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Wandering Knitter posted:If only there was a way to look even more pretentious while writing at Starbucks! 652 backers $232,274 pledged of $250,000 goal 42 days to go Can someone please start a nuclear war already? Humanity doesn't deserve to exist.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:26
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chitoryu12 posted:None of these solve the problem of "Why not buy a proper laptop?" I mean, you're already paying almost the same for an iPad Air and keyboard as you would for a laptop with the same or greater power. Didn't you watch the video? It's because you have literally zero discipline and will be unable to do anything but browse facebook when you take your laptop down to the local starbucks to work.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:38
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Do regular laptops have analog switch things and a giant red button? Check and mate Mr. Skeptical. 
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Dec 11, 2014 20:40
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IDK, plenty of legit authors of my acquaintance are helped by things that cut down distractions-- some even to the point of the Alphasmart Neo solution. Screen size isn't a huge deal for that sort of solution because you edit/spellcheck/clean typos once you transfer to a computer. That being said, the Hemmingwrite is still waaaaay too much machine for that task, and at that price, geez. Basically the concept isn't bankrupt, but the product is still ludicrous.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:42
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A giant, bulky lump of plastic with minimal functionality, destined to be used once or twice and then exiled to the dark corner of a closet.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:47
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You've already bought one haven't you?
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Dec 11, 2014 20:50
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No, but I did buy an overpriced minimalist coffee maker once.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:53
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chitoryu12 posted:None of these solve the problem of "Why not buy a proper laptop?" I mean, you're already paying almost the same for an iPad Air and keyboard as you would for a laptop with the same or greater power. Do you think I get electricity in my artisinal zero-impact upcycled zen study dungeon? It's going to take more than 3-5 hours depending on brightness to impart my wisdom to the world, I need something that can keep up. Is there a way to waterproof one of those Alphasmart devices? I want to do Deep Sea Dérive.
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Dec 11, 2014 20:56
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Wandering Knitter posted:If only there was a way to look even more pretentious while writing at Starbucks! if you want to look like a giant hipster then you need to care about the aesthetic and not make it look like a cheap plastic toy
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Dec 11, 2014 21:27
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Wandering Knitter posted:If only there was a way to look even more pretentious while writing at Starbucks! Oh hey, I was supplied one of these every year through school because I'm dysgraphic!  e:f;b Edit:Haha, the latest model (from 2003) has a all of these features, more storage space, and a larger screen. The things are also durable as hell, and are probably a lot cheaper now. Repackaging existing products for hipsters is a loving goldmine. Edit 2: quote:You can backspace and review your work with page up/page down, but there is no copying and paste. The intent is to force you to just keep going! If you aren’t happy with what you just wrote, you can write it again -- just like everyone had to before 1979 WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT? Pomp has a new favorite as of 22:00 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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Dec 11, 2014 21:45
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quote:You can backspace and review your work with page up/page down, but there is no copying and paste. The intent is to force you to just keep going! If you aren’t happy with what you just wrote, you can write it again -- just like everyone had to before 1979 Pretty sure if you wrote something you liked, and decided to put it after another bit, you could just retype it from the page in front of you. Like, take that page, hold it next to your typewriter, and type it into the spot in the new page you want it. Can't do that on this piece of poo poo though, since you can only see like, half a paragraph at a time.
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Dec 11, 2014 23:00
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"Part book launch, part social experiment! BE A PURPLE BANANA!" Some more incomprehensible poo poo, see below quote:You’ve never seen anything so hosed up til you’ve seen the smartest man in the world flip the switch that destroyed the Earth so he could go gently caress his A.I. daughter in another dimension while the woman who loved him could do nothing but watch in horror as she fell into an alternate time space where she was forced to become God to escape.
