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Zybourne Clock posted:And now for some people who are wearing stuff on their wrists. I'm not sure exactly how strapping your wallet or iPhone 5 makes them more useful or secure, but considering they're wallets and iPhone peripherals, I'm sure they're going to get funded either way. It's perfectly balanced at the intersection of wallet that won't hold your money and watch that won't tell you the time. This is a man who understands Kickstarter on a level we never could. Cockmaster posted:I could see it being good to have if you do a lot of cooking which involves separating eggs. Pretty sure that even if you're spending every day separating sixteen tons of eggs in the eggmines and slowly dying of combination black lung/cholesterol poisoning from the fine mist of vaporized eggwhite your flailing suspends in the air, it'd be quicker and easier to not out the special egg suctionator from the internet that you keep for the exclusive function of sucking eggs and instead just use like the half eggshell that is already in your hands after you have successfully cracked an egg.
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Is there some kind of Chinese factory that mass produces this kind of egg separator with logo customization? http://www.amazon.com/Quirky-PPLK1-WH01-Pluck-Yolk-Extractor/dp/B00B3YJHEC/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1382730761&sr=1-4 And this is the best egg separator anyways: 
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Jeez, I knew the product itself seemed overall frivolous, but that Amazon link is literally the exact same thing.
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Christopher Allman wants to start his own religion, and he's quite sincere about it. Watch the video; it isn't so much a pitch as it's a plea for help. Why does he sound like he's about to break down and cry. 
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Zybourne Clock posted:Christopher Allman wants to start his own religion, and he's quite sincere about it. Watch the video; it isn't so much a pitch as it's a plea for help. Why does he sound like he's about to break down and cry. Scientology: The Early Years
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Hmm, ending your video with "Goodbye Forever" doesn't fill me with confidence, Christopher. I'd like to know the story of the two girls that co-star with him. The second one seems ready to tell her tale, but she gets cut off. Other than that, I think he just needs a hug.
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fleshy echidna posted:HATE I HAVE NEVER HAD A HATE AS STRONG AS THIS Perhaps it's late and I'm thinking far too seriously about this. But... The main character's an rear end in a top hat who does nothing to earn what he's given. In fact, the only negative thing that happens to him is that his mom walks in on him jerking off. A character bribes him to off his boss, and that's never a thought that's out of the question to him. He seriously considers it the entire time, even after his boss pity-fucks him. Then - whoopsie! - she dies in what I"m sure is a comedic accident (knowing this guy, she'll probably slip on his cum on the ground and smack her head on a stir-fry pan he had been spanking her with ORIGINAL IDEA DO NOT STEAL), and he gets the money, meaning he can presumably get a place where he can whack off in private. His boss' name is either some stereotype or a godawful sexual pun (tongue me?), and the guy they got to play the "bad guy" Mr. Ming looks as kindly as Mr. Miyagi. The mom at least looks like a mom, but let's be honest, his mom is probably playing his mom, and she probably catches him jerking off on a regular basis. Social media, per usual, contains a few moments of WTFery. Mr. Mary Sue's "true love" is the flute, none of his marketing materials have the word "armageddon" spelled correctly, the original title for the film was #DillonProblems, because what else is trendier than loving hashtags, and we can look forward to writing like "When the morning cock crows we will meet again."
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Are the BitCoinTalk forums still a thing? I stopped following the BitCoin madness some time ago, but I think this obvious scam is something the people on that forum would really appreciate. They could throw money at it and pretend to be in the real estate business. Jenny Ren is a Someone who needs $50,000 to decorate her backyard posted:Why spiritual healing? an intangible idea for most, but those who have experienced it are believing in it. For example a client could have a kidney problem, they pay 150 dollars per month for medical insurance, their hospitilization and operation could cost about 1500 dollars, their post operative medication could cost around 1500 per week, consisting of a variety of tablets , their condition would later require ongoing operations and treatments and tablets for life. If they undertake spiritual healing , they could avoid a lot of unnecessary medical expense and what I consider as harmful drugs. Because Einstein only ever formulated a single theory posted:As Einsteins theory proves; E = M C 2 meaning; MATTER AND ENERGY are interchangeable; as an intuitive healer I trust and know this to be true. Cancer is god's punishment posted:Please note; a distant healing cannot prevent a persons illness from taking place, as illness is a karmic situation and happens for a reason, but there is always a gift in the illness. Lawrence and Ryan sat down and thought really hard about the future of their new dotcom business. 'All the good social media ideas have already been taken, Ryan', said Lawrence whilst browsing IGG's list of projects. 'The really poo poo ones have already been taken as well', he concluded as he scrolled past cricket social media platforms, rugby platforms, websites to see what shows your friends are in to and glorified shareable calendars. Ryan scratched his head. 'We need an untapped demographic that we can market to. Something like... friends and family of the recently deceased'. And so Skyumbel, aka the FaceBook of the Dead was created.
