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The MSJ posted:There's actually another CSI show where a hacker took advantage of a flaw in his victim's internet-connected printer, making it overheat and set the house on fire. Very hosed up that CSI not only ripped off MegaMan Battle Network, but made it somehow more outlandish.
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The General posted:Lighters are unsafe to keep in your house. Awful Kickstarters Vol II: APPLY A PASSWORD TO THE IGNITION
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Feb 21, 2020 13:46
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Do you need a vibrator . . . for your socks? 936 people think they do. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ultrasona/ultrasona-ultrasonic-cleaning-in-the-palm-of-your-hand  Is a hundred bucks too much to give your socks a good time?  This doesn't seem to be a new product, similar things have been around for years (and don't work very well) but this one has captured imaginations and made 25X the original funding goal.
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Feb 26, 2020 03:57
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A washing machine just seems a lot more efficient.
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Feb 26, 2020 04:04
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i feel like there's a visible cut after the countdown finishes and before he takes the socks out
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Feb 26, 2020 04:16
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Yeah that is a cut, there is no way socks can be embedded that deep in water and not be sopping wet when taken out of the bowl. Even if it shook out all the dirt the dirty water would still be soaked into the sock.
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Feb 26, 2020 04:22
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Facebook Aunt posted:Do you need a vibrator . . . for your socks? 936 people think they do. Awful Kickstarters Vol II: where socks happens today
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Feb 26, 2020 04:26
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Oh yeah, loving $100,000 industrial ultrasonic sinks don't somehow magically clean poo poo even if they're immersed in dirty solvent, a souped up version of your mom's vibrator isn't going to magically be better.
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Feb 26, 2020 04:27
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Waffleman_ posted:A washing machine just seems a lot more efficient. But does your washing machine kill 99% percent of bacteria, remove pesticides from produce, and disinfect your toothbrush?    
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Feb 26, 2020 04:32
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Hungry Computer posted:But does your washing machine kill 99% percent of bacteria, remove pesticides from produce, and disinfect your toothbrush? Even if it did, it wouldn't be enough -- cavitation alone isn't capable of killing most fungal spores. Ultrasonic cleaners get lots of use for medical tools, but it's mostly just a pre-wash before everything gets tossed in an autoclave for actual sterilization. (Also, plain old water has too much surface tension and doesn't produce a ton of bubbles, which is why cleaners usually come with surfactant tablets to mix in.)
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Feb 26, 2020 05:00
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Yeah, I reported it for false health claims. In the comments they're claiming that internal testing proves their claims 100%, but they can't get a lab to confirm it right now because of the coronavirus.
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Feb 26, 2020 05:06
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Hungry Computer posted:But does your washing machine kill 99% percent of bacteria, remove pesticides from produce, and disinfect your toothbrush? If it was so easy I'm positive GE would already be packaging it with existing washing machines, its so trivial. The fact they don't inherently proves someone has tested it and found it doesn't help.
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Feb 26, 2020 06:55
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Bold claims of efficiency aside, who in sane mind thought that having a cord going from wall socket right to a bowl of water is okay?
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Feb 26, 2020 10:38
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AntherUslessPoster posted:Bold claims of efficiency aside, who in sane mind thought that having a cord going from wall socket right to a bowl of water is okay? Submermisible pumps/aquarium pumps/filters/heaters....its not really that big of a deal. It's not pumping mains AC into the thing.
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Feb 26, 2020 14:46
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That is a massive plug on that thing. Good luck with that in a small space.
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Feb 26, 2020 14:49
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A "use anywhere" ultrasonic cleaner isn't a bad idea, but they're definitely overselling it.
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Cyril Sneer posted:Submermisible pumps/aquarium pumps/filters/heaters....its not really that big of a deal. It's not pumping mains AC into the thing. Yes you are right, though things you listed are produced and tested by actual engineers who kinda know what they're doing. I just think its a bad idea to rely on people who are funding an idea they clearly only thought on levels of 'that would be cool' and ordered a prototype in china.
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AntherUslessPoster posted:Yes you are right, though things you listed are produced and tested by actual engineers who kinda know what they're doing. It's a literal off-the-shelf component (that probably explains the bulkiness of the power supply).
