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I overengineered a spinning top [video]

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Re: I overengineered a spinning top [video]

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Not everyone wants to spend 2$ on a stopwatch app they can use for free and will only use it once.

That's part of being a content creator. Producing content has expenses. When you cheap out on it, it looks obvious and people will comment. Hi

People are significantly biased not to pay for computer things. Except for Apple users. Any mobile developer knows Apple users will pay for things a lot more than Android users.

Re: I overengineered a spinning top [video]

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Freaked me out for a second and had to double check that my tablet comes with a stop watch without having to download an app WITH ADS!!!!! Does he earn money for displaying these ads in his video too? I find it hard to believe that a content creator with sponsors is forced to use an ad supported app. Something about it being a stopwatch really just adds the cherry on top

That's why smart people use Android.

No, smart people use Android because you can install apps on it that the manufacturer doesn't approve of.

For now. When that changes soon, smart people will start having two phones, one of which runs Linux or GrapheneOS.

Re: I overengineered a spinning top [video]

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post #26

Excellent! At around the end of the fidget spinner craze I thought "but what would it take to make it spin by its own?" And it turned out, not much. Just put one magnet at each of the three ends, and have some pulsating magnet near it (next to it, or under it hidden in some kind of base), and there! you have a basic electric motor that seems entirely magical. It was a really fun experiment; I even toyed with doing a…

It's been done. https://youtu.be/oAxQQyURMPQ

Re: I overengineered a spinning top [video]

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post #19

I saw this and, while interesting and impressive, this isn't really a spinning top. It's a gyroscope. I was hoping for a real like "I cast metal into the perfect shape that I physically derived somehow to last as long as possible" or something similar not just "I put a motor in a case and it spins"

https://youtu.be/QLTsxXNekVE?si=S31kpZQHiYlUSedx

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