default; the rest default) or MP3s in my music collection. No speech synthesis. Also, it starts vibrating before it starts playing music, and I often shut it off before the music even starts (and often before I actually wake up, or at least with no conscious recollection later of having awakened).
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@HardwareGeek That used to be what I got as well. Briefly searched for this, and it might be related to Samsung/Bixby? Found something mentioning that, but the time-line doesn't quite match with when it started for me. Post was showing as ~3 years old, but it's much more recent for me.
I'm not a morning person, so waking up sucks whatever way it happens. The exact means hardly matter, which is why I've not been looking into it more. I've not really reconfigured or changed those alarms for years.