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kirbysuperstar posted:Bear Senpai added a new image of the highest quality
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That art style is terrible. Even generic furry art would look better and probably get it a shitload of money if that furry gender bender dating sim/the entirety of Offbeatr is any indication.
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Oct 7, 2014 19:00
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...of SCIENCE! posted:That art style is terrible. Even generic furry art would look better and probably get it a shitload of money if that furry gender bender dating sim/the entirety of Offbeatr is any indication. You are mistaking any aspect of this project as a creative choice. The 'art' is what it is because they saw Hatoful Boyfriend on steam for the first time and decided they could raise money for "This, but bears."
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Oct 7, 2014 19:39
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Isn't a large part of Kickstarter just about cashing in on popular things, like "this....but for iphones"?
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Oct 7, 2014 19:41
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bespoke artesenal zombie steampunk 3d-printed iphone dating sim
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Oct 7, 2014 19:48
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via YKS Dude gets 12 times the funding for a dry erase board and is now asking for more http://valleywag.gawker.com/kickstarter-dude-i-spent-all-your-money-please-give-m-1641754663 Comment section is full of buyer's remorse https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/letterforms/letterforms-dry-erase-notebook/comments
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Oct 7, 2014 20:44
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Alan Smithee posted:via YKS And of course the product already exists in a non-Kickstarter form: http://www.wipebook.com/products/wipebook-2-0
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Oct 7, 2014 20:50
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What the gently caress is the point of a dry erase notebook. Do you really need 40 pages of infinitely reusable writing surface?
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Oct 7, 2014 20:51
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OldMemes posted:Isn't a large part of Kickstarter just about cashing in on popular things, like "this....but for iphones"? That is the majority of games and tech companies anyway. "It's like Tinder... but for cats!" "It's kind of Tiny Tower mixed with Call of Duty" "It's a retro 8-bit Titanfall, but with IAP" is how most pitches start.
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Oct 7, 2014 20:52
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Two former Irrational Games teams have launched two kickstarters in as many days. I'm linking them mostly for the hilarious Gamer Entitlement on display from people who apparently think that when you get laid off after your studio closes you're given a ton of money to make your new game and not just unceremoniously dumped with almost no compensation.
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Oct 8, 2014 00:21
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pathetic little tramp posted:What the gently caress is the point of a dry erase notebook. Do you really need 40 pages of infinitely reusable writing surface? These are the same people that would buy Spinal Tap's special amps.
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Oct 8, 2014 00:56
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pathetic little tramp posted:What the gently caress is the point of a dry erase notebook. Do you really need 40 pages of infinitely reusable writing surface? As part of my job, I draw a ton of charts, diagrams, and graphs. Just back-of-the-napkin things when I'm laying out an idea for an analysis plan for my boss for instance. It's helpful to have a dry erase board so I can both write in multiple colors and make edits as I go easily. Pencil and paper work ok for erasing, but I like having color as it helps me clarify things. Also honestly I actually like the feel of writing with dry erase markers more than anything. That being said, I have a dry erase board on my wall that I use. I guess if I were traveling or in a situation where I didn't have a dry erase board, being able to have something I could pull out and write on would be nice.
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Oct 8, 2014 01:05
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Rosalind posted:As part of my job, I draw a ton of charts, diagrams, and graphs. Just back-of-the-napkin things when I'm laying out an idea for an analysis plan for my boss for instance. It's helpful to have a dry erase board so I can both write in multiple colors and make edits as I go easily. Pencil and paper work ok for erasing, but I like having color as it helps me clarify things. Also honestly I actually like the feel of writing with dry erase markers more than anything. Even then, aren't tablets and capacitive pens getting ubiquitous enough to just do it that way? There's certainly enough “apps for that” to cover every conceivable need.
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Oct 8, 2014 01:26
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Rosalind posted:I guess if I were traveling or in a situation where I didn't have a dry erase board, being able to have something I could pull out and write on would be nice.  * Portable!Available in a wide range of sizes - fits in your pocket or covers your coffee table! * Compatible with all writing implements! Pen, paper or paint - you can use it with NoteBook®! * Fully recyclable!
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Oct 8, 2014 01:38
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Tippis posted:Even then, aren't tablets and capacitive pens getting ubiquitous enough to just do it that way? There's certainly enough “apps for that” to cover every conceivable need. Yeah I suppose. Again, I don't have one and wouldn't buy one, but I was trying to show how someone might like one. DoctorTristan posted:
You ignored my entire first paragraph about why I prefer dry erase to paper in certain situations. Nice going.
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Rosalind posted:Yeah I suppose. Again, I don't have one and wouldn't buy one, but I was trying to show how someone might like one.
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DoctorTristan posted:
Not ironic enough. Make it a giant rectangular useless lump of plastic and you've got a deal, pal.
