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Frocobo posted:Is there a list of the points he makes because I really don't want to sit through 30 minutes of that. there are a lot of things wrong with it but the point he spends the most time on is that even under very generously optimistic conditions the roadways would barely generate enough energy to power their own LEDs, let alone melt ice and snow, and that's before you account for them getting dirty and scratched from normal use also you can't just magically store energy in the grid for use during the night time so for half the time they'll just be draining power also he doesn't think that the LEDs will even be visible at a shallow viewing angle during daylight through thick glass my own personal first thought that he didn't touch on is how much of a maintenance nightmare it will be with multi-ton vehicles driving over them, skidding on them, dropping poo poo on them, people vandalizing them, crashing on them, and such
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TetsuoTW posted:If that gif is anything to go by, it's hacky-sack with a ping-pong table and a soccer ball instead of sunlight and friends. It's a more expensive Takraw for white people.
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tlarn posted:The future of sports is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTqAfJYWe58
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Kosho is a game or martial art conceived by Patrick McGoohan for the highly admired 1967 television series The Prisoner. The game of Kosho is played on two trampolines set on either side of a four-foot-by-eight-foot tank of water and bordered on two sides by a wall with an angled ledge and hand-rail. Two helmeted opponents each wear a boxing glove on their left hand and a lighter padded glove on their right, and while moving freely in three dimensions attempt to knock, push or throw each other into the tank.
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Skinner: Well, the kids have to learn about Teqball sooner or later. BloodWulfe posted:I think you guys are being pretty unfair to Teqball. It looks like fun. Sadly not even this could save the Wii U or Kinect Flipperwaldt posted:
Ain't gonna lie Tekken ball was hours of fun when that came out
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/5-000-000-reward-mh370-in-search-of-the-truth-find-the-plane-passengers/hmtr $5,000,000, flexible funding. I'm sure this is a legitimate endeavor.
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Their primary goal is paying out a reward to people who submit tips. Their secondary goal is hiring a PI to follow up on those tips. 
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Grindstick, control pole for skateboards that creates sparks This thing looks like a cool novelty until you realize that it is a forest fire starting machine. This thing was scientifically designed to target and eliminate California. I would also wager that paddling takes away a lot of the fun of skateboarding, but what do I know.(Also they are kind of suggesting skateboarding on dimly lit streets.) But this... King Crazy Jack! Your name/business can be in this Movie!!! Firstly:  Second, this is one of the most aggressively unfunny videos I have seen in a long time. Its the kind of fake comedy movie trailer you would see in a real comedy movie. It takes effort to be this not funny.
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Bandit Queen posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/5-000-000-reward-mh370-in-search-of-the-truth-find-the-plane-passengers/hmtr This is an amazingly profitable scam in the making. Almost 70k so far.
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Bandit Queen posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/5-000-000-reward-mh370-in-search-of-the-truth-find-the-plane-passengers/hmtr The rewards are just the Wikipedia descriptions of various metals because "it is metal that makes up the frame that carried our loved ones" Jesus Christ I don't even feel bad if people get suckered into giving to this, you deserve to lose your drat money if your bullshit alarm is that broken.
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It is being run by family of the victims, but yeah...
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pathetic little tramp posted:The rewards are just the Wikipedia descriptions of various metals because "it is metal that makes up the frame that carried our loved ones" My favorite part is that your donation reward is an image. You don't actually get a sliver of the described metal or anything. Nope. Just a jpeg describing your donation amount and whatever metal that corresponds to. i_am_palladium.jpg is equal to $1k i_am_ruthenium.jpg is the better bargain at $10k i_am_rhodium.jpg at $100k? they should be paying you for that poo poo
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MrAptronym posted:Grindstick, control pole for skateboards that creates sparks That's hilarious. If that dumb thing becomes popular, 2015 is going to be a banner year for wildfires. It's actually made of flint fire starting rods. This is my favorite part: quote:Do I need a skateboard to use this?