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Dec 11, 2014 23:07
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The creator of the Minimalist Nativity responds to Your Kickstarter Sucks:quote:I am the creator of the Minimal Nativity Set. According to my stats you help the campaign. People following your trash blog actually understand the concept of the piece (obviously cleverer people than you) bought sets. Use yr brain 2 seconds to get that the project is about colours and therefore races. It has a deep meaning. But probably hard to understand for you as you probably just want to eat donuts and watch poo poo tv. what have you done with your life so far? reply emilie.voirinatgmaildotcom Oh, it's OBVIOUSLY about colors and therefore races. And what have YOU done in your life compared to me, who burned words on a bunch of blocks of wood?
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Dec 11, 2014 23:25
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I think I figured out why I can't figure out Polarity guy's book idea.quote:This means that, speaking linearly, the first moment of time in any given timeline must always be the present, not the past — every conceivable timeline starts with a present moment, then there is a second present moment that looks back at the first present moment and says, "that is the past, relative to me." "Let me be a pedantic gently caress about language to PROVE I am the superior intelligence on this planet." 
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Dec 11, 2014 23:33
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Waffleman_ posted:The creator of the Minimalist Nativity responds to Your Kickstarter Sucks: I'm the kind of sad person this might almost appeal to. An arrangement of blocks that could be immediately identified as a nativity scene could almost be art, showing how the image is in so many peoples' minds. But labeling it completely ruins even that meager value. If you need to label the parts, you are removing the whole point of this exercise in minimalist representation. Then again, if they didn't burn words into them, someone could just buy a cheap set of blocks. I mean, they still can, but it gives an illusion of doing something.
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Dec 11, 2014 23:36
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^^^^exactly, labelling everything is the exact opposite of minimalist design, so it's pretty funnyAraenna posted:Pretty sure if you wrote something you liked, and decided to put it after another bit, you could just retype it from the page in front of you. Like, take that page, hold it next to your typewriter, and type it into the spot in the new page you want it. Can't do that on this piece of poo poo though, since you can only see like, half a paragraph at a time. Seriously, typewriters did have backspace keys, that's why they sold correction ribbon. And before that, white out. And before that, moving the setter back and typing a capital X over any section you don't want. pathetic little tramp has a new favorite as of 23:42 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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Dec 11, 2014 23:39
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Rudager posted:Didn't you watch the video? buy an old thinkpad for 50 bucks open it up Remove the wireless radio receiver delete all applications except notepad (or wordpad if you're feeling SUPER posh) give the other four hundred goddamned dollars to a charity that teaches deprived innercity kids to read and write wait for one of them to write a better book than the introspective navel gazing piece of poo poo you'll invariably churn out
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Dec 12, 2014 00:08
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Did anyone notice this in the rewards on the Hemingwrite? For $45 dollars on top of the price for the machine, they'll give you tools to destroy part of it. A hammer and chisel at Home Depot can't possibly cost anywhere near $45, right?
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Dec 12, 2014 00:18
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Planet Piss posted:Did anyone notice this in the rewards on the Hemingwrite? I think it is a joke. A funny, funny joke. That at some point, someone is going to pay $45 to be part of.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:28
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Planet Piss posted:Did anyone notice this in the rewards on the Hemingwrite? I think you can get a tiny hammer from Home Depot for like $5 and a chisel for like $3, but this train of thought requires creativity and originality, which are not words I would use to describe backers of the Hemingwrite.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:29
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Noyemi K posted:I think I figured out why I can't figure out Polarity guy's book idea. quote:Risks and challenges At least he knows he's an insufferable oval office.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:47
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Rudager posted:Didn't you watch the video? Will this thing also destroy my smartphone? Because if not, it will fail miserably at keeping me not distracted. Also, even if you write some fiction, chances are you will still need to check something on the internet for it. And if you type your Uni assignment on this monster, you don't deserve a passing grade for any subject. E: Here's some more dumb poo poo. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/466157185/tictactoe-madness quote:With this app you have the chance to play tictactoe. It will have 2 basic levels and 1 "crazy mode" level. Paladinus has a new favorite as of 01:11 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Dec 12, 2014 01:05
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Paladinus posted:E: Here's some more dumb poo poo. well he's not going to reveal the "crazy mode" just like that, that's not how idea men make their money
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Dec 12, 2014 02:14
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Is there a kickstarter for a remake of Hugo Gernsback's Isolator yet? It seems perfect for the unique brand of "I'm easily distracted" and "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME" that the Hemingwrite appeals to.