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Rosalind posted:That being said, I have a dry erase board on my wall that I use. I guess if I were traveling or in a situation where I didn't have a dry erase board, being able to have something I could pull out and write on would be nice. Whiteboards on walls are great but handheld whiteboard tablets are super useful in a number of ways, particularly in academic and education settings. And having a few pages available to work with would be a plus- though 40 pages' worth is definitely excessive. Edit: I left this post open for a while before submitting it, so I didn't see any of the new ones. Are people seriously incapable of imagining a scenario where a handheld whiteboard or booklet of such surfaces might 1) be a useful tool and 2) make more sense than a paper notebook or tablet computer?  I understand that the point of this thread has always been to get into pissing contests over exactly how ridiculous we find a given thing to be, but some of these posts come off as though the goons behind them have never stepped inside of a classroom, to say nothing of the 50 billion other places where people use whiteboards. trilobite terror has a new favorite as of 04:17 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Oct 8, 2014 03:59
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Whiteboards on walls are great but handheld whiteboard tablets are super useful in a number of ways, particularly in academic and education settings. And having a few pages available to work with would be a plus- though 40 pages' worth is definitely excessive. I can certainly see the advantage over paper, but I would completely flip your incredulity on the matter if tablets: are you seriously unable to see the scenario where a tablet can do everything a handheld whiteboard can, and more? Again, add in a proper pen and even a very simple note board app (in fact, arguably, the simpler the better) and you replicate the usage completely.
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replacing a simple reliable real world object by an app on a loving tablet is exactly the kind of thing I expect from kickstarter actually "hey guys all my notes are illegible because we're outside and there's, you know, sunlight" "lol nevermind there's nothing to read because the battery is dead" unpacked robinhood has a new favorite as of 11:03 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Oct 8, 2014 10:57
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Indeed, I imagine there are people who can note take / sketch with digital tools but for me its always a substandard replacement for the physical. There's zero learning curve, no friction of a UI, just ideas you wanna slap onto a page. This is especially true when its mixed notes with drawings, graphs and text. Its sort of why digital mind mapping tools are a bit poo poo compared to doing it by hand, and far less engaging.
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Maluco Marinero posted:Indeed, I imagine there are people who can note take / sketch with digital tools but for me its always a substandard replacement for the physical. There's zero learning curve, no friction of a UI That's true for us but it might be the opposite for the next generation who will have all grown up using smart technology their entire lives. Using tablets will be completely second nature to them.
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Maluco Marinero posted:Indeed, I imagine there are people who can note take / sketch with digital tools but for me its always a substandard replacement for the physical. There's zero learning curve, no friction of a UI, just ideas you wanna slap onto a page. This is especially true when its mixed notes with drawings, graphs and text. Its sort of why digital mind mapping tools are a bit poo poo compared to doing it by hand, and far less engaging. I think you guys might be underestimating (or, perhaps more accurately, overestimating) what these notepad apps do. The learning curve and UI friction is the same as a piece of paper: you take your pen, and you write on the surface available. That's it.  It sounds like you are imagining some grossly feature-creeped Java app from the '90s, with tons of “special tools” hidden in umpteen different menus. We've moved far beyond those atrocities by now. unpacked robinhood posted:"hey guys all my notes are illegible because we're outside and there's, you know, sunlight" Funnily enough, neither of those are actual problems that occur.
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unpacked robinhood posted:replacing a simple reliable real world object by an app on a loving tablet is exactly the kind of thing I expect from kickstarter actually "lol look at those hipster fedora pua neckbeards taking their notes on computers when everybody knows the old methods are best" -runs out of paper while the people with computers have every note they've ever taken with them at all time- -spills coffee on notebook and loses everything while the people with computers can access their Dropbox from literally anywhere at any time no matter what happens to their computer- Snowglobe of Doom posted:That's true for us but it might be the opposite for the next generation who will have all grown up using smart technology their entire lives. Using tablets will be completely second nature to them. Yeah if you've set foot in a college lecture hall in the past 5 years you'd know that almost everybody takes their notes on computers now. ...of SCIENCE! has a new favorite as of 12:49 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Tippis posted:Funnily enough, neither of those are actual problems that occur. You have a tablet that never runs out of battery life? When does your Kickstarter start?
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Jedit posted:You have a tablet that never runs out of battery life? Not never, no, but I have one that has yet to run out at an inopportune moment. It's no different than remembering to have ink in (or for) your pens and lead for your pencils. If it's important, you learn to remember it. 
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Jedit posted:You have a tablet that never runs out of battery life? When does your Kickstarter start? It's a tablet with PV panels on the back. It does require you to point it upwards at all times in order to work but "True thinkers should always be looking to the skies and above"
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Ha everyone should just get an Epiphany onE Puck and charge their tablets using their beverage!!!