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Knitted shoe ... capes? Latest fashion from Romania!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1671848905/stulpino
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Meatwave posted:That's hilarious. If that dumb thing becomes popular, 2015 is going to be a banner year for wildfires. It's actually made of flint fire starting rods. Someone's gonna use this near a petrol station right?
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Knitted shoe ... capes? Latest fashion from Romania! No those are not even capes, those Eastern European fashion bastards needed to unload a crate of doll panties they ordered by mistake and this is what they've created. This happened to me in an Albanian bodega once, I went in looking for baking soda and came out with three truck winches instead.
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MrAptronym posted:But this... King Crazy Jack! Your name/business can be in this Movie!!! Good thing the trailer told us how funny and crazy Jack was over and over again, without actually showing us anything funny or crazy.
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:No those are not even capes, those Eastern European fashion bastards needed to unload a crate of doll panties they ordered by mistake and this is what they've created. This happened to me in an Albanian bodega once, I went in looking for baking soda and came out with three truck winches instead. stuff like that happens pretty often: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXxmMUIx8k
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This was posted in the previous thread: UNLEASHED THE SEXUAL VAMPIRE It seems they didn't give up after their Kickstarter failed. They've published it through CreateSpace and started selling it on Amazon.
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Mirificus posted:This was posted in the previous thread: UNLEASHED THE SEXUAL VAMPIRE COPY ONLY
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Mirificus posted:This was posted in the previous thread: UNLEASHED THE SEXUAL VAMPIRE This is exactly why I don't understand Kickstarters for people who want to selfpublish. If you're on a device capable of logging into Kickstarter and creating a project, you're on a device that can generate the PDF that companies like Lulu or CreateSpace need to publish your book. There isn't an upfront cost with these services other than maybe buying a few proof copies. Why the heck are these people making kickstarters? And who is funding these instead of just buying the book, they're always absolutely horrible.
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Have you ever wanted to play tabletop RPGs with your friends online? Well, you could use Roll20, or you could back this person's kickstarter to do the exact same thing, but through Facebook! All he needs is $150,000.quote:Funding will go towards code completion, launch, and making it look fancy. When launched users will control some content(mob control). In what seems like an amazing copout, the reward tiers for this project are done in "premium points" for the service, always one point per dollar pledge. There's no mention what premium points are for or what they do. At $100 and above, you get between one day and one month of beta access and credit towards the game's real-money store. For a virtual tabletop. Another project from someone who wants to kickstart their Youtube career, looking for a decent chunk of cash as well: $40,000 AUD. Wonder why they want that much? Help a Youtubers Future The Bug71, Risks and Challenges posted:The risks i will be taking in pursuit of my dream will be extreme in my case. because to do so i will be quitting my job and therefore losing any financial security and becoming a massive slave to my debt and bills and probably become bankrupt within weeks. That's why i need you guys to help so i have a safety net if it fails which i will fight soo hard for it not too. When you watch the video, he talks about how he's already in crippling debt from getting the equipment together to capture and upload videos, and had to get a job afterwards to pay for it all. I'm pretty sure there are 'tubers who work regular jobs and still put up content regularly. A choice quote from the video is how just a dollar will help him survive for four days; "All I need is bread, butter, and a couple of bags of meat, and I'll be set, and I'll be pumping out those videos day after day for you guys." Are you tired of Family Guy yet? Apparently there are people who aren't, and there are people who want to try and get their own show in the fray. Contemplate upon Monkey-Chicken's first mistake it commits with its video.
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Bradzor posted:This is exactly why I don't understand Kickstarters for people who want to selfpublish. If you're on a device capable of logging into Kickstarter and creating a project, you're on a device that can generate the PDF that companies like Lulu or CreateSpace need to publish your book. There isn't an upfront cost with these services other than maybe buying a few proof copies. Why the heck are these people making kickstarters? And who is funding these instead of just buying the book, they're always absolutely horrible. These people always need editors ($2,000 and up) and cover designers ($600 and up), whether they think they do or not.
