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Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by pizza »

leggomylibro wrote: post #27
TACIXAT wrote: post #6

I had one in my left ring finger for a while. It was neat, totally impractical, and way too sensitive to touch. I could feel EM fields. This might be really useful if you work with electricity, but as a developer, it was only every so often that I noticed something. It lost a lot of its power to pick up small stuff after a while. The procedure wasn't painful because the person I went to had some numbing agent that I'…

Yeah, I also had one for a few years and wouldn't really recommend it. It's cool to feel fans and microwaves spin up or pick up small parts, but the magnet lost strength over time and I got it removed because it wasn't worth the sensitivity and constant worrying about hitting it too hard. I also had to be careful not to hold it against strong magnets for too long; I was told if the skin got pinched too much/too long,…

I'm imagining a bemusing hypothetical scenario where every night before you go to bed you could plug in your finger into a finger-shaped magnetizer, as if you were charging a phone or something.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by peteretep »

leggomylibro wrote: post #27
TACIXAT wrote: post #6

I had one in my left ring finger for a while. It was neat, totally impractical, and way too sensitive to touch. I could feel EM fields. This might be really useful if you work with electricity, but as a developer, it was only every so often that I noticed something. It lost a lot of its power to pick up small stuff after a while. The procedure wasn't painful because the person I went to had some numbing agent that I'…

Yeah, I also had one for a few years and wouldn't really recommend it. It's cool to feel fans and microwaves spin up or pick up small parts, but the magnet lost strength over time and I got it removed because it wasn't worth the sensitivity and constant worrying about hitting it too hard. I also had to be careful not to hold it against strong magnets for too long; I was told if the skin got pinched too much/too long,…

> It's cool to feel fans and microwaves

Feel like it should be possible to have a bracelet that buzzes in response to magnetic fields as a less extreme alternative to this?

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by explainplease »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #37
zrobotics wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the parent was judgemental? I've had friends that were into body nodding, and they very proudly described themselves as wierd. That is one of the big draws, the unusual factor. Reading the parent, I see no reason to accuse them of being judgemental.

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.

All this talk of being understanding and non-judgmental, but here you are, passing judgment on his words without caring to understand his intention. More concerned about how you think he ought to have said it than what he actually meant. This is the way to destroy open and honest communication in society. Passive-aggressiveness and silent grudges, everywhere.

And who made you the judge of condescension, anyway? How condescending is that. Hypocrisy.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by seanp2k2 »

peteretep wrote: post #42
leggomylibro wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I also had one for a few years and wouldn't really recommend it. It's cool to feel fans and microwaves spin up or pick up small parts, but the magnet lost strength over time and I got it removed because it wasn't worth the sensitivity and constant worrying about hitting it too hard. I also had to be careful not to hold it against strong magnets for too long; I was told if the skin got pinched too much/too long,…

> It's cool to feel fans and microwaves Feel like it should be possible to have a bracelet that buzzes in response to magnetic fields as a less extreme alternative to this?

or just get a magnetic bracelet?

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by jstanley »

Hextinium wrote: post #35
anitil wrote: post #26

Cody's Lab did this as well. He ended up removing it, though I believe a small fragment was left behind. Struggling to find the videos, best I could do was : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ylHmM2zLNQfaCIDYKKG...

Cody took down that video and a lot of his other ones when YouTube got really trigger happy about flagging explosive context or anything vaguely not advertising friendly due to King of Random. That was one of the videos he took down but he did mention it in others. I cant find the video where he talked about the video takedowns sadly.

It's sad that YouTube has got to the point where people feel the need to self-censor totally inoffensive videos.

We desperately need something better than YouTube.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by mlang23 »

Biohackers 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.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by squirrelicus »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #37
zrobotics wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the parent was judgemental? I've had friends that were into body nodding, and they very proudly described themselves as wierd. That is one of the big draws, the unusual factor. Reading the parent, I see no reason to accuse them of being judgemental.

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 nothing wrong with it. But I wouldn't hire them for any potentially customer facing roles.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by SiempreViernes »

seanp2k2 wrote: post #45
peteretep wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's cool to feel fans and microwaves Feel like it should be possible to have a bracelet that buzzes in response to magnetic fields as a less extreme alternative to this?

or just get a magnetic bracelet?

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.

Re: I have magnets implanted in my hands

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Post by sdrothrock »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #7

I always wondered why you can't do this topically. Perhaps a magnet in some kind of elastic band around your finger? Or even glue a magnet to your fingernail? Surely it's not necessary to put one inside you.

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 kind of benefit to adding new senses whether through internal or external modification.

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