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@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
random poles on the sidewalk
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@anotherusername said in Internet of shit:
TRWTF is that they haven't turned off voice calling through the carrier (which may or may not be possible, depending on the carrier), and/or turned off notifications from the phone app so that it won't ring for incoming calls (yes, you can do that).
Them being able to do voice calls is actually intended. According to the company, those are designed to replace phone booths with a place that allows for making phone calls, providing internet access (either via its own panel or via free WiFi), and device charging.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
Are there so many unused phone numbers around you can just assign them to
anythingrandom poles
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@hungrier Is that darn bird going to become the next in-joke/TDWTF meme?
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@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
@anotherusername Don't carriers offer data-only plans for this sort of thing anyway?
Yes, sometimes, but that might just mean that the plan has zero minutes so if you use any they'll gouge you for them, e.g. the $2700 stork bill.
I'd make triple sure.
@e4tmyl33t said in Internet of shit:
Them being able to do voice calls is actually intended. According to the company, those are designed to replace phone booths with a place that allows for making phone calls, providing internet access (either via its own panel or via free WiFi), and device charging.
Actually their website says that the tablets use the Vonage app, so I guess it's VOIP calling.
Maybe they should put a proximity sensor in addition to just making someone touch the screen to say "I'm still here" once every 10 minutes. Or... hell, actually they should just limit all calls to 5 minutes, maybe extendable up to 10 minutes maximum. It's a fucking free service, so why should one person be allowed to tie it up constantly with hours-long calls, even real ones?
I love the part where you can plug in your headphones for privacy, though. All 3 people in NYC who don't carry a phone will definitely be carrying headphones.
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@anotherusername said in Internet of shit:
Yes, sometimes, but that might just mean that the plan has zero minutes so if you use any they'll gouge you for them, e.g. the $2700 stork bill.
I thought maybe they wouldn't even be assigned a phone number, but then again that may not be possible on a cellular network.
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@anotherusername said in Internet of shit:
the $2700 stork bill
I think storks have beaks, not bills.
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@zecc said in Internet of shit:
@anotherusername said in Internet of shit:
the $2700 stork bill
I think storks have beaks, not bills.
There is no dictionary difference between the two, but I typically think of large beaks as "bills", while small beaks are not.
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@benjamin-hall said in Internet of shit:
@hungrier Is that darn bird going to become the next in-joke/TDWTF meme?
We'll have to ask the miners on The Expanse to see how that turns out.
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@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
@benjamin-hall said in Internet of shit:
@hungrier Is that darn bird going to become the next in-joke/TDWTF meme?
We'll have to ask the miners on The Expanse to see how that turns out.
I still have no idea what that is about.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
@benjamin-hall said in Internet of shit:
@hungrier Is that darn bird going to become the next in-joke/TDWTF meme?
We'll have to ask the miners on The Expanse to see how that turns out.
I still have no idea what that is about.
Encounters with weird alien technology and how the people of the solar system react to it.
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@boomzilla I need to finish Season 3... Thanks for reminding me!
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@erufael I think they went a long ways in that season towards getting back on track WRT the books.
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@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
We'll have to ask the miners on The Expanse to see how that turns out.
It's worth a watch IMO.
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@heterodox it's even more worth a read.
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@heterodox But is it true they all speak retard-Jamaican?
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@blakeyrat said in Internet of shit:
@heterodox But is it true they all speak retard-Jamaican?
Their language in the books is really a mix of all kinds of stuff. I got the impression from the early episodes of the TV show that they were going for some kind of South African Boer thing, maybe because that's who they hired or something. The scent has definitely become more annoying over time though.
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@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
@blakeyrat said in Internet of shit:
@heterodox But is it true they all speak retard-Jamaican?
Their language in the books is really a mix of all kinds of stuff. I got the impression from the early episodes of the TV show that they were going for some kind of South African Boer thing, maybe because that's who they hired or something. The scent has definitely become more annoying over time though.
It's a Kreole-language. Which does make sense if you consider that the Belters are supposed to be a mix of diverse cultures melting into one people. Plus, Kreole is usually spoken by slaves which fits their background as well.
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@rhywden right. That was the word I was looking for. Thanks.
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@boomzilla In English, it's normally spelled Creole. Google for Kreole turns up a Wikipedia page for "Creole peoples," a Polish Wikipedia that appears to be the Polish equivalent of Creole, and stuff about restaurants and a city in Mississippi name Kreole.
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@hardwaregeek also yes
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@ben_warre I think that’s been posted before on here, but I find it somewhat difficult to search for.
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@gurth What3Words the site has been mentioned at least three times, though I don't think the app has.
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@boomzilla I get that but the question is "does it sound really fucking stupid and completely pull you out of the story?" like my friend told me it did.
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@blakeyrat occasionally, yes. But at least you always know who the belters are, since they couldn't call a bunch of super tall and skinny people as they are described in the book.
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A Bluetooth enabled manual bike pump ...
https://silca.cc/products/tattico-bluetooth-mini-pump
Because when I'm in the middle of nowhere with my bike and I have a flat tire I definitely want to mess around with BT until the battery of my pump dies
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@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
These are standard features on headsets (except the normal, non-"most interactive" ones use buttons), and you don't need to take out the phone for most of them.
Yeah, see, I have this stupid idea... Take these:
Remove the cable, plenty of space for buttons. And it's going to be much, much cheaper to build and manufacture. Also, they are not fucking earbuds so they won't fall out at a drop of a hat and your ear won't be sore from using them like mine does.
