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Unsurprisingly, the user comments page on the Rokblok kickstarter is full of "This sucks, it sounds terrible and has inconsistent speed" comments just posted within the past couple of days. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinkdonut/rokblok-a-new-spin-on-vinyl/comments
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Isn't that clearly intended to just be a toy? Why are people mad it's not audiophile equipment?
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Jan 7, 2018 17:45
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TheGreasyStrangler posted:Isn't that clearly intended to just be a toy? No.
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Jan 7, 2018 19:31
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even if it was, it sounds like real trash and is great for destroying records. I don't think anybody would request 'audiophile' sound from it, just 'acceptable' would probably make the novelty ok. But that's beyond dollar store tinny.
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Jan 7, 2018 19:34
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Fanged Lawn Wormy posted:I don't think anybody would request 'audiophile' sound from it, just 'acceptable' would probably make the novelty ok. But that's beyond dollar store tinny. It's easy to argue it's not worth the money but even the pitch videos have it sounding tinny as hell.
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Jan 7, 2018 20:05
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TheGreasyStrangler posted:Isn't that clearly intended to just be a toy? Why are people mad it's not audiophile equipment? The original VW hippie bus things from the 70s were intended to just be a toy thing you'd use with records you didn't care about. But they cost the equivalent of about $15-$20 today so it was also toy prices. This thing costs like $89 or more when its not on sale, sounds worse, and rips up your records more than the shoddy 70s toy, which it should have been at least as good at playing records as.
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Jan 7, 2018 20:29
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TheGreasyStrangler posted:It's easy to argue it's not worth the money but even the pitch videos have it sounding tinny as hell. It's not just the onboard speakers. One of the big selling points and only real change from the classic $20 toy from the 60s was the Bluetooth capability and it's objectively terrible at playing the record regardless of speakers, the follow-up video Techmoan put has a comparison of the RokBlok and a regular turntable both using the same Bluetooth speakers and it's hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjDXgPDU94&t=44s Even if it's a toy, buying a toy that doesn't work sucks. Especially when it costs $100.
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Jan 7, 2018 20:43
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That is comically bad.
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Jan 8, 2018 00:53
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Guy Mann posted:It's not just the onboard speakers. One of the big selling points and only real change from the classic $20 toy from the 60s was the Bluetooth capability and it's objectively terrible at playing the record regardless of speakers, the follow-up video Techmoan put has a comparison of the RokBlok and a regular turntable both using the same Bluetooth speakers and it's hilarious. I like how the "antenna" apparently isn't actually attached to anything because everything bluetooth just uses a trace on the circuit board.
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Jan 8, 2018 01:19
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You can see the BT trace antenna in the video too.
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Jan 8, 2018 01:33
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C.M. Kruger posted:I like how the "antenna" apparently isn't actually attached to anything because everything bluetooth just uses a trace on the circuit board. I thought that was the start/stop switch, the idea being that turning it off by sticking your hand out was easier than having to pick it up again.
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Little safe: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ikeyp-the-world-s-smartest-personal-safe-smartphone-health--3 Is really lovely: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-42634501/ces-2018-ikeyp-smart-safe-proves-easy-to-crack-open
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Jan 10, 2018 20:43
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Phanatic posted:Little safe: Pro-click. You'd think that the issue with a wi-fi safe would be haxxxx but ...nah.
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Jan 10, 2018 20:58
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drat, I didn't think to account for the camera man.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:01
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Phanatic posted:Little safe: Amazing.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:06
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Phanatic posted:Little safe:  a safe made of cheap plastic is easy to open?
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Jan 10, 2018 21:09
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Most consumer grade safe are pretty bad. Safes that aren't easily broken into cost $$$$ though, and even a lovely safe will deter casual burglars most of the time if you've properly secured it to something. So like, iunno, better than nothing. Except that one, which may as well be nothing.
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ReidRansom posted:Most consumer grade safe are pretty bad. Safes that aren't easily broken into cost $$$$ though, and even a lovely safe will deter casual burglars most of the time if you've properly secured it to something. So like, iunno, better than nothing. Except that one, which may as well be nothing. Without even knowing the secret, one look at it makes me think a single hit with a sledge hammer could easily crack open the housing.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:22
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Iron Crowned posted:Without even knowing the secret, one look at it makes me think a single hit with a sledge hammer could easily crack open the housing. Sledgehammer is being generous. This looks like something that would crack from a regular claw hammer, if not something even worse or smaller. Like, maybe a drop from a mild height.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:34
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SpacePig posted:Sledgehammer is being generous. This looks like something that would crack from a regular claw hammer, if not something even worse or smaller. Like, maybe a drop from a mild height. I like destruction
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ReidRansom posted:Most consumer grade safe are pretty bad. Safes that aren't easily broken into cost $$$$ though, and even a lovely safe will deter casual burglars most of the time if you've properly secured it to something. So like, iunno, better than nothing. Except that one, which may as well be nothing. This is absolutely true. Most consumer safes/gun safes/etc aren't actually safes, they're "Residential Security Containers." The UL rating is that they're supposed to defeat entry for a period of five minutes by someone armed with a short prybar or small sledgehammer. So really they're about as secure as a locking gang box on a job site. Real safes get up into the thousands of dollars and weigh enough that you have to start being concerned about floor loading. Really, if the metal on your safe is measured in gauge rather than in fractions of an inch, it's not a safe. But this thing? Jesus. Yes, that feeble friction arm will really keep it secure in a cupboard.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:41
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Phanatic posted:This is absolutely true. Most consumer safes/gun safes/etc aren't actually safes, they're "Residential Security Containers." The UL rating is that they're supposed to defeat entry for a period of five minutes by someone armed with a short prybar or small sledgehammer. So really they're about as secure as a locking gang box on a job site. Real safes get up into the thousands of dollars and weigh enough that you have to start being concerned about floor loading. Really, if the metal on your safe is measured in gauge rather than in fractions of an inch, it's not a safe. You could attach it with some wood screws through the back of the housing
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Iron Crowned posted:I like destruction I mean, if your aim is to destroy both the safe and the things inside, then by all means go to town.
