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The Good Reverend Roger

#6135
January 30, 2014, 01:24:25 AM
And what's with the jodhpurs?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#6136
January 30, 2014, 02:14:56 AM
Ok, jokes aside, if you have some sort of eyeball computer that you hacked together and acutally works, I'm impressed.

The Good Reverend Roger

#6137
January 30, 2014, 02:19:30 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 30, 2014, 02:14:56 AM
Ok, jokes aside, if you have some sort of eyeball computer that you hacked together and acutally works, I'm impressed.

Agreed.  That's 169.5% mad fucking science.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Reginald Ret

#6138
January 30, 2014, 09:17:10 AM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 01:10:32 AM
Quote from: :regret: on January 29, 2014, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 29, 2014, 01:16:38 PM

New project
Looks punk! What is it?
It's a computer. The black thing is a chording keyboard. The writeup is here.
That is a very cool project! I especially like the glove addition.
Lord Byron: "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

Nigel saying the wisest words ever uttered: "It's just a suffix."

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Rococo Modem Basilisk

#6139
January 30, 2014, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 30, 2014, 02:14:56 AM
Ok, jokes aside, if you have some sort of eyeball computer that you hacked together and acutally works, I'm impressed.
That's exactly what I have, though its utility is limited by fogging problems.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

The Good Reverend Roger

#6140
January 30, 2014, 02:06:56 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 30, 2014, 02:14:56 AM
Ok, jokes aside, if you have some sort of eyeball computer that you hacked together and acutally works, I'm impressed.
That's exactly what I have, though its utility is limited by fogging problems.

That's a temperature issue.  Condensation forms on the coolest surface, and you have electronics RIGHT THERE NOT BEING THE COOLEST SURFACE.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cramulus

#6141
January 30, 2014, 05:09:47 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 01:10:32 AM
Quote from: :regret: on January 29, 2014, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 29, 2014, 01:16:38 PM

New project
Looks punk! What is it?
It's a computer. The black thing is a chording keyboard. The writeup is here.

Dude you are a genius. That is so freaking cool.

the Cornell project which did eyeball tracking via infrared light and cheap photo resistors is brilliant too -- I had never imagined you could build something so complex so cheaply.

Once you get the input problem solved, what kinds of stuff do you want to do with this thing?

The Good Reverend Roger

#6142
January 30, 2014, 05:11:05 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 30, 2014, 05:09:47 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 01:10:32 AM
Quote from: :regret: on January 29, 2014, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 29, 2014, 01:16:38 PM

New project
Looks punk! What is it?
It's a computer. The black thing is a chording keyboard. The writeup is here.

Dude you are a genius. That is so freaking cool.

the Cornell project which did eyeball tracking via infrared light and cheap photo resistors is brilliant too -- I had never imagined you could build something so complex so cheaply.

Once you get the input problem solved, what kinds of stuff do you want to do with this thing?

ATTENTION, ENKI:  THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ANSWER IS "ASSIMILATE THE FEDERATION".
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#6143
January 30, 2014, 11:17:33 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 30, 2014, 05:09:47 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 01:10:32 AM
Quote from: :regret: on January 29, 2014, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 29, 2014, 01:16:38 PM

New project
Looks punk! What is it?
It's a computer. The black thing is a chording keyboard. The writeup is here.

Dude you are a genius. That is so freaking cool.

the Cornell project which did eyeball tracking via infrared light and cheap photo resistors is brilliant too -- I had never imagined you could build something so complex so cheaply.

Once you get the input problem solved, what kinds of stuff do you want to do with this thing?

The input problem was really just that the keyboard hadn't come yet. I'm currently waiting on a new wifi dongle, and also for my girlfriend to help me with the glove.

As soon as I have the wifi dongle, I can use irc while walking.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Eater of Clowns

#6144
January 30, 2014, 11:20:52 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 11:17:33 PM
The input problem was really just that the keyboard hadn't come yet. I'm currently waiting on a new wifi dongle, and also for my girlfriend to help me with the glove.

As soon as I have the wifi dongle, I can use irc while walking.

:lulz:

That's cool as shit, but just because you can...
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EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

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the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

The Good Reverend Roger

#6145
January 30, 2014, 11:29:43 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 30, 2014, 05:11:05 PM


ATTENTION, ENKI:  THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ANSWER IS "ASSIMILATE THE FEDERATION".
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#6146
January 31, 2014, 12:13:07 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on January 30, 2014, 11:20:52 PM
Quote from: Roko's Modern Basilisk on January 30, 2014, 11:17:33 PM
The input problem was really just that the keyboard hadn't come yet. I'm currently waiting on a new wifi dongle, and also for my girlfriend to help me with the glove.

As soon as I have the wifi dongle, I can use irc while walking.

:lulz:

That's cool as shit, but just because you can...

Once the glove is done, I'll be able to play with that. This is what the design was originally used for, but I expect I can extend it to other situations where I want to quickly train patterns of muscle memory onto my fingers. One possibility is to program in the default twiddler keymap and then have my left hand mirror my right hand's motions while typing, to speed up learning to use the keyboard with the other hand.

One of the first tests was using the device in conjunction with xosd to perform notifications. That works quite well, although there are relatively few things that I can be notified about usefully on a device with no internet access (calendar entries, if I sync them, and other things where only the date and time matter). I can also take notes on the device, which may prove useful when trying to take notes on conversations or lectures in darkened rooms (for instance, during powerpoint presentations). That said, I'm avoiding wearing this to work -- it still looks too strange.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Count Chocula

#6147
January 31, 2014, 12:49:14 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 30, 2014, 05:09:47 PM
Once you get the input problem solved, what kinds of stuff do you want to do with this thing?

Polish his knob, stimulate hair follicles, shit bitcoins. Just your normal, everyday stuff.

Salty

#6148
January 31, 2014, 12:52:10 AM
One day Enki will have the last laugh as he controls his nanobot army from his space bunker.

I fully accept that may happen.
The world is a car and you're the crash test dummy.

Nephew Twiddleton

#6149
January 31, 2014, 02:47:29 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 30, 2014, 11:29:43 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 30, 2014, 05:11:05 PM


ATTENTION, ENKI:  THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ANSWER IS "ASSIMILATE THE FEDERATION".

In order for the Borg to be, you must have two kinds of people involved.

The first is the person to make the thing because it would be cool.
The second is the person to have the best intentions for such an invention.

I, my dear Uncle Roger, am a man full of good intentions. I would like to see humanity live as one. Let us take that to its logical conclusion with Enki's Borgoggles.
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