THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
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In 2015 Building Design magazine named it the worst new building in the UK.
During the building's construction, it was discovered that for a period of up to two hours each day, if the sun shines directly onto the building, it acts as a concave mirror and focuses light onto the streets to the south. Spot temperature readings at street-level up to 117 °C (243 °F) were observed during summer 2013, when the reflection of a beam of light up to six times brighter than direct sunlight damaged parked vehicles.
The building's architect, Rafael Viñoly, conceded that there had been "a lot of mistakes" with the building. "I didn't realise it was going to be so hot," he said, suggesting that global warming was at fault. "When I first came to London years ago, it wasn't like this ... Now you have all these sunny days."
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@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
"When I first came to London years ago, it wasn't like this ... Now you have all these sunny days."
"It was only supposed to melt cars a few times a year!"
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@El_Heffe There were complaints about it making wind worse at ground level too.
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@loopback0 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe There were complaints about it making wind worse at ground level too.
They should install turbines then! To go green!
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@Tsaukpaetra This is the right topic for ground level turbines.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@loopback0 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe There were complaints about it making wind worse at ground level too.
They should install turbines then! To go green!
And solar panels!! Don't let all that sunshine go to waste.
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@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
In 2015 Building Design magazine named it the worst new building in the UK.
During the building's construction, it was discovered that for a period of up to two hours each day, if the sun shines directly onto the building, it acts as a concave mirror and focuses light onto the streets to the south. Spot temperature readings at street-level up to 117 °C (243 °F) were observed during summer 2013, when the reflection of a beam of light up to six times brighter than direct sunlight damaged parked vehicles.
The building's architect, Rafael Viñoly, conceded that there had been "a lot of mistakes" with the building. "I didn't realise it was going to be so hot," he said, suggesting that global warming was at fault. "When I first came to London years ago, it wasn't like this ... Now you have all these sunny days."
In fact, he might really have thought "this time I can design a building any way I want to without having issues with the sun". The article you linked had this a bit above the architect's quote:
The building's architect, Rafael Viñoly, also designed the Vdara hotel in Las Vegas which has a similar sunlight reflection problem that some employees called the "Vdara death ray". The glass has since been covered with a non-reflective film.
It's a great parabolic mirror:
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@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@loopback0 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe There were complaints about it making wind worse at ground level too.
They should install turbines then! To go green!
And solar panels!! Don't let all that sunshine go to waste.
Yeah! And add cooling pipes so they also get free heating!
It's a win-win-win-win-win situation all around!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
He died or something?
I don't know. But he seems to have a lot of tweets about poop.
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Status: how about.... No.
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@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
He died or something?
I don't know. But he seems to have a lot of tweets about poop.
Which is definitely a bad idea.
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@Tsaukpaetra Somebody didn't read the rules and hopefully will get a multi-thou fine. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0350-text-message-spam
(Note that while political surveys are legal, this is not.)
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@TwelveBaud If he gave his telephone number to the Republican party then they probably have enough of a "relationship" to allow them to text him. And it's a political rally, so even though it's not one of the examples of "non-commercial messages" that they give, I'm pretty sure it'd still be considered non-commercial.
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@anotherusername said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
If he gave his telephone number to the Republican party
That specific number I literally don't give to anyone except maybe the idiot services that can't text to my Google Voice number.
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@boomzilla That really seems like it should be in the Funny stuff thread!
: I know! I don't even need to unlock my lock to lock my bike up! (because a lightbulb is too bright)
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@boomzilla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/364266/this-robotic-finger-attaches-to-your-phone-strokes-your-han
I want a USB style one to plug into my laptop!
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@boomzilla Cable locks are ridiculously easy to cut too.
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That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
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@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
Kinky.
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@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
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@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
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@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
Is that the dyslexic version?
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@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
Is that the dyslexic version?
No, because the fingers reach around, a normal 69 won't work unless you're trying to push a button on the back of the phone.
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@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
Is that the dyslexic version?
Possibly, the deaf version is (ISTR):
𞁋𞁫
Only flip one upside down.
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@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
Is that the dyslexic version?
Possibly, the deaf version is (ISTR):
𞁋𞁫
Only flip one upside down.A flipped box looks the same as an unflipped box....
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@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Karla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@M_Adams said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
That is brilliant! You can put two of them together and make them tap each other's screens.
But, can they double click each other’s mouse?
Simultaneously?
Yes, position 96.
Is that the dyslexic version?
Possibly, the deaf version is (ISTR):
𞁋𞁫
Only flip one upside down.A flipped box looks the same as an unflipped box....
Ooopsy I have an ASL font. For you disabled persons, have an image:
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@boomzilla said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
For Halloween: "This is my costume. I'm going as Brett Kavanaugh."
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@masonwheeler said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@TimeBandit said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@PleegWat said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
It's a pedal-controlled car
Yeah, but isn't every car pedal-controlled?
Most radio controlled road cars use servos to manipulate the pedals. I wouldn't be surprised if the Delorian was the same
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@El_Heffe said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@Tsaukpaetra said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@loopback0 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@El_Heffe There were complaints about it making wind worse at ground level too.
They should install turbines then! To go green!
And solar panels!! Don't let all that sunshine go to waste.
Solar roadways thread is .
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Alternative idea: use the finger to make the phone pull itself around. Add some wheels if you care about scratches.
"Oh no, I left my phone at work!" just click a button and it will crawl its way home over the next 8 hours.
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@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
Alternative idea: use the finger to make the phone pull itself around
In video. Without wheels though.
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@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
"Oh no, I left my phone at work!" just click a button and it will crawl its way home over the next 8 hours.
That sounds like a scene from a horror movie and the Nope thread is
Bonus WTF: Firefox thinks "movie" is mis-spelled.
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@mott555
Clearly, it should be mouvie.
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@mott555 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
horror movie
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@mott555 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
@anonymous234 said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
"Oh no, I left my phone at work!" just click a button and it will crawl its way home over the next 8 hours.
That sounds like a scene from a horror movie and the Nope thread is
What do you mean, this is perfectly appealing and not at all horrifying:
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@hungrier Indeed
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@hungrier
Also will do zero damage to your phone or the surfaces it may traverse.
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@izzion said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
Also will do zero damage to your phone or the surfaces it may traverse
And it won't run out of battery after 100 feet
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@boomzilla To be followed by: "Kale - free to a good home".
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@da-Doctah said in THE BAD IDEAS THREAD:
"Kale - free to a good home"
Fry the kale with a little oil. I like to let it get really quite well done, but mileage varies. It's nice served with steak.