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steinrokkan posted:I don't claim I have an explanation, I just know - thanks to the F+ podcast - that furries pay for porn, even if its just lovely comics. Yeah, from everything I've heard from online artists who do any sort of commission, furries are always fantastic clients who are willing to pay well and often for their own weirdly specific porn. It's good money, apparently, if you are willing to suspend your sense of taste and dignity.
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# ? May 14, 2024 22:49 |
PAPYRUS AUUUGHHHHH
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 14:24 |
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Yeah, from everything I've heard from online artists who do any sort of commission, furries are always fantastic clients who are willing to pay well and often for their own weirdly specific porn. It's good money, apparently, if you are willing to suspend your sense of taste and dignity. In the a/t furry thread it was also established that although they are likely to promise good pay, they habitually blow off payment and often try to be really overbearingly nice to the artist in order to fish for price cuts. Anyway just some cautionary tales about making furry porn.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 14:38 |
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Hoped for an Undertale rip-off, was disappointed.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 14:40 |
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$800 seems a bit light for a deck of card illustrations, box art, publishing and shipping this boring-looking game.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 15:02 |
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Prop Wash posted:In the a/t furry thread it was also established that although they are likely to promise good pay, they habitually blow off payment and often try to be really overbearingly nice to the artist in order to fish for price cuts. Anyway just some cautionary tales about making furry porn. Is that thread still around?
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 15:09 |
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Morglon posted:Why would people pay for any kind of porn? Don't they know how to use google?
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 16:02 |
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Manuel Calavera posted:Is that thread still around? no. thank god.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 16:21 |
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the idea of a furry scrimping and saving for bespoke porn is- what's the term for something that's absolutely tragic and hilarious at the same time?
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 16:23 |
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Germstore posted:the idea of a furry scrimping and saving for bespoke porn is- what's the term for something that's absolutely tragic and hilarious at the same time? flichenschämen
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 16:26 |
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Manuel Calavera posted:Is that thread still around? just PM lizard wizard if you feel like you need to find out more
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 16:54 |
Anyone remember Ritot, the projection watch? It was funded a year ago with ~$1.7m and they're still updating. Here's a recent picture:quote:Dear Friends! bitterandtwisted has a new favorite as of 17:18 on Oct 11, 2015 |
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 17:15 |
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wow.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 17:24 |
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lol. "Our new strategy is to just sell Raspberry Pis."
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 17:44 |
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bitterandtwisted posted:Anyone remember Ritot, the projection watch? It was funded a year ago with ~$1.7m and they're still updating. Here's a recent picture: so i'm not a software or hardware developer but when developing something where the point is for it to be wristwatch-sized, is it an issue that they're going to get all the software and hardware development basically finalized before attempting to miniaturize any of it?
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 17:53 |
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Prop Wash posted:so i'm not a software or hardware developer but when developing something where the point is for it to be wristwatch-sized, is it an issue that they're going to get all the software and hardware development basically finalized before attempting to miniaturize any of it? I guess the software isn't going to be a lot different on smaller hardware with the same specs ? e: not a real issue since both won't exist unpacked robinhood has a new favorite as of 18:00 on Oct 11, 2015 |
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Yeah, from everything I've heard from online artists who do any sort of commission, furries are always fantastic clients who are willing to pay well and often for their own weirdly specific porn. It's good money, apparently, if you are willing to suspend your sense of taste and dignity. Where do they even get all that money?
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Unguided posted:Where do they even get all that money? When you never go outside it's easy to have spare money.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 18:50 |
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Unguided posted:Where do they even get all that money? Because they sold the drat thing with 3D product renders and Photoshopped stock images of models wearing the thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3D0Bx9y1I
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 19:10 |
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Young Freud posted:Because they sold the drat thing with 3D product renders and Photoshopped stock images of models wearing the thing. Now that they've released photos of the actual prototype I guess we should update those product render images: Lookin' good!
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 19:26 |
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If you want to read some electronics engineers' comments on the Ritot - EEV Forum. Also, they're selling the watches for $199, but just one part of the micro projector they plan to use costs $100 wholesale. 8,918 backers but only 1,063 rewards claimed seems kind of suspicious too.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 22:01 |
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Prop Wash posted:so i'm not a software or hardware developer but when developing something where the point is for it to be wristwatch-sized, is it an issue that they're going to get all the software and hardware development basically finalized before attempting to miniaturize any of it? No, that's perfectly fine. You typically develop hardware and software together to save time. The first prototypes are just built using standard components and look pretty much like the one seen. The first Intel Mac was a PC with a bit of soldering and the first iPhone was a G3 Mac. You then go down in size using custom print and later custom chips (if needed). This is a prototype that - wrongly assuming it's not a scam - won't be ready for years.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 22:39 |
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klafbang posted:The first Intel Mac was a PC with a bit of soldering and the first iPhone was a G3 Mac. The first Intel Mac was an off the shelf PC in the mid 90s, no special soldering needed. And a G3 Mac was the first iPhone prototype only in as much as the first Boeing 787 was a Unix workstation.