I know, I know, not fashionable enough. Fucking kids
EDIT: And, forgot to mention, since they are physically larger, there's more room for the battery pack, so you could probably get better battery times.
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Apparently my brother ordered or backed one of these slightly less than a year ago:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/silentmode-the-ultimate-relaxation-toolkit-sleep#/
It's a friggin $150 "sleep mask" with headphones built-in and an app to send soothing noises to it.
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@Onyx They do have bigger bluetooth headsets with buttons and stuff, like this:
But it seems the clip-over-ear design like you have there died in the early to mid 2000s, in the time known as Before Bluetooth. You're right though, that they should make wireless ones like that.
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@hungrier I have these:
I'd buy fully wireless ones that are clip-on in a heartbeat though. They'd take less room and eliminate the main point of failure on headphones: fucking wires. The ones pictured above are ok, and being able to hang them off my neck is nice, but clip-on ones would take up even less space (since there's nothing to fold) so I'd be able to stick them in my pocket no problem.
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@Onyx I use these for running. They can also be used for swimming but I've never tried it.
They stay on, block out all sound, and have built-in storage so you can leave your phone at home.
I have the cheaper model with no Bluetooth so I can't comment on that.
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@coldandtired fuck no, I just managed to find an image where they actually show the "inside" and... ugh. I can barely stand regular earbuds, the in-ear ones would be the death of me.
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@Onyx For working all day they might get uncomfortable but Garmin tells me I've run 175km with them since I bought them and I've hardly noticed them.
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@coldandtired dunno what to tell you, I personally cannot stand those. We have different ears I guess. My mother, for example, can't even find a single pair that will stay in her ears
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
A Bluetooth enabled manual bike pump ...
No longer does your roadside flat repair need to get you just the 12 miles home, but may have to get you through the next 12 hours or even the next 12 days of your event.
If you're riding in a 12-day event and you don't have any spare tubes or tires, such that you have to depend on a roadside repair to last the rest of the event, you are seriously unprepared to be riding in that event.
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This doesn't even solve that issue ... it is still just a pump
I have a small pump and a small digital tire pressure gauge for less then €20.
Hidden Heat Sink Controls Temperatures: There is a heat sink hidden at the end of the barrel which absorbs a high percentage of heat generated when pumping. This keeps the rest of the pump cool, even at high pressures.
ok when pumping you feel the pump warming up but a heat sink?
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@Onyx said in Internet of shit:
@coldandtired fuck no, I just managed to find an image where they actually show the "inside" and... ugh. I can barely stand regular earbuds, the in-ear ones would be the death of me.
I cannot stand regular earbuds either. Ugh.
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
This doesn't even solve that issue ... it is still just a pump
I have a small pump and a small digital tire pressure gauge for less then €20.
There is a small convenience in being able to see the pressure as you're pumping, like the dial gauge in my floor pump allows, but BT is an excessively complicated way to get that convenience.
Hidden Heat Sink Controls Temperatures: There is a heat sink hidden at the end of the barrel which absorbs a high percentage of heat generated when pumping. This keeps the rest of the pump cool, even at high pressures.
ok when pumping you feel the pump warming up but a heat sink?
A heat sink absorbs heat and transfers it to the environment. It can either transfer the heat it absorbs to the environment quickly enough for it to remain significantly cooler than the thing it's absorbing the heat from, so that it can continue absorbing more heat, or it can have sufficient heat capacity to absorb a lot of heat, then transfer it gradually once the system is done generating heat.
The former generally requires a large surface area (like fins) through which to transfer the heat (or some kind of active cooling). I didn't look closely at the picture, but I didn't see anything that looked like cooling fins. The description also says it's hidden, which sounds like a good way to prevent effective heat transfer.
Absorbing a lot of heat requires a large mass. Serious cyclists obsess over a few grams; I'd estimate a mass large enough to be useful in this way would be at least a few hundred. That would go over like a lead balloon.
TL; DR: BT pressure gauge, useful but overly expensive and complicated. Heat sink, marketing wank.
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@pie_flavor said in Internet of shit:
There's this great book called Little Brother that shows exactly what would happen if terrorists bombed somewhere important (in the book, the Bay Bridge in California). It doesn't matter if they cause any lasting damage to the structure, or even to life. The government kicks into oh-shit mode and starts passing laws that go against the constitution if you look hard enough but why would you be looking hard if you have nothing to hide? Terror is a matter of public opinion, which is easier to sway than you think.
Alternatively, a couple of French newspapers from the last three years will do just as well.
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Alas. :(
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@DCoder Why would someone bring a shopping trolley into a bathroom?
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@dkf Looks to be full of propane tanks. Perhaps they intend to explode the bathroom.
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@HardwareGeek said in Internet of shit:
Serious cyclists obsess over a few grams; I'd estimate a mass large enough to be useful in this way would be at least a few hundred. That would go over like a lead balloon.
Given where he’s from, chances are that, unlike cyclists in many other countries, @Luhmann just rides a bike to get from A to B and so isn’t obsessed with the bike or its paraphernalia. Rather, that he just wants a pump he can take with him in case of a flat tyre along the way, and a pressure gauge to make sure he’s pumped up the tyre reasonably well.
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@Gurth What about a heavy lump of metal to act as a thermal mass?
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@Gurth said in Internet of shit:
@Luhmann just rides a bike to get from A to B
Wot? I never! I mainly end up back at A. I hardly go to the neighbors.
No seriously I MBT as a hobby.