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the Gaffe posted:Hey everyone, whats your first thought when you see a kickstarter with the words sandbox, MMO, and "less is more" philosophy? Are they serious? Even this demo from 2000 looks like it had more scene assets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dcrV_7JpXQ
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Zybourne Clock posted:the FaceBook of the Dead was created. That's pretty terrible, but I've wondered in the past how something small like a QR code or something at someone's memorial that linked to an online thing might be interesting, for distant family/friends to see and add to, or strangers if it's out in public.
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So much to say to this, but let's just leave it at "loving insensitive, immature, and unbelievable."
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quote:So much to say to this, but let's just leave it at "loving insensitive, immature, and unbelievable." I have a friend who's five-year-old granddaughter is going through cancer. I understand that lots of different religions have different views on why innocent people suffer, but calling it karma (basically she did something to deserve childhood cancer) is pretty obscene.
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Three-Phase posted:I have a friend who's five-year-old granddaughter is going through cancer. As a former buddhist I feel obliged to point out that Karma has never been, and never will be, "You get what you deserve". Anyone that uses it like that it a complete moron. What you reincarnate as, if you are part of a belief system that believes in buddhist reincarnation, is somewhat based around how you lived your former life to the best of your opportunity. "You're bad and so bad things happen to you next time" does nothing except show what an ignorant and horrible person the speaker is.
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Okay so like, I'm a nuclear engineering student so I've applied Einstein's mass-energy equivalence theory in real life situations. And it's really fuckin' cool. It's pretty much the entire basis for my career. I love the poo poo out of Einstein and his theories, and E=mc2 is definitely my favourite. So one thing that really irks me, almost more than anything else, is when these quacks get a hold of it. They think that "energy" is something spiritual and/or magical (using phrases like good energy, bad energy, healing energy, etc.) so of course they think that a theory that links mass to energy is something incredibly profound that has far-reaching spiritual consequences and somehow proves their garbage to be correct.
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BattleMaster posted:Okay so like, I'm a nuclear engineering student so I've applied Einstein's mass-energy equivalence theory in real life situations. And it's really fuckin' cool. It's pretty much the entire basis for my career. I love the poo poo out of Einstein and his theories, and E=mc2 is definitely my favourite. Then you REALLY don't want to investigate how quantum physics is used as a metaphor/explanation/theoretical underpinning for virtually anything in the social sciences.
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Zybourne Clock posted:Jenny Ren is a So apparantly I've been sharpening my knifes all wrong my whole life, I just have to put them outside in a pyramid overnight according to her video.
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Spangly A posted:As a former buddhist I feel obliged to point out that Karma has never been, and never will be, "You get what you deserve". Anyone that uses it like that it a complete moron. What you reincarnate as, if you are part of a belief system that believes in buddhist reincarnation, is somewhat based around how you lived your former life to the best of your opportunity. If that's the case, I think I've been looking at and understanding karma the wrong way for some time, because to be honest that was the way I thought about it. This is good though; now I see that this isn't a good way to look at karma. Zybourne Clock posted:It is also the perfect place for her to energize her healing oils, because during a full moon the pyramid's vibrations are at its highest. That's getting close to the "it's so wrong it's not even wrong" category. Three-Phase has a new favorite as of 04:38 on Oct 27, 2013 |
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Kickstarter for vibrating pyramids coming up soon. Original idea, do not steal.
