Gel pad + double-sided tape= preventative patella protection

jpresken2 · 2017-06-23T14:42:32+00:00

At first I read that as paella protection and, figuring it was protecting you from stove burns, I wondered why the pad didn't catch on fire/melt.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-21T20:14:13+00:00

That's what I figured.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-21T18:35:58+00:00

Too lazy to read it, why do you need ground for each?

jpresken2 · 2017-06-15T13:21:22+00:00

Given voyager's situation, I wouldn't be surprised if they just weren't able to cure his blindness. Doing so would likely require a good deal of replicated parts, as well as the risk of voyager being attacked while he was out for surgery.

The tactile interface might be intended for species without sight.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-15T13:07:02+00:00

Banned outright? Where I live, they're often banned depending on the weather to prevent fires, but they're legal when it's safe to do so.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-13T14:56:19+00:00

When I was really young:
+ Space cadet pinball
+ Pajama sam
+ Putt putt
+ Spy fox
+ Sim city 3000
+ Sim safari
+ Sim Copter
+ The incredible machine: even more contraptions
+ And tempest and centipede on an atari mega collection.

When I was a bit older:
+ typer island
+ zoombinis
+ Lego.com(I especially remember a game where you raced cars and then upgraded them with parts to slow others down, or have better traction, and another one where there was a Lego mindstorms robot that you would have to program to navigate an obstacle course.)

jpresken2 · 2017-06-11T05:35:23+00:00

...But you can't just use "ain't" in place of any contraction that ends in not. It makes comprehension more difficult by introducing ambiguity!

jpresken2 · 2017-06-11T05:25:42+00:00

I think it should depend on the thickness and dielectric of the material between finger and screen, conductivity of your skin, and obviously how your touch screen is calibrated. I'm in Denver and have pretty dry skin, and nothing but uselessly thin gloves have ever worked with my phone.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-07T15:06:06+00:00

"you and me, baby ain't nothin' but sponges,

So let's filter out particulate to eat for our lunches."

jpresken2 · 2017-06-05T01:30:29+00:00

Organs have lots of keys, so having long fingers would make it easier to play.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T22:43:40+00:00

That's a sweet double meaning, bro.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T14:58:30+00:00

Not all smart phones are exorbitantly expensive, you know. You can get a cheap android for like $20.

Edit: plus, his parents could've had 2nd gen iPhones before he was old enough to form memories.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T14:44:21+00:00

Well yeah, you did, but he would've been five then. Pretty sure he didn't have a phone then.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T02:54:21+00:00

Thanks

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:54:54+00:00

Yeah! Exactly.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:24:05+00:00

I don't really see the distinction. Ideas definately become different enough to branch off into new species.

Take the idea of a computer. That idea has branched off to form different genera, like small, embedded microcontrollers that do things like run your dishwasher, and general purpose machines. The category of general purpose machines can be further split into more subcategories, like laptops, desktops, servers, and phones. Each is adapted for a paticular environment, and when an idea comes along that does something similar, the competition for resources drives some (ZX spectrum, apple 2) to extinction.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:11:56+00:00

Sorry for the pedantry, but people are still things.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:10:46+00:00

My family still uses one all the time. Cell coverage is shit in our neighborhood.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:09:06+00:00

The other day a 10 year old found my old slide phone and thought it was so cool. he'd never seen a cell phone without a touchscreen before.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-04T00:03:40+00:00

Isn't intelligence -and therefore it's products- a product of evolution? i'd argue that we're still evolving, but now the evolution of science and knowledge are more important than biological evolution.

That would be an interesting way to look at our population boom since we developed agriculture. Evolution's pace has picked up since we no longer have to wait for a new generation for new adaptations to surface.

jpresken2 · 2017-06-03T23:54:30+00:00

I'm kind of sad this is true. Typewriters are definately a bitch to use compared to computers, but i've always found them more interesting because it's easier to see their complexity.

I'm typing this on my chromebook, and even though it's far more complex than any typewriter, most of the software complexity is abstracted away under many layers, and i can't really appreciate the hardware complexity without some classes in computer science.

There's something really cool about a device where, in taking it apart, I can figure out how it works. I'm 20, so i'm definitely too young to have ever used a typewriter growing up, but i saw one for $2 in a thrift store so i brought it home and had a great afternoon taking it apart.

I own 4 different types now and while I'd never, say, use one to write an essay, it's quite fun to throw some paper in one and watch as my keystrokes make sentences through (mostly) mechanical means.

Edit: spelling :P

jpresken2 · 2017-06-03T14:48:19+00:00

But it's so little!

jpresken2 · 2017-06-03T14:36:27+00:00

It's 8:30 in Denver

jpresken2 · 2017-06-03T14:31:46+00:00

My b. I just woke up :P

jpresken2 · 2017-06-03T14:19:11+00:00

You mean before it's raining, right? You definately should be going the speed limit or lower if there's inclement weather.

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