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...of SCIENCE! posted:-runs out of paper "There's got to be a better way !" I'm famous, give me 390,000$ and get a "The world's first selfie compact camera." at the 349$ slot, camera otherwise nondescript. Give me 500$ and I'll take selfies in europe quote:All funds go directly to support European travel to historic and environmental landmarks in order to create the European Selfie Tour Selfie Anthology, a collection of carefully-framed photos from around the globe as well as memoirs.  e: lol the photography section is a graveyard of idiots asking for free stuff Grow my photography she wants 2000$:   yeah different lenses will fix that trainwreck unpacked robinhood has a new favorite as of 14:14 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:That's true for us but it might be the opposite for the next generation who will have all grown up using smart technology their entire lives. Using tablets will be completely second nature to them. Mostly, but not quite. Studies have shown that kids may really get to intuitively understand tablets and stuff but still do better with physical paper. ...of SCIENCE! posted:Yeah if you've set foot in a college lecture hall in the past 5 years you'd know that almost everybody takes their notes on computers now. My chem class doesn't allow it and in my geology class there is one girl who does (mostly just looking at websites). I am all for technology, but its not "Lol, people still using books." In basically all my classes its people using paper. For content, have a photography book celebrating goths, by the single most milquetoast guy ever. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/328447734/beyond-the-pale-0?ref=category_recommended
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Tippis posted:I can certainly see the advantage over paper, but I would completely flip your incredulity on the matter if tablets: are you seriously unable to see the scenario where a tablet can do everything a handheld whiteboard can, and more? Not at all. I myself have a tablet that I use for work all the time in much the same way that you describe. But there are tons of situations where a tablet isn't feasible- either due to cost, relative fragility, or both. For example, if I were a public school math teacher, whiteboards would probably be a way better and more affordable option for certain classroom activities than a bunch of iPads. And from my own experience, a bunch of small whiteboard folios would've been a welcome addition to group study sessions when I was taking organic chemistry in college. We'd go through literally reams of paper per night. And you (strange, strange) guys arguing about notebooks are right in saying that almost everything in college is done on computers these days, but I'd go out on a limb and say that: 1) most undergrads don't have a touch-enabled laptop or a separate tablet. 2) there are classes where note-taking on a computer device of any kind just isn't feasible. Again, organic chem lectures where a professor is tossing up 5 reaction diagrams a minute are the perfect example.
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Tippis posted:Not never, no, but I have one that has yet to run out at an inopportune moment. Free Clue: not everywhere has consistent electricity.
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Jedit posted:Free Clue: not everywhere has consistent electricity. It does with my artisanal, hand-crafted hand-crank generator. Made of teak wood and manually spun copper coils, only $250 pledge today.
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Jedit posted:Free Clue: not everywhere has consistent electricity. Everywhere I go. And pretty much everywhere someone who's the target audience for that kind of stuff goes too. Free clue back: not everywhere has new pens for sale, or leads of the right size, or a pencil sharpener, so congratulations, going luddite has created the exact same problem. Electric Bugaloo posted:Not at all. I myself have a tablet that I use for work all the time in much the same way that you describe. As for spread, meh, maybe. I'm seeing a fairly equal split among my students (this is not in chemistry, though) between those who use tablets, those who use computers and those who use paper… (and of course, that unmentionable group that take no notes whatsoever for some unknown reason). If anything, it's the pens that are the missing piece of the puzzle rather than the actual devices.  The only drawback I've come across is that I can't read my own handwriting, but that wouldn't change if I used white boards or papers anyway…
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I think comparing "not having a reliable power source" to "not having a spare pen" is pretty disingenuous.
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And now for some good Kickstarter news: On Sale at Last: Kano, the Charming Kit for Building Your Own Computerquote:The last time we wrote about Kano, the London company was in the middle of blowing through its $100,000 Kickstarter goal, on its way to raising $1.5 million. It’s since shipped 18,000 of its DIY computer kits to early supporters, and as of yesterday, you can buy your own. This is seriously one of the coolest things for kids I've seen in a while.
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Tippis posted:Everywhere I go. And pretty much everywhere someone who's the target audience for that kind of stuff goes too. Colleges tend to have open outlets, WiFi and reliable power sources. That's who their marketing this to, to college students. I've been in some college buildings that have available outlets but no available pencil sharpeners.
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Poking into the local technology kickstarters gives much less stupid and crazy than I expected. The Solution For Pollution Not only is it the cure for air pollution but it is ALSO the cure for global warming, all for only $8,000! quote:I began this project 15 years ago when I became aware of the pollution problem the world is facing. I created this solution unfortunately it fell on deaf ears and the project has been shelved ever since. We want to use this opportunity to recreate a real updated model city as well as 3D model rendition using the latest computer software. We will present the finished idea to as many corporations and governments of the world as possible.
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 I dunno dude, this is a pretty sweet Purification chamber jet streams simulation
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The latest fusion of fashion and functionality with external cat ear speakers and LED lights.quote:Axent Wear was started by two UC Berkeley alumni with an idea. An idea for some really great, unique headphones that had never been pioneered before. Or at least, not like this. Presenting Axent Wear, glowing, badass headphones that let you blast your music and express your style. Guys, let's put external speakers on top of headphones! We're surely not missing the purpose of headphones!
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