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Zaphod42 posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1243275397/air-umbrella CNET was shilling this poo poo years before Kickstarter was even a thing. I wish I gave enough of a poo poo to resurrect the "lol at designers who have never been in the same room as an engineer" thread from PYF because the thing is that this insane pie-in-the-sky impractical futurist minimalist bullshit has been around forever, it's just never had a platform to cross over from the circlejerk that is the design community until KS came along. ...of SCIENCE! has a new favorite as of 01:39 on Oct 14, 2014 |
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Rudager posted:To be honest, I laughed at the thought of some oblivious guy blowing ran in other people faces with his dildo as he walks down the street with a big poo poo eating grin. I would fund at a pretty high tier if I could be certain I would always be that guy.
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Subjunctive posted:I would fund at a pretty high tier if I could be certain I would always be that guy. Straight up. If it worked I'd loving well buy two.
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The most ideas product there ever was. If it worked why isn't it at the Sharper Image already 
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pathetic little tramp posted:It's a pice of tape you put over the ethernet port isn't it. Finally, a worthy successor to the nvidia motherboard firewall that bluescreened your pc whenever it received incoming network traffic.
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Zaphod42 posted:Hilariously CNet totally bought into the idea and wrote an article all about it: Cnet posted:it would eliminate that annoying inside-out thing normal umbrellas do in high winds. Because there's no way high winds would interfere with an umbrella which relies on moving air to blow rain away...
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One of my friends is going nuts about the anonabox (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/), but I'm skeptical. Can someone tell me if there's anything wrong with it? Aside from the fact that Tor is obviously not as anonymous as they say it is, given all the people who've been arrested for using Silk Road.
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Rosalind posted:One of my friends is going nuts about the anonabox (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/), but I'm skeptical. Can someone tell me if there's anything wrong with it? Aside from the fact that Tor is obviously not as anonymous as they say it is, given all the people who've been arrested for using Silk Road. You probably want to be running Tor in a VM of some kind that you can nuke if there's trouble. When the chinapolice burst in on you for your political dissidence, a hardware Tor box is kinda hard proof that you're the guy. It's also prevent you from running your connection through any additional proxies before connecting to Tor. Also I think purchasing a piece of hardware specifically for connecting to Tor would probably put you on the same watchlists as downloading it in any area that's actively trying to track Tor users.
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Rosalind posted:One of my friends is going nuts about the anonabox (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/), but I'm skeptical. Can someone tell me if there's anything wrong with it? Aside from the fact that Tor is obviously not as anonymous as they say it is, given all the people who've been arrested for using Silk Road. Biggest issue with a device like this is that people will use it for everything they do online, which means both polluting your anonymous use with logins to your actual facebook account etc, and allowing bad end nodes to steal your unencrypted traffic. If you're some kind of revolutionary or dissident or whatever, you need to separate your compromising online activity from your normal online activity completely, and a device like this does nothing to help that.
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Seems like a cool idea at least, but this made me laugh: "buy our box and become completely anonymous online!" quote:Pledge $51 or more
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The Supreme Court posted:Seems like a cool idea at least, but this made me laugh: Clearly this is just an excellent honeytrap.
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Rosalind posted:One of my friends is going nuts about the anonabox (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router/), but I'm skeptical. Can someone tell me if there's anything wrong with it? Aside from the fact that Tor is obviously not as anonymous as they say it is, given all the people who've been arrested for using Silk Road. Here's what's wrong with it: Your computer, which you would presumably connect to this router, is capable of doing the exact same thing for free. The idea I guess is that its idiot-proof security, but there is no such loving thing. "For $50 we will download this free software for you" Zaphod42 has a new favorite as of 21:29 on Oct 14, 2014 |
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I just want to say that 'anonabox' sounds like another monstrous masturbatory device.
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Paladinus posted:I just want to say that 'anonabox' sounds like another monstrous masturbatory device. You're getting confused with the Onanobox.
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Paladinus posted:I just want to say that 'anonabox' sounds like another monstrous masturbatory device. I must be getting old, because to me it sounds like one of those things (beige box, etc) that you'd use to steal phone service from people.
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Apparently this "Anonabox" is just ripping off some already existing Chinese made product, here's some quoted info from a reddit post:quote:Hi guys,
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homewrecker posted:Apparently this "Anonabox" is just ripping off some already existing Chinese made product, here's some quoted info from a reddit post: It shouldn't be a surprise, 90% of the electronic devices (that are technically possible anyway) on Kickstarter follow that exact same business model.
