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Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by paublyrne »

andrewstuart wrote: post #12

Aren't we all participating in this hackathon on a global scale except for a very small number of us who build something people want?

You're saying that people's lives may not actually improved in any meaningful way by the Tinder for flatmates mobile app I'm building?

Seriously, the science fiction world of William Gibson and so on where normal people hack electronics for fun hasn't really emerged at all despite the tools to do things having become cheaper and more accessible. It seems we've moved away from that since the 1990s, as machines become more packaged and less customisable.

Maybe we need a a new lean hack canvas that isn't focused on revenue.

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by AlyssaRowan »

tempodox wrote: post #70
AlyssaRowan wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the uninitiated: 3D-printed sex toys actually do exist, yes. For example I believe the infamous Dragon Dildos are 3D-printed? (I shan't link, for self-explanatory reasons.)

I shan't link Too bad, you could have stolen the entire HN user base in one fell swoop.

I don't think this is that kind of site! ;) Seriously, you can find Bad Dragon with a Google search if you're curious, provided safe search is off naturally, and don't expect autocomplete! They're very exotic designs, often quite large (we have one as a present from a friend, largely as a conversation starter... or stopper!) and the kind of niche low-volume manufacturing in complex shapes that 3D printing can work out well for.

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by GrinningFool »

prawn wrote: post #45
mistercow wrote: post #39

The rearview mirror one is actually a really cool experiment. I wonder if eventually you'd just get used to it (although you probably wouldn't get used to all of the neck and joint pain from trying to do things so awkwardly).

I agree. Here's a clever promo showing people trying to live with a Rift showing them a lagged version of reality. I laugh so hard when he tries to make a pancake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fNp37zFn9Q

That was funny, thanks for posting. Though I wonder what would happen for some of the tasks (dance/exercise, for example) - if all participants had the same lag.

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by Shinkei »

AlyssaRowan wrote: post #58
yogiHacks wrote: post #22

I was at Stuipd Hackathon. I've never been to anything so unabashedly motivated to be pointless and irreverent. Workshops included: "3d printed sex toys", "how to be come alan ginsberg in 30 minutes", and "pissing off my landlord". All the projects there were so beautiful because they were liberated from the whole motif in tech of products constantly "revolutionizing field-xyz and solving 1000 major world problems".…

For the uninitiated: 3D-printed sex toys actually do exist, yes. For example I believe the infamous Dragon Dildos are 3D-printed? (I shan't link, for self-explanatory reasons.)

Serious question: Why not link to it?

I am certainly not a HN 'veteran,' but I've never seen censorship on here. Is there some unspoken rule that these comments can't have sexual content?

Re: Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon

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Post by peterwwillis »

Shinkei wrote: post #78
AlyssaRowan wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the uninitiated: 3D-printed sex toys actually do exist, yes. For example I believe the infamous Dragon Dildos are 3D-printed? (I shan't link, for self-explanatory reasons.)

Serious question: Why not link to it? I am certainly not a HN 'veteran,' but I've never seen censorship on here. Is there some unspoken rule that these comments can't have sexual content?

> Is there some unspoken rule that these comments can't have sexual content?

Yes. Also, no jokes.

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