I had a cheap programmable multicolor LED lightbulb that used this technology but worse, as it used audible chirping produced by an app. The beeps were earsplittingly high pitched and had to be played LOUDLY to work.

Occasionally the bulb sensor would hear god knows what noise from outside (nothing in that neighborhood sounded even remotely like the app’s digital harpy screeches) and SUDDENLY ACTIVATE ITS PARTY STROBE LIGHT MODE.

I let my roommate keep it when I moved out.

picked up this wacky thing at the thrift store while goofin around with the boiz, mainly to make them laugh. it’s actually a really good phone holder that doubles as a dash mount for the rare occasion that I need to drive a car

DIGITIZE ME FRED

Miners not minors!

had no idea you could use it on not a deck!

Galaxy Quest

tbh hadn’t heard of steam and always assumed arch was difficult to learn. but i had been considering trying arch just to see what the hype was about

any computer I need to be stable enough for work/school: KDE

any computer whose primary purpose is for goofing off and gaming: LXQt (and I will spend the entire time configuring LXQt instead of gaming…)

if you have a 3D printer it denies saves you a trip to the hardware store

plus you could print fun… novelty keys. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

you could even print them from dissolvable filament so that if your idiot guests lose them outside they’re likely to dissolve in the rain

or maybe there is such a thing as self destructing filament that doesn’t require water? like some kind of heat activated depolymerizer that takes a few days to break down after printing. that could be really useful for like an AirBnB

a percolator can be used as a Soxhlet extractor

I made some spicy ginger extract.

also be really careful if you’re going to be an idiot like me and use a flammable solvent like grain alcohol.

duh, we all use grub2 obvs

I used to have an alarm app that forced me to scan a barcode to turn it off (I used my shampoo bottle)

guess who learned how to force power off their phone without waking up 🤪

in the end I’ve found my ability to wake up has improved significantly after treating acid reflux (unsurprisingly it fucks up your sleep) and, to some extent, treating the ADHD

lol that’s how i lost track of the battery powered alarm last time

fair, fair

i wish you whatever your equivalent of Pillow Mountain is that helps you find sleep success! :]

have you tried blocking the view of the clock with a Mountain of Pillows™?

me and the rest of the ADHD gang keeping the alarm clock market on life support because a phone alarm is too easy to turn off in your sleep:

arms. hate my current arms and could greatly benefit from sci fi ones

I really want a tattoo but hate commitment so I’m holding out for e-ink tats being invented in my lifetime 🤞

Yeah the only example I can think of that doesn’t fit that mold is American Mary

the cool premise in which isn’t a world, but a hypothetically possible situation (desperately broke medical student turns to stripping, which leads to back alley surgery for gangsters, which leads to black market body modification surgery) and the letdown isn’t the characters or plot, it’s the hamfisted script and acting lol

Daybreakers (2009)

Excellent premise: vampire post-epidemic society trying to deal with the scarcity of blood, ethical ramifications of keeping the remaining humans sedated for blood harvesting, technical challenges like adapting infrastructure and vehicles to be sun-proof, etc.

The only thing I clearly remember is the premise, cuz the plot, characters, dialogue, action, etc. was all dog trash

Actually, I do remember how badly it mangled the social commentary on the vampires who couldn’t afford blood. Perfect setup for depicting the inhumanity of artificial scarcity and they botched it.