The Official Good Ideas Thread™
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@jaloopa said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@izzion Would you prefer an Irish jig?
If it is whiskey, yes.
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@dkf said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@jaloopa said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@izzion Would you prefer an Irish jig?
If it is whiskey, yes.
jig ≠ jigger ≠ jug ≠ juggler ≠ jib
Though I am pretty sure that @Polygeekery would juggle a jigger until he's finished a jug in one sitting. And then try to dance a jig on the jib of a stranger's yacht.
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@scholrlea said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
jig
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Every government should have a "Ministry for exterminating all the wasps and mosquitoes".
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Whoa, that's actually a good idea.
https://i.imgur.com/2AFFicU.jpgI mean, kinda redundant with smartphones, but still a decent idea.
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@anonymous234 Sooner or later though the cat will need meds for its treat addication / overweight / diabetes.
You monster!
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@jbert 5 minutes with one of these toys will burn those extra calories
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@jbert 5 minutes with one of these toys will burn those extra calories
As an added bonus, that can be one of the cat's daily treats.
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@rhywden said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Celeste voice-controlled W/O Assist options (segmented gameplay) – 06:34
— Voiced Gaming
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@ben_lubar
So ... I have to give the cat a treat so it can remind me to play with it?
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@jbert 5 minutes with one of these toys will burn those extra calories
(lunge) OUCH! (crash) My monitor!!!...
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this party game:
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
The missing back cover is seriously triggering me...
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@tsaukpaetra really? I was thinking about how dogs' eyes aren't positioned the same as ours so the 3D effect probably wasn't working at all.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@tsaukpaetra really? I was thinking about how dogs' eyes aren't positioned the same as ours so the 3D effect probably wasn't working at all.
Oh, I wasn't even paying attention to the dog at all. He was just behaving nicely.
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Every government should have a "Ministry for exterminating all the wasps and mosquitoes".
Heck with that. Figs rely on wasps for pollination. In fact, the relationship between specific species of fig and specific species of wasp is one-to-one, so if even one wasp species goes extinct, you've doomed an entire species of fig to extinction in the near future.
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@da-doctah It's not 1-1. Every species of fig has a unique species of wasp, and every species of fig wasp has a unique species of fig, but many species of wasp are not fig wasps.
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@carrievs also, most commercially cultivated figs are varieties which do not require pollination in order to produce ripe fruit.
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There are some insects which really wouldn't have a downside to completely exterminating them, though.
Whilst a single wasp cannot inject a lethal dose, it can be lethal even to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient (i.e., if multiple stings are received)... Each year in Japan, the human death toll caused by Asian giant hornet stings is around 30 to 40.
it hunts medium- to large-sized insects, such as bees, other hornet species and mantises.
a single hornet can kill as many as 40 bees per minute
The hornets can fly up to 100 km (60 mi) in a single day, at speeds up to 40 km/h (25 mph)
This is the sort of insect that will not only outrun you for miles on end, but if you jump into water, will wait above the water for you to pop out again. They can take down fucking bears. The only insect in the world that can stand against them is the Japanese honeybee:
As the hornet enters, a mob of hundreds of bees surrounds it in a ball, completely covering it and preventing it from reacting effectively. The bees violently vibrate their flight muscles in much the same way as they do to heat the hive in cold conditions. This raises the temperature in the ball to the critical temperature of 46 °C (115 °F). In addition, the exertions of the honeybees raise the level of carbon dioxide in the ball. At that concentration of CO2, they can tolerate up to 50 °C (122 °F), but the hornet cannot survive the combination of high temperature and high carbon dioxide level. Some bees do die along with the intruder, much as happens when they attack other intruders with their stings, but by killing the hornet scout, they prevent it from summoning reinforcements that would wipe out the entire colony.
It takes an entire hive to defeat one.
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@boomzilla By coincidence, I first heard of those (though not by name) just last night. A YouTuber my son watches was talking about them. One of his viewers asked if they'd help with his motion sickness problem, but no, he has the opposite problem. He gets sick from motion he sees but doesn't feel while gaming; he needs a moving chair to match what he sees.
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it takes 10-12 minutes to enable the mind to re-synchronize with the movement perceived by the inner ear while the eyes were focused on an immobile object such as a smartphone or a book. Then take the glasses off and enjoy the rest of your journey.
so ... you only look like a retard for less then 15 minutes!
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@boomzilla said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
https://visuall.net/2018/07/09/seetroen-the-first-glasses-to-elimitate-motion-sickness/
Apparently they're actually developed by a different company, Citroën just licensed them and then had yet another firm have a go at making a new design. Here's the original:
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@da-Doctah said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Every government should have a "Ministry for exterminating all the wasps and mosquitoes".
Heck with that. Figs rely on wasps for pollination. In fact, the relationship between specific species of fig and specific species of wasp is one-to-one, so if even one wasp species goes extinct, you've doomed an entire species of fig to extinction in the near future.
That's in acceptable colateral damage parameters.
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
This is the sort of insect that will not only outrun you for miles on end, but if you jump into water, will wait above the water for you to pop out again. They can take down fucking bears. The only insect in the world that can stand against them is the Japanese honeybee
I think I'll start carrying a can of insecticide with me everywhere...