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Morglon posted:Kickstarter for vibrating pyramids coming up soon. Original idea, do not steal. Well you're not gonna sell many with a handle like that
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I decided to glance through local projects and now I really, really wish I hadn't. Now I have to live with the knowledge that this lunatic is within 5 hours of my house. Watch the pitch video. Read the page. Rub your temples. This one has it all: "wacky" "humor", a vague and insane premise, a "documentary" about a thing that didn't actually happen and which doesn't exist, the South, and bizarre pseudotheology. And fat guys getting repeatedly whiffed by punches to the sound of stock sound effects. After a while, it turns into him openly acknowledging that the whole thing is a colossal waste of time. After reading the backer rewards, I'd call it typical "lol random" bullshit, but there's a disturbing amount of effort put into it.
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TTBF posted:You don't even need to keep an empty bottle around if you want to easily separate the yolk from the white. If you've got any type of cooking utensil (such as a spatula but preferably a spoon) with slots in it, just crack an egg into it. The yolk will stay on top while the egg white will fall through the slots. It's not difficult and doesn't require a special device. You don't even need that. Crack the egg, drop the contents into your hand. Let the white fall through your fingers, keeping the yolk in your hand. In other dumb culinary Kickstarter news, local to me is this gimmicky nonsense. Environmentally friendly, you say? I would have thought not adding frivolous electronic components into a mug would be pretty environmentally sound, but hey, I'm not a design student, so...
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Three-Phase posted:If that's the case, I think I've been looking at and understanding karma the wrong way for some time, because to be honest that was the way I thought about it. This is good though; now I see that this isn't a good way to look at karma. It's more "if you do good things the world will be less poo poo because other people will also do good things". It's a pay-it-forward idea, be nice to strangers and do small good things and the suffering of the world eventually becomes less. Be poo poo and the suffering of the world is more. If everyone does nice things then we all have less poo poo to deal with as we look for peace. It's probably my favourite religious concept. Tubgirl Cosplay posted:Well you're not gonna sell many with a handle like that Man the harry potter broomstick kickstarter would've been so, so creepy and yet also funny. I'm sure vibrating anything will sell. Kickstarter vibrating guitars. Do not steal.
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PepperSinclaire posted:In other dumb culinary Kickstarter news, local to me is this gimmicky nonsense. Environmentally friendly, you say? I would have thought not adding frivolous electronic components into a mug would be pretty environmentally sound, but hey, I'm not a design student, so... You don't get it! It'll save numerous human lives from death by scalding hot tea, these people deserve a Nobel for their efforts to improve our lives. Just be smart and don't put your smart mug in a microwave. Spangly A posted:Kickstarter vibrating guitars. Do not steal. Vibrating ben wa dice.
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PepperSinclaire posted:You don't even need that. Crack the egg, drop the contents into your hand. Let the white fall through your fingers, keeping the yolk in your hand. Haha, what a waste. I love their team photo too, all people in the background and out of focus. I would've thought people would already have themselves a thermometer if they're serious about coffee, but here we go. Turns out nerding up a problem with an overdone solution is Kickstarters bread and butter. At least it looks like they'll make it at this rate.
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Morglon posted:Kickstarter for vibrating pyramids coming up soon. Original idea, do not steal. Claim that they use "sexual healing" to relieve tension, increase happiness, and balance the body's natural processes. Then just get a hunk of plastic and a vibrator, tape one to the other.
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Spangly A posted:As a former buddhist I feel obliged to point out that Karma has never been, and never will be, "You get what you deserve". Anyone that uses it like that it a complete moron. What you reincarnate as, if you are part of a belief system that believes in buddhist reincarnation, is somewhat based around how you lived your former life to the best of your opportunity. No Buddhists believe in reincarnation, they believe in rebirth which is an entirely different thing. But yeah, as you say - karma is built up over previous lives unless your name is Earl.