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 22:43 |
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Somebody on Reddit called out the razor laser . "As men of science", the creators came up and were buried in comments asking them how the gently caress they can possibly argue this will work. https://www.reddit.com/r/kickstarter/comments/3n59gt/scam_alert_the_wildly_successful_skarp_laser/
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 22:49 |
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Even the projector alone is too big. I'm pretty confident TI had it as small as it's going to get.
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I thought the ritot guys where successful eastern European scammers who went silent one or two years ago but they surfaced to post this ? This is hilarious
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 22:57 |
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I'm not so sure this indiegogo campaign is legit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/far-infrared-relieve-roller-1-to-4-hrs-of-relief#/
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# ? Oct 11, 2015 23:06 |
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Prop Wash posted:I'm not so sure this indiegogo campaign is legit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/far-infrared-relieve-roller-1-to-4-hrs-of-relief#/ Not surprised they've started by getting it patented in various east Asian places, they're crazy for these magical roller things promising completely unrealistic benefits. Dunno if they're "Far Infrared" though, but I can only assume that makes it more magical and science-y.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 03:14 |
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I'm pretty sure "far infrared" is just code for "it has a heating element, so it warms the area" in this case
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Nintendo Kid posted:I'm pretty sure "far infrared" is just code for "it has a heating element, so it warms the area" in this case Yeah, that's what I was guessing. I mean I'm sure it would be lovely, in the same way that a neck massage and a hot water bottle is lovely. If it works. Actually, has anyone tried combining a hot water bottle and a massage roller? If not, I've got an idea for a great new Kickstarter.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 03:36 |
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If I'm reading the page right it's an unpowered device.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 03:38 |
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senrath posted:If I'm reading the page right it's an unpowered device. Maybe you do literally pour hot water into it then
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 03:50 |
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Prop Wash posted:In the a/t furry thread it was also established that although they are likely to promise good pay, they habitually blow off payment and often try to be really overbearingly nice to the artist in order to fish for price cuts. Anyway just some cautionary tales about making furry porn. This is every lovely human being ever, furry or not, for porn or not. I've read enough stories about people who do any kind of work for money on their own coming across one of those.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 06:50 |
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Prop Wash posted:so i'm not a software or hardware developer but when developing something where the point is for it to be wristwatch-sized, is it an issue that they're going to get all the software and hardware development basically finalized before attempting to miniaturize any of it? Nah, the same circuit can be done as a PCB or a chip and doing the latter is going to make it several factors of ten smaller inherently. Its not really uncommon to test the idea with a big sized version first. That said, I called bullshit on the projector when it was an active campaign because projection technology that works at that angle and clarity literally doesn't exist. Miniaturizing the components is the least of their problems. To deliver on their kickstarter like the video promised they'd have to revolutionize image projection technology to the point where they could just licence it to Apple or Xerox or whoever for millions of dollars and there'd be no reason to run a kickstarter for a dumb watch. But they definitely can't do that. Its a whole ton of work that's just going to result in a really smeared image. (Actually they'll just never deliver)
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 16:39 |
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still not half as bad as the cicret, the amazing smart watch that can project dark.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 16:46 |
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Germstore posted:still not half as bad as the cicret, the amazing smart watch that can project dark. They're website is a worpress blog. I always trust revolutionary tech companies that can't design a website on their own.
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# ? Oct 12, 2015 16:53 |
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http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/cicret.asp The Cicret somehow actually does exist. It's just that, uh, right now in its current stage it looks like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuLwPZrOH5Q
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Germstore posted:still not half as bad as the cicret, the amazing smart watch that can project dark. Never heard about black light?
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CJacobs posted:http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/cicret.asp Yep, this is exactly the "smeared image" I was describing. Design whatever wristwatch shape you want but if the image looks like rear end nobody's gonna want one.
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Zaphod42 posted:Yep, this is exactly the "smeared image" I was describing. dunno, I thought the VR ZONE video game system was pretty cool when I was 8. I'm sure someone somewhere will pay money for the gimmick of fleshphones.
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