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AlbieQuirky posted:These people always need editors ($2,000 and up) and cover designers ($600 and up), whether they think they do or not. No-poo poo publishers pay for those, though, don't they?
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tlarn posted:Another project from someone who wants to kickstart their Youtube career, looking for a decent chunk of cash as well: $40,000 AUD. Wonder why they want that much? He's doing a Wolfenstein LP on his channel with 12 episodes so far, all of which have 30 views or less. I watched one and it mostly consisted of him stumbling around the base trying (and failing) to get into a certain room with stellar commentary like "Well this is boring, I'll probably cut out this bit from the video". It was boring as poo poo. I seem to recall that Patreon also had a whole bunch of people trying to become youtube LP sensations. Here's an idea guys: make some good videos and develop a following and ask them for money rather than asking strangers for money so you can make videos.
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FrozenVent posted:No-poo poo publishers pay for those, though, don't they? Yes. But self-publishers have to pay their own. And all too often, they don't.
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OldMemes posted:Good thing the trailer told us how funny and crazy Jack was over and over again, without actually showing us anything funny or crazy. Did you watch the same video as me? The man rode a bike inside his house. He's crazy!
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UncleSmoothie posted:Did you watch the same video as me? The man rode a bike inside his house. He's crazy! I don't know about that. I heard this song once about this chick who crashed her car into a bridge.
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AlbieQuirky posted:Yes. But self-publishers have to pay their own. And all too often, they don't. To be fair, my friend got in the Amazon Fantasy top 5 without hiring a proper editor. He's self published because he wrote to one publisher who declined him and decided he had to go it alone. I'm like dude, huge authors went through dozens of rejections, just keep trying, but nope. I kinda feel that self-publishing is the lazy way to go about it these days.
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Morglon posted:I don't know about that. I heard this song once about this chick who crashed her car into a bridge. she was quoted afterwards as shouting "I DON'T CARE"
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You ever have a show you love so much that when it hits some milestone in episodes, you want to celebrate? You could mail the studio a giftbasket with "Congrats on X episodes!" or maybe a little statuette for them to set on a shelf in their lobby. Or you could do what these guys want to do and have one of those fly-over banners that you tie to the back of planes to commemorate Supernatural's 200th episode.  Supernatural's 200th Episode Flyover posted:Our plan? We're going to fly an aerial banner over the Greater Vancouver area to celebrate the 200th episode! Options for the wording on the aerial banner will be voted on by backers after we've finished our Kickstarter. Have an idea? We'll add it to the list!! We're allowed a maximum of 43 letters (including spaces) and here are some ideas we've come up with: We're going through a time in our civilization's history as a whole where environmental issues have come to the front of many concerns with expansion and industrialization. There's multiple solutions to getting away from coal- and fossil-fuel energy: solar, wind, even nuclear. What if you could do what solar roadways is doing, but do it with your t-shirt, and make responsible use of your renewable energy? What if that same solar clothing just has a tiny solar cell the size of your hand sewn into it, and all it does with the power collected is to light itself up? Welcome to Electron Wear.    Different materials and cell designs! There's even stickers! It even has lights for your pits!  
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Morglon posted:Why does that fake plastic lady have hard fake nipples? why is her face the only part of her model without any sort of detail?
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tlarn posted:Are you tired of Family Guy yet? Apparently there are people who aren't, and there are people who want to try and get their own show in the fray. Contemplate upon Monkey-Chicken's first mistake it commits with its video. 4 backers, $1,510. Uhhhhhhh
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I like how the Cotton  HEMP Bamboo dummy has visible nipples. Sex sells, I guess?
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Morglon posted:Why does that fake plastic lady have hard fake nipples? It's not unusual for female mannequins to have nipples. Women have reasons to want to know how their nipples will display through the garment if they don't wear a bra.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:In ongoing not-terrible Kickstarter news, Seth Macfarlane is matching people's donations to Reading Rainbow There is still a terrible element to it in that Seth McFarlane is involved.
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