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I have magnets implanted in my hands
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Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
#82Can I just buy a magnetic ring somewhere, giving all the same benefits but without the downsides of surgery? Still sense EM fields but without pain, infection risk, can still get MRIs etc.
Super glue a tiny powerful magnet to your fingernail.
This sounds like a pretty good alternative.
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
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It's not any amount of bitcoin I'd miss. Just kind of for fun. I guess I could encrypt it with some passphrase that's easy to remember, but I haven't bothered. Honestly I'd be impressed if someone retrieved the bitcoin.
It would be fun to implant the functional parts of a contactless credit card into one's palm, then freak out cashiers with your supposed force power. :)
Someone did that with his bus ticket.
https://gizmodo.com/australian-biohacker-who-implanted-trans...
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
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The magnetic fields from those items don't produce much force, so you need a small thing on sensitive skin to notice the effect. A bracelet is probably too heavy to notice fields that don't also come with a "warning: strong magnetic field" sign.
How about a ring with magnetic material in it? I can easily pick up very small vibrations and movements in my wedding ring. I can imagine that a magnet in another ring would respond in a similar way, and felt much in the same was as a magnet in the finger.
Powerful neodymium magnet rings are readily available and widely used by close-up magicians (search "PK ring" or "kinetic ring"). They don't palpably react to common electromagnetic fields.
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
#85Biohackers give me the creeps. I remember this one big failure story of a women that spoke at a CCC event a few years ago. The magnet she implanted into her finger dissolved in her and they had a pretty hard time pulling out the individual bits. I cant get rid of the feeling that these people have read too much scifi.
biohacking definitely has a tinge of "DIY cyberpunk" to it. I find the area interesting, but my concern is that the mods they do right now aren't actually useful, and the surgical aspect is totally unnecessary. This leads me to think that magnet/RFID implants are more about in-group signalling (about being a hardcore hacker or being into cyberpunk or transhumanism) than they are about enhancing your abilities.
Meh, I wouldn't get something like this done myself but fair play to the people advancing the art. It's their bodies after all. Piercings and tattoos were also pretty primitive for the longest time (not that I have any of those either, but I certainly appreciate the more creative ones).
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
This idea reminded me of this VERY old story: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ It's about a guy who made a belt to always vibrate in the direction of true north. Notably: > I suddenly realized that my perception had shifted. I had some kind of internal map of the city in my head. I could always find my way home. Eventually, I felt I couldn't get lost, even in a completely new place. So there does seem to be some ki…
As a blind guy, I find this idea quite interesting. An extra sense of direction could indeed be useful. However, north alone isn't much. A system that encodes obstacles as vibrations would be nice. Indeed, such systems are already sold commercially for the blind, however, most that I checked out didn't really perform well in the real world.
Here is are instructions and code for a free version:
http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-...
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
#87Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
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Your acquaintance may like to know common 3% hydrogen peroxide can be used to great effect for oxidizing moles and warts off. It just takes some time, but persistent application eventually destroys the organic flesh and conveniently leaves a chemically cauterized surface behind.
I think it's for the 'it makes him feel manly reasons' mostly. I'm not sure oxidizing it off slowly with hydrogen peroxide would have the same effect as cutting into his own flesh and cleansing the wound with searing alcohol does.
Sounds like self-harm more than anything. I hope your friend is OK.
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
This idea reminded me of this VERY old story: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ It's about a guy who made a belt to always vibrate in the direction of true north. Notably: > I suddenly realized that my perception had shifted. I had some kind of internal map of the city in my head. I could always find my way home. Eventually, I felt I couldn't get lost, even in a completely new place. So there does seem to be some ki…
As a blind guy, I find this idea quite interesting. An extra sense of direction could indeed be useful. However, north alone isn't much. A system that encodes obstacles as vibrations would be nice. Indeed, such systems are already sold commercially for the blind, however, most that I checked out didn't really perform well in the real world.
Hey, I'm interested in these blind-navigational systems. Can you give me some references / brand info?
Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands
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It reads as obviously condescending to me, including the word "inexplicably" only to provide their own explanation. > I see no reason to accuse them of being judgemental. Note that phrasing can be condescending regardless of the author's intention.
Text is hard. The word inexplicably was intended to be used to suggest there's no clear value add, no increase in standard of living or health benefit or whatever to offset the health risk. Lol @ "phrasing can be condescending", that's a silly level of pretend objectivity. Wrt to "feeling different", thats what every body mod enthusiast I've ever met or seen on TV said their reason is. As far as my opinion? There's n…
> no increase in standard of living or health benefit
Many people use body modification to feel ownership and control over their bodies, or to essentially make a part of their identity physical. This no doubt has mental health benefits - my own piercings help me in feeling control over myself in a society that seeks to take that away from me.