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uncurable mlady posted:amazon results for fidget cube: 1071 results I should buy the cheapest one and put it on my desk and see who gets upset e: did it, spent less than $4 minivanmegafun fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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uncurable mlady posted:amazon results for fidget cube: 1071 results
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but do the fidget cubes connect to the internet? people want online fidget leaderboards and poo poo fidgetcube-based social media sites dating sites for people with similar fidget habits to find each other and connect cyberfidget
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Feb 8, 2017 05:30
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combine internet-enabled fidget cube with teledildonics one nerd's obsessive habit is another nerd's pleasure
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Feb 8, 2017 05:32
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welcome to fidgt, the fidget cube based hookup app.
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fidg.it a fidg this then that for repetitive stress
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Sagebrush posted:it's a neat little pointless thing. all of the parts "work" fine. i wish everything inside was hooked up to a microcontroller so you could use it as a bizarre cyberpunk input device. set up a kickstarter for it, then cancel the project in a huff when the first chinese knockoff beats you to market. then buy the knockoff.
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Sagebrush posted:e: realistically, the more i look at this the more i think there's probably space to fit all the electronics you'd need for at least half the "controls". put in like a 60mAh battery and an ultra-low-power uC and an NRF24 radio chip and you could do it. it'd be a squeeze, but I think it's possible. can't wait for someone to kickstart the "smart fidget cube" and get slaughtered when assembly is several multiples of the BOM cost
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Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:set up a kickstarter for it, then cancel the project in a huff when the first chinese knockoff beats you to market. then buy the knockoff. yea this
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p deece 6 fidgies
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Silver Alicorn posted:p deece 6 fidgies
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Silver Alicorn posted:p deece 6 fidgies
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https://twitter.com/TalesOfGames/status/829525126676770816
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2001: a gun's odyssey
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one day i will play barkley
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Improbable Lobster posted:one day i will play barkley
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Meat Beat Agent posted:2001: a gun's odyssey two thousand and gun
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What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. What else does it do? Well: quote:LOVE turns counterclockwise on a still record. It can be controlled by a smartphone to play records, skip and repeat tracks, alter the volume, and even select different RPM speeds. It is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi compatible. quote:LOVE maintains the intimacy of vinyl and the organic, natural melodies specific to analog sound that we all love. Luckily the audiophile quality they're using is just 44kHz 16 bit, not even what DVDs can do. So for those into music, you can turn your vinyl into cd audio, have crackles inserted in, stream it over bluetooth to speakers and then have to pry the thing open when the battery dies mid record, assuming the electronic tracking and weight this will probably apply doesn't eat through the records first.
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evilcat posted:What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. im not seeing anything that says it adds extra crackles or pops in, just that it doesn't filter them out
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I remember an interview with a guy who back in the 70's was going to enter a Popular Mechanics april fool's contest where the most plausible (but fake) product got like a $500 prize or something. He designed up a turntable where the arm was on a linear guide for better fidelity, no change of angle, 100% better bullshit etc. He said he was literally opening the mail slot to deposit the envelope with his entry and stopped before dropping it in, because he thought "poo poo, it's a lot of money and I really should go that extra mile". He figured he'd call up some record stores and pitch it. If he fooled them, he was confident he had a winner. Well he called a bunch of places up and not only did they believe it was real, they were excited about it and wanted to buy them. He hung up the phone after an afternoon of calling around and figured, "Well poo poo, I better just build the drat things." And he did 
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evilcat posted:What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. this has the stench of behar on it
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exploded mummy posted:this has the stench of behar on it
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anthonypants posted:his name, too lol i didnt even scroll down that far
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Mister Sinewave posted:I remember an interview with a guy who back in the 70's was going to enter a Popular Mechanics april fool's contest where the most plausible (but fake) product got like a $500 prize or something. that mans a hero
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His name? Albert Einstein. (no really if you can recall anything else about it it'd be great, I'm not having much luck with google)
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Okay how about an apple watch? Meh. ...for gamers. *gets funded instantly* https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/717828519/gameband-the-first-smartwatch-for-gamers/
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 i'm the ugly leather in first-gen zune brown with first-gen zune green stitching
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i'm the lint between the screen and body. actually i was always this, even before this kickstarter
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Synthbuttrange posted:His name? Albert Einstein. (no really if you can recall anything else about it it'd be great, I'm not having much luck with google) I can't find mention of the interview you mentioned but Woody Norris seems to be the person who claims to be the inventor of the linear tracking tone-arm. Unfortunately if he was the one in the interview you are remembering, he is also one of those "serial inventor/entrepreneur" types and it is a good idea to ignore their stories about how they came up with their ideas because they are almost invariably extremely loose with the truth in order to make the story fit their desired image. normally it is one of the following: "I just came up with it while not trying and it turned out to be an amazing idea, it happens all the time because I'm so smart", "everyone else didn't even know there was a problem but I am so smart I just recognized the solution when I saw it", and "oh it was just something I was fiddling with on the side to keep my smartness smartly smarting while I was working on bigger smart things".
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evilcat posted:What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. how did they manage to make the thing that actually looked absolutely beautiful in my mind that ugly and impractical? i am sort of charmed by the idea of making a record player where you can basically put the record down anywhere on a pedestal, and an articulated arm plays it while it stays still. well, or even reading it optically and having no moving parts. all in all a lot of room to make something that looks actually striking (and the entire point of vinyl is of course the style)
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Shifty Pony posted:I can't find mention of the interview you mentioned but Woody Norris seems to be the person who claims to be the inventor of the linear tracking tone-arm. Yes it was Woody Norris (I knew it was Woody something, looked it up.) He does tell a good story but he does also sound legit bright and capable because he does have a number of successful products under his belt. It's kind of like what you said but one thing I remember him saying was a sort-of self-depracating/bragging thing about he tends to get carried away and overpromise then is stuck actually having to deliver. Also a good story though. His advice to other inventors was great. Paraphrasing but it was basically "stop worrying that someone will steal your idea and just loving get your patent (if applicable) and just make it already."
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:well, or even reading it optically and having no moving parts. all in all a lot of room to make something that looks actually striking (and the entire point of vinyl is of course the style) that way it could detect if the record's sound had any malignant frequencies that would shake apart the player and it could defensively re-configure itself to have different harmonics
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evilcat posted:What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. don't stop, i'm almost there
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:well, or even reading it optically and having no moving parts. all in all a lot of room to make something that looks actually striking (and the entire point of vinyl is of course the style) optical record players exist but the mechanisms involved are surprisingly complex.
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Shifty Pony posted:optical record players exist but the mechanisms involved are surprisingly complex. i heard they're finally making them such that they work on picture discs and odd colored discs in general tho
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quote:Behar has four children; Sky (born 2007) from a prior relationship and Sylver (born 2011), Soleyl (born 2014), and Saylor (born 2016) with his fiancee Sabrina Buell.[39] His children both have the letter Y in their name to honor his father, Henry. Synker, Saylor, Soldyer, Spy.
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evilcat posted:What do kickstarter turntables need? One that holds the lightweight record still and spins the entire player around it while maintaining a constant speed, proper tracking, bluetooth and phone control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abUcpCtMke0
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fishmech posted:i heard they're finally making them such that they work on picture discs and odd colored discs in general tho did they solve the dust problem yet?
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