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For the design of the glasses, Citroën approached the Paris-based design studio 5.5, which has successfully incorporated the Citroën’s fresh, simple and ergonomic style. The result is a high-tech look in white soft-touch plastic.
No, the result is a monstrosity that looks like you're wearing baby's glasses but much dumber because there's giant hoops on the side of your head as well.
I get that they had to keep the big circular lenses in front, but the thick rims and the ones on the ears don't make it better, they make it worse.
I actually thought they were trying to mimic their logo, but then I remembered that logo is from Audi.
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
For the design of the glasses, Citroën approached the Paris-based design studio 5.5, which has successfully incorporated the Citroën’s fresh, simple and ergonomic style. The result is a high-tech look in white soft-touch plastic.
No, the result is a monstrosity that looks like you're wearing baby's glasses but much dumber because there's giant hoops on the side of your head as well.
I get that they had to keep the big circular lenses in front, but the thick rims and the ones on the ears don't make it better, they make it worse.
I actually thought they were trying to mimic their logo, but then I remembered that logo is from Audi.
The hoops at the sides are part of the solution though (see the link I posted earlier). So maybe if the rims were less obtrusive and the ears weren't as thick you would get something which is somewhat more fashionable.
Then again, remember that this is about having motion sickness while being a passenger in a car, not about the newest accessory for being noticed in Cannes. If it's only for use in a car where it's somewhat hard to be noticed while the car is in motion, I guess people will put up with looking like a dork if it gets them rid of that terrible feeling in their stomach.
Heck, I think I might grab one if it got tested some more and wouldn't set me back €99.
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@Tsaukpaetra Presumably the product costs money
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@hungrier said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra Presumably the product costs money
Here, lemme get some transparent tubing and fill it up with dyed oil, and well it for you for 100 from my 2.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@JBert said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
me back €99.
Wait, what?
Hey, go and grab your wallet because the original designer, Citroën and that extra design firm all need paying.
I've spotted the original design for €75 earlier today but you're right that a Chinese model could be far cheaper than that.
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@JBert said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
need paying.
More than Modius, apparently?
Wait, how did Discourse Meta get into search results for "Modius"???
Oh....
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
and well it for you for 100 from my 2.
Are you drunk, posting on mobile, or both?
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
and well it for you for 100 from my 2.
Are you drunk, posting on mobile, or both?
I miss my trained keyboard...
You don't notice how three years of training affects the accuracy of predictions until it becomes consistently difficult to type....
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I miss my trained keyboard
I really want to post ASCII art of a "keyboarded" , but .
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
I miss my trained keyboard
I really want to post ASCII art of a "keyboarded" , but .
* . . . . o o o o o * _____ o _______ * ____==== ]OO|_n_n__][. |key- | * [________]_|__|________)< |board| * oo oo 'oo OOOO-| oo\\_ ~~~|~~~ * +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-$1-+--+--+--+--+
Edit: yay mobile and trusting!
Filed under: huh, apparently chris.com is under new management...
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
@pie_flavor said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
This is the sort of insect that will not only outrun you for miles on end, but if you jump into water, will wait above the water for you to pop out again. They can take down fucking bears. The only insect in the world that can stand against them is the Japanese honeybee
I think I'll start carrying a can of insecticide with me everywhere...
They don't give a shit about insecticide.
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@boomzilla I usually want one the other way so I can fit stuff into an 8 page maximum…
(Conference Paper FWPs…)
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@boomzilla said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Alternately, just change the "Advanced" font options, because that'll work even if you submit it in Word format.
Just hope your professor doesn't check that...
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Competitive Mario Party.
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
Competitive Mario Party.
Purple monkey dishwasher?
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@pie_flavor said in The Official Good Ideas Thread™:
There are some insects which really wouldn't have a downside to completely exterminating them, though.
Whilst a single wasp cannot inject a lethal dose, it can be lethal even to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient (i.e., if multiple stings are received)... Each year in Japan, the human death toll caused by Asian giant hornet stings is around 30 to 40.
it hunts medium- to large-sized insects, such as bees, other hornet species and mantises.
a single hornet can kill as many as 40 bees per minute
The hornets can fly up to 100 km (60 mi) in a single day, at speeds up to 40 km/h (25 mph)
This is the sort of insect that will not only outrun you for miles on end, but if you jump into water, will wait above the water for you to pop out again. They can take down fucking bears. The only insect in the world that can stand against them is the Japanese honeybee:
As the hornet enters, a mob of hundreds of bees surrounds it in a ball, completely covering it and preventing it from reacting effectively. The bees violently vibrate their flight muscles in much the same way as they do to heat the hive in cold conditions. This raises the temperature in the ball to the critical temperature of 46 °C (115 °F). In addition, the exertions of the honeybees raise the level of carbon dioxide in the ball. At that concentration of CO2, they can tolerate up to 50 °C (122 °F), but the hornet cannot survive the combination of high temperature and high carbon dioxide level. Some bees do die along with the intruder, much as happens when they attack other intruders with their stings, but by killing the hornet scout, they prevent it from summoning reinforcements that would wipe out the entire colony.
It takes an entire hive to defeat one.
I believe I got stung by one of those when I was in Sri Lanka. Eh.