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Oh hey guys it's the potato salad of programming https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408326236/hello-world-0 except this guy will get no money ironically
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:You probably want to be running Tor in a VM of some kind that you can nuke if there's trouble. When the chinapolice burst in on you for your political dissidence, a hardware Tor box is kinda hard proof that you're the guy. Computer security and encryption are complicated things, and the situation you've described is too difficult for most people. A physical device that sits between your PC and the internet and somehow makes everything safe, is simple enough to understand. Because computers are magic to most. But it's not actually very secure as you've just pointed out. It's depressing to see how much money has been thrown at it, but it does show that there's a need/want for such a simple solution. Stick Insect has a new favorite as of 02:33 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Zaphod42 posted:Here's what's wrong with it: Your computer, which you would presumably connect to this router, is capable of doing the exact same thing for free. For $19.99 I will ship you this Ubuntu starter pack dvd
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Alan Smithee posted:Oh hey guys it's the potato salad of programming The tragic thing is he might have raised a few his initial goal if he set his initial goal to $5 and priced his tiers lower.
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homewrecker posted:Apparently this "Anonabox" is just ripping off some already existing Chinese made product, here's some quoted info from a reddit post: I told you. Typefaces can hint to a lot of stuff sometimes.
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Urgh got one for a maid cafe https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ichigo-cosplay-cafe quote:Ichigo Cafe: Edmonton's only Maid and Cosplay Cafe! So this isn't even to open one, it's to raise money for a better one which isn't a dump. However my favorite part is the $1000.00 "stalker" package quote:
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Shadoer posted:Urgh got one for a maid cafe "Edmonton's Only" doesn't typically convey a strong message of economic viability.
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Shadoer posted:Urgh got one for a maid cafe God drat I want to comment and call him a creep, but like hell am I donating a dollar.
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Tiberius Thyben posted:God drat I want to comment and call him a creep, but like hell am I donating a dollar. Yeah same here... then again with a comment like this, it's so tempting quote:As a contributor to this I will say that THIS WILL HAPPEN!
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Shadoer posted:Urgh got one for a maid cafe This is a fetish thing, isn't it.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:This is a fetish thing, isn't it. Pretty much, yeah.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:This is a fetish thing, isn't it. The way it's been described to me is that it's a way for people to feel "dominant" over a person and have every need of yours taken care of, but are too squeamish to say get smashed at a strip bar or something. So whereas a stripbar you can pay for a lap dance, at a maidcafe you can apparently pay a maid to stare "longingly into your eyes".
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Shadoer posted:at a maidcafe you can apparently pay a maid to stare "longingly into your eyes". She'll call you "master" and draw a love heart on your omelette with ketchup 
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At least here in Taiwan, maid cafes are quite popular with Serious Businesspeople. They can go in and meet with whoever and talk about whatever in confidence because they know no-one is going to listen to anyone who says "I was in a maid cafe and overheard...."
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Tiberius Thyben posted:God drat I want to comment and call him a creep, but like hell am I donating a dollar. the $1000 tier seems like it would bite them in the rear end. Anyone obsessed enough to donate a grand to this poo poo is likely gonna be a) unpleasant in some way and b) coming into that cafe a LOT. like every day. And there are ten available. Imagine having ten weird guys in at once ALL of whom are there without paying, all of whom get to choose which poor girl is serving them (which probably means trouble with overlapping demands for the one Asian employee) and all of whom are getting free tea and cake *each visit* (not a total store credit that they work through till it's gone, but each visit, forever). Hell, I'd pay a grand for LIFETIME store credit EACH VISIT at a cafe, get a coffee each day before work and you've paid for it in like 6 months, but they still have to feed your rear end for literally the rest of your life. Assuming it's enough credit to get a drink that is, it could just be a lovely discount
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Electric Bugaloo posted:This is a fetish thing, isn't it. It's Hooters for paedophiles. Replace 'master' with 'daddy' and you'd have the exact same experience without the thin veneer of acceptability.
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You know, I was thinking this thing was probably a scam since I couldn't find facebook or website link on their campaign site. Like you'd think that if they've been open for a while, they'd list it. Welp... after a bit of google it turns out it is sort of a scam as this maid cafe has been an "event" held a few times on Sunday at a place called "Sporty's Soup and Sandwich". https://www.facebook.com/Sportysedmonton There's also no mention of the kickstarter there. So either the owner is A) Turning his cafe into a maid cafe B) The guy running the event is using the money from Indiegogo to start his own cafe. C) The owner wants free money and part of the motivation for this is that as the Maid Cafe is an "event" that falls sometime on Sunday, stuff like a "Credit every time you come to the cafe" becomes more financially manageable.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:This is a fetish thing, isn't it. It kind of is. But at the same time not necessarily. Japan's 'culture of cuteness' is weird. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIFqfOFVhA E: that said, importing this aspect of Japanese culture out of its original context is invariably creepy. Paladinus has a new favorite as of 13:15 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Paladinus posted:E: that said, importing this aspect of Japanese culture out of its original context is invariably creepy. yeah those 20yo girls cheering like babies at a fifty year old journalist and calling him my lord is really not creepy and embarrassing
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Shadoer posted:You know, I was thinking this thing was probably a scam since I couldn't find facebook or website link on their campaign site. Like you'd think that if they've been open for a while, they'd list it. They have a tumblr: http://ichigomaidcafe.tumblr.com/about posted:About the Cafe! So you'd have to really earn the name to get the value out of that $1000 stalker package.
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