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Iron Crowned posted:You could attach it with some wood screws through the back of the housing And then easily yank it right off of the wood screws because the body is ABS plastic. All I can think of that this is useful for is to stop a housesitter or babysitter from stealing your meds. It's the ultimate in "locks are for honest people," because it's sure not keeping anyone who wants to steal it from stealing it.
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Jan 10, 2018 21:48
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Phanatic posted:And then easily yank it right off of the wood screws because the body is ABS plastic. And at that point you can get a sturdier box for cheaper.
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But does that sturdier, cheaper box have wifi capabilities to let me know that somebody stole my safe?
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Jan 10, 2018 22:25
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The most useful security feature on my gun safe is that it's heavy enough that you'd need, like, 4 guys to carry it. The two locks are probably really goddamn simple to pick.
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Jan 10, 2018 22:51
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Phanatic posted:Little safe: I wonder if they'll make a new version that's Fonzie proof
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Phanatic posted:Little safe: 
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If you're a regular person the pretty much the only real use you'll get out of a safe is being able to provide plausible deniability against a cop searching your home or car without your consent and in that case this works just as well as anything I guess.
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I would say rather that the primary purpose of safes for most people is that you get one that's rated against fire and water damage for X length of time, and put your important documents in there so that hopefully your poo poo won't get burned out by the time the fire crew can show up and take care of things.
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fishmech posted:I would say rather that the primary purpose of safes for most people is that you get one that's rated against fire and water damage for X length of time, and put your important documents in there so that hopefully your poo poo won't get burned out by the time the fire crew can show up and take care of things. This is completely correct.
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fishmech posted:I would say rather that the primary purpose of safes for most people is that you get one that's rated against fire and water damage for X length of time, and put your important documents in there so that hopefully your poo poo won't get burned out by the time the fire crew can show up and take care of things.
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Phanatic posted:This is absolutely true. Most consumer safes/gun safes/etc aren't actually safes, they're "Residential Security Containers." The UL rating is that they're supposed to defeat entry for a period of five minutes by someone armed with a short prybar or small sledgehammer. So really they're about as secure as a locking gang box on a job site. Real safes get up into the thousands of dollars and weigh enough that you have to start being concerned about floor loading. Really, if the metal on your safe is measured in gauge rather than in fractions of an inch, it's not a safe. My grandpa had his will and documents in a "document box" he took home with him when ww2 ended. He died some 15 years ago, and we needed them. Naturally, both the lock and the key were rusty, and the lock failed. It was a tiny safe, just large enough for a fat stack of letter sized papers on the inside, but it weighed a loving ton, because the walls of it were like an inch thick. Took us 3 days to get that thing to open without destroying the papers inside  Many drill bits were ruined that weekend.
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Truga posted:My grandpa had his will and documents in a "document box" he took home with him when ww2 ended. He died some 15 years ago, and we needed them. Naturally, both the lock and the key were rusty, and the lock failed. It was a tiny safe, just large enough for a fat stack of letter sized papers on the inside, but it weighed a loving ton, because the walls of it were like an inch thick. Took us 3 days to get that thing to open without destroying the papers inside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjnJk5V9nSM sounds accurate.
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fishmech posted:I would say rather that the primary purpose of safes for most people is that you get one that's rated against fire and water damage for X length of time, and put your important documents in there so that hopefully your poo poo won't get burned out by the time the fire crew can show up and take care of things. Fire ratings are mostly bullshit, too. This page is gun-safe related but given that documents are even more fragile than guns it's probably a good read for most people: http://gunsafereviewsguy.com/articles/myths-about-gun-safe-fire-ratings/
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I had always assumed home safes were so your kids/babysitters/in-laws didn't take your cash/guns/drugs/grandma's wedding ring without you knowing, not to protect against actual burglars.
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Holy poo poo! Bubble Hat Cage Hat dude is back! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1401357387/bubble-hat-cage-hat-football-head-protector?ref=category_newest&ref=discovery Doesn't look like he even updated the Bubble Cage Hat or his video this time.
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Inescapable Duck posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjnJk5V9nSM sounds accurate. Broke dick piece of poo poo drill Damion Poitier is amazing
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Phanatic posted:But this thing? Jesus. Yes, that feeble friction arm will really keep it secure in a cupboard.
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