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JDM3 posted:Then you REALLY don't want to investigate how quantum physics is used as a metaphor/explanation/theoretical underpinning for virtually anything in the social sciences. One of the weirder instances of that is I have encountered was a lady who had done just enough research to find some stuff David Bohm wrote after he went kinda loopy and depressed in his later years. Of course this stuff doesn't talk about or attempt to use the poo poo he did for the field of quantum physics but she managed to associate it and god it was strange.
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Dachshundofdoom posted:I decided to glance through local projects and now I really, really wish I hadn't. Now I have to live with the knowledge that this lunatic is within 5 hours of my house. I just spent 10 minutes watching that weird-rear end video, and I have no loving clue what his kickstarter is for... 
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T-man posted:Claim that they use "sexual healing" to relieve tension, increase happiness, and balance the body's natural processes. Not a good idea, you really don't want to sharpen a vibrator.
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PepperSinclaire posted:In other dumb culinary Kickstarter news, local to me is this gimmicky nonsense. Environmentally friendly, you say? I would have thought not adding frivolous electronic components into a mug would be pretty environmentally sound, but hey, I'm not a design student, so... I, too, want a mug that makes beverages get colder faster than usual because I'm running a microcontroller and a bunch of LEDs off my coffee.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467809238/amelodias-debut-album-magnetic-sleep?ref=home_location SO WACKY! Hard to describe this well but it's almost a full list of all the terrible Kickstarter tropes condensed into one painful video. I'm also not sure if they are being serious or not. It sort of feels like a joke. I hope it's a joke anyway.
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Our old friends from New Ork City are at it again: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1822630877/exotitans?ref=category quote:From these past experiences, there is no aspect of creating a miniatures game that is unknown to us. My favorite part is an example table of in-game effects when rolling 2d6, they have a result for rolling 1.
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Death Himself posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467809238/amelodias-debut-album-magnetic-sleep?ref=home_location SO WACKY! 
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SpoopyMonkey posted:I, too, want a mug that makes beverages get colder faster than usual because I'm running a microcontroller and a bunch of LEDs off my coffee. Would... this actually happen? I'm going to admit that I was really mediocre in physics before I continue this line of questioning, so feel free to school me  Wouldn't whatever thermovoltaic device that mug uses to power its display just be using the energy that the beverage naturally dissipates anyway, on account of being a hot thing in a less hot space? I don't think it's actually endothermic.
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deadly_pudding posted:Would... this actually happen? I'm going to admit that I was really mediocre in physics before I continue this line of questioning, so feel free to school me Basically, it's going to take more energy to warm the generator, so it's going to suck in more heat from the coffee. Someone will be along shortly with a detailed explanation of the physics and an accurate - if estimated - modeling of the impact on your coffee temperature. Still, it's a sixty loving dollar coffee cup that tells you the temperature of your coffee. This is like the Coors light Cold Guaranteed Label, just loving stick your hand on the bottle / can / cup, you'll know how loving warm it is.
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An exothermic reaction, the coffee itself in this case (not really), is a chemical reaction or system in which more energy is released,usually in the form of heat, than was required to start the reaction. This is not in fact an exothermic reaction or system because it is merely bleeding off the heat energy imparted to it by the microwave or w/e was used to heat the coffee. There is no net gain in energy released and it is just being gathered by the thermoelectric generator to power the LEDs. The thermoelectric generator they are using takes heat from the coffee and converts it to electrical energy. Afaik it is entirely passive and has a low efficiency (most are under 10% efficiency). If it does cool the coffee it would do so by absorbing some of the heat released from the coffee, preventing that heat from warming the air around the coffee and thus making the temperature differential higher than if there was no generator. The higher the temperature differential, the quicker heat transfers between two substances, thus the coffee would be losing heat at a faster rate with the generator than without it. From my admittedly elementary understanding of the physics involved, I do not believe the generator would cause the coffee to cool at a significantly faster rate than normal, but it would cause it to cool faster. e: also, the generator is not an endothermic system as it is taking in heat energy, but it is then expending that energy to power the LEDs. An endothermic reaction or system takes in more energy than it expends and stores that energy until it is released during another reaction. An example of an endothermic reaction is photosynthesis, a reaction in which plants take in solar energy and store it in the bonds of sugars molecules. Machai has a new favorite as of 15:17 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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