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Feb 26, 2020 15:32
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Been out of the Kickstarter business for a while (no disposable income), so I took a browse today. I was pleasantly surprised to see our our friend SAFE Helmet Bubble Hat is still at it! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1401357387/safe-helmet-bubble-hat?ref=discovery_category_newest He has a $50,000 goal with a single pledge tier of $1, which is limited to 100 backers. You would think by this point he might at least have some clue how Kickstarter works. Oh, and the video has somehow gotten worse.
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This week's Dollop is about Doug Evans and Juciero. I'm an hour in, they just got to his desire to get rid of flies at his company thru catch and release pest control. And there are still 40 minutes left in the podcast. Wow.
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Feb 26, 2020 16:16
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RandomPauI posted:The Dollop Speaking of lovely unscrupulous crowdfunding guys.
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Sleeveless posted:Speaking of lovely unscrupulous crowdfunding guys. What'd they do
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I remember they got absolutely rinsed for basically just reading out other peoples articles and research without citing it, and then when they were called out on it, blamed the fact that they didn't have a website on which they could post the sources? None of this was ever referenced on the podcast, and the most egregious episodes were simply deleted from the feed. I've not heard of any crowdfunding issues before.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:24
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Yeah they basically just read other people's work into a microphone without ever mentioning the people or source material that actually provide the source content. They got called out on it and acted supremely lovely about it. It's the podcast version of being paid in exposure, except there wasn't even any exposure.
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Feb 27, 2020 01:35
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Yeah that’s always bothered me about their whole format. At least the MBMBAM guys cite the users they quote.
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iospace posted:A "use anywhere" ultrasonic cleaner isn't a bad idea, but they're definitely overselling it. Yeah, I got one off kickstarter a year or so ago and it’s great for jewelry and small stuff.
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Feb 27, 2020 02:49
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Dollop extensively cites sources now, and has for some time. They handled it lousily when it first came up but seem fine about it now.
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Feb 27, 2020 04:29
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I can't say if this game is awful or not because I'm too distracted by the art. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nordicravengames/crowded-cave     
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Feb 27, 2020 05:03
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Pretty sure the title should be efficacy not efficiency.
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Feb 27, 2020 05:10
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It's true, not even the legendarily multi-layered systems in Breath of the Wild let you eat fairies to gain power. Looks like Nordic Raven finally does what Nintendon't!
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FirstAidKite posted:I can't say if this game is awful or not because I'm too distracted by the art. So...was this made by OddOne?
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I regret to inform you that the art may have in fact been done by an actual literal child and so now I feel somewhat bad for laughing at it.
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Captain Hygiene posted:It's true, not even the legendarily multi-layered systems in Breath of the Wild let you eat fairies to gain power. Looks like Nordic Raven finally does what Nintendon't! Yeah there's a real lack of Vore in mainstream games.
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H2SO4 posted:Yeah they basically just read other people's work into a microphone without ever mentioning the people or source material that actually provide the source content. They got called out on it and acted supremely lovely about it. Yeah, they were bringing in five figures a month on Patreon with the justification that they had to spend so much time researching the material of their show. And then when it came out that they were literally just plagiarizing everything word for word from other websites they had a meltdown and simultaneously claimed that it wasn't true, that they were comedians so it was OK for them to plagiarize because them obnoxiously chortling over the reading was what they were paid for, and declaring that it was fair use to plagiarize because it was about historical events and you can't own history maaaan. neongrey posted:Dollop extensively cites sources now, and has for some time. They handled it lousily when it first came up but seem fine about it now. Getting famous enough off of plagiarism that when you eventually get caught you can just crowdsource your original resource to a bunch of unpaid fans does not in any way make up for how lovely they are, if anything it makes it even worse. Especially when their entire brand is built around chastising public figures for acting badly and dedicating increasingly longer segments of their show to absolutely humorless rants about how unjust it is that unscrupulous people are allowed to flourish in our society, they're just as lovely and fake as any of the people they call out.
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FirstAidKite posted:I regret to inform you that the art may have in fact been done by an actual literal child and so now I feel somewhat bad for laughing at it. Original character do not steal
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Facebook Aunt posted:Yeah there's a real lack of Vore in mainstream games. Let me show you this here Attack on Titan video game...
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Facebook Aunt posted:Yeah there's a real lack of Vore in mainstream games. Kirby games exist though?
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Dragon’s Dogma shines once again.
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The Lone Badger posted:Pretty sure the title should be efficacy not efficiency. You're 100% right from a linguistic standpoint but not from the "directly quoting a post from this thread" one 
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