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Dec 12, 2014 02:52
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Waffleman_ posted:The creator of the Minimalist Nativity responds to Your Kickstarter Sucks: e: She's been selling these loving sets for two years, apparently. Why is this even a Kickstarter? sub supau has a new favorite as of 04:00 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Dec 12, 2014 03:40
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Wandering Knitter posted:If only there was a way to look even more pretentious while writing at Starbucks! It's now funded. God please strike down every pretentious shithead that backed this.
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Dec 12, 2014 04:38
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Evil Fluffy posted:It's now funded. God please strike down every pretentious shithead that backed this. kill humans
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Dec 12, 2014 04:41
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Evil Fluffy posted:652 What's wrong with scamming morons?
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Dec 12, 2014 07:36
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RottenK posted:What's wrong with scamming morons? He's not upset at the scammers; he's upset at the morons 
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Dec 12, 2014 07:42
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RottenK posted:What's wrong with scamming morons? Also why the gently caress do such a huge number of these idiots get to have like $400+ to piss away on this poo poo?
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Dec 12, 2014 08:11
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jeez, these people a lion would never spend its money this way
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Dec 12, 2014 08:13
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Paladinus posted:E: Here's some more dumb poo poo. I just went to the Play store on my phone and did a search for "tic tac toe." ...I think we're good and set on that front, Kick starter guy.
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Dec 12, 2014 11:18
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Hey, look who's back: https://wfunder.com/project/185#basics Good thing they learned from their previous campaign and aren't ripping off an IP they don't have any legal rights to this time! ...oh.
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Dec 12, 2014 13:08
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Christian Knudsen posted:Good thing they learned from their previous campaign and aren't ripping off an IP they don't have any legal rights to this time! B-b-b-but! quote:Q. Do you have the rights to use the STALKER name? Dream on.
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Dec 12, 2014 13:12
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Using Epic's logo in the bit where they talk about the game running on UE4 is begging for legal trouble
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Dec 12, 2014 14:14
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kirbysuperstar posted:Dream on. "No, it's a common word! Just ignore the fact that we're mostly ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers and we write the name of the game as STALKER and the logo of the game says S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!"
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Dec 12, 2014 16:45
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Don Gato posted:Is there a kickstarter for a remake of Hugo Gernsback's Isolator yet? It seems perfect for the unique brand of "I'm easily distracted" and "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME" that the Hemingwrite appeals to. Is that a tank of nitrous? Could. . . COULD it be a tank of nitrous? Tell me there's a way to attach this directly to my vape.
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Dec 12, 2014 17:11
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Waffleman_ posted:"No, it's a common word! Just ignore the fact that we're mostly ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers and we write the name of the game as STALKER and the logo of the game says S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!" Hey, isn't this the exact same nerr-nerr-same-word-slight-difference-you-can't-catch-me bullshit that gets freeman tasered outside courtrooms? 
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Dec 12, 2014 18:14
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I'm pretty sure that's the same logic they used when they made Shadow of Chernobyl, since they didn't have the rights to using the movie Stalker they use S.T.A.L.K.E.R. because that's totally different. And since they weren't sued, it worked.PHIZ KALIFA posted:Is that a tank of nitrous? Could. . . COULD it be a tank of nitrous? Tell me there's a way to attach this directly to my vape. I assume that if it comes in a tank, you can hook it up to THE ISOLATOR. Gernsback wont' judge.
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I went to the Kickstarter main page and hit discover and got the Hemingwrite as the first page. Came here to post the gold in the comments section but since you folks have already harped on the thing i'll let it go. Except for this:a backer posted:CONGRATULATIONS !!
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