We make stingray resistant booties! No AI so far, we’re happy enough just to have “multi threading” :) https://mydragonskin.com/
Holy moly new fear unlocked, is this a real issue beach goers face? Have never heard of it.
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#62I don't really want to bring much attention to this right now, but: https://github.com/petabyt/fudge Fudge is an alternative to Fujifilms camera pairing app.
Amazing work! It was disappointing that Fuji made the Xapp require location permission.
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#63We make stingray resistant booties! No AI so far, we’re happy enough just to have “multi threading” :) https://mydragonskin.com/
Holy moly new fear unlocked, is this a real issue beach goers face? Have never heard of it.
Ya, it’s a real issue, but depending on where you are, you may not have as much to fear — stingrays prefer sandy, gentle, warm coastal waters. As one concrete example, SoCal beaches have a lot of stingrays, and in summer days there are often lines of recent sting victims at lifeguard towers.
There are also different species of stingray, and some sting more than others. The ones that bury themselves in the sand when threatened are more likely to get stepped on (and then sting). Other species tend to run away when frightened instead.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Holy moly new fear unlocked, is this a real issue beach goers face? Have never heard of it.
Ya, it’s a real issue, but depending on where you are, you may not have as much to fear — stingrays prefer sandy, gentle, warm coastal waters. As one concrete example, SoCal beaches have a lot of stingrays, and in summer days there are often lines of recent sting victims at lifeguard towers. There are also different species of stingray, and some sting more than others. The ones that bury themselves in the sand when t…
Ahh I see, thank you for the details. Your product looks tempting even just for beach shoes ie walking on rocks, coral. I’ve faced problems with existing products that they either have holes in them that small rocks can get in or they’re not tight enough and can easily fall off when swimming.
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#65Hey guys! We're engineers/designers from France, and we've built the Ultimate DIY Battery that you can repair and refill! It works with 90% of the bikes/motor brands on the market, so I assumed that some people here might be interested, if they got a non-functional batteries but they still want to use their e-bike? We believe that everybody should have control about stuff they own, and we should fight against planned…
Interesting, but then I saw the price. Ouch. How are you planning to compete with "asian brands" who see the same thing (less all the "eco" fuss) for a fraction of your price?
We're about $330 with the 25% off, which is in line with most high-quality battery brands (an much cheaper than Bosch or other)
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ya, it’s a real issue, but depending on where you are, you may not have as much to fear — stingrays prefer sandy, gentle, warm coastal waters. As one concrete example, SoCal beaches have a lot of stingrays, and in summer days there are often lines of recent sting victims at lifeguard towers. There are also different species of stingray, and some sting more than others. The ones that bury themselves in the sand when t…
Ahh I see, thank you for the details. Your product looks tempting even just for beach shoes ie walking on rocks, coral. I’ve faced problems with existing products that they either have holes in them that small rocks can get in or they’re not tight enough and can easily fall off when swimming.
Ya, it can be hard to balance all the aspects you care about. Unfortunately we don’t recommend wearing our booties on rocks/concrete/coral, because the soles will wear out faster than normal. It’s on the horizon as something to improve. I’d love to give you a recommendation for an alternative, but my personal use case isn’t generally swimming — I haven’t tested a lot of the alternatives for that. Would normal surfing booties work? They’re often nearly skintight, and many have a rubberized sole which should help with the rocks/coral
Eg https://www.patagonia.com/product/r5-yulex-round-toe-winter-...
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ahh I see, thank you for the details. Your product looks tempting even just for beach shoes ie walking on rocks, coral. I’ve faced problems with existing products that they either have holes in them that small rocks can get in or they’re not tight enough and can easily fall off when swimming.
Ya, it can be hard to balance all the aspects you care about. Unfortunately we don’t recommend wearing our booties on rocks/concrete/coral, because the soles will wear out faster than normal. It’s on the horizon as something to improve. I’d love to give you a recommendation for an alternative, but my personal use case isn’t generally swimming — I haven’t tested a lot of the alternatives for that. Would normal surfing…
Wow I had no idea those existed, that’s very helpful thanks!
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ya, it can be hard to balance all the aspects you care about. Unfortunately we don’t recommend wearing our booties on rocks/concrete/coral, because the soles will wear out faster than normal. It’s on the horizon as something to improve. I’d love to give you a recommendation for an alternative, but my personal use case isn’t generally swimming — I haven’t tested a lot of the alternatives for that. Would normal surfing…
Wow I had no idea those existed, that’s very helpful thanks!
No problem at all!! I would recommend staying with a “name band”, the generic ones you find on Amazon aren’t nearly as good. Name brand here would be like O’Neill, ripcurl, xcel, Vissla, Patagonia, etc
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#69Oh yes, no interest in AI whatsoever. I've been working on Habitat for the last 4 months. It's a self-hosted social platform for local communities. The plan is for it to be federated, but that's a while off yet. - The idea: https://carlnewton.github.io/posts/location-based-social-net... - A build update and plan: https://carlnewton.github.io/posts/building-habitat/ - The repository: https://github.com/carlnewton/habi…
i cant seem to run it maybe its skill issue
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#70I'm building a platform to help companies efficiently organize hybrid work, currently without the use of AI. If anyone is interested, we're looking for a CTO ;)
can you elaborate further?