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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Impending availability of fully-functional Casio ring watches:
https://newatlas.com/wearables/casio-g-shock-nano-watch-ring/
@istewart @BlueMonday1984 Still waiting on a mini F-91W.
@istewart @BlueMonday1984 OK, who at Casio spent too much time reading Heinlein?
@istewart @BlueMonday1984, looks to me like it needs the whole watch face to be the display, though it's possible that I'd find it too small to read unassisted anyway.
I imagine that there won't be PV-rechargeable models due to size… would be nice to be wrong about that, though.
@istewart @cstross
Casio and their target market are my kind of nerds. Taking a silly idea and an iconic design and pushing the engineering to its limits entirely for the bit is absolutely unhinged and I'm so happy they did it.
I have an analog Casio G-Shock that's the perfect beater watch - radio controlled, solar charging, I can discern the hands in the dark without glasses, and almost indestructible. It wasn't terribly expensive either.
I think Casio is threading the needle quite well with new technology. I'm sure they're exploring pure smart watches, but the core ideal is "no maintenance" - you don't have to change the battery or set the time[1]. This naturally leads to tough, energy-concious engineering, and as they make millions of watches, they have economies of scale.
The newer models have BT low energy so you can use the admittedly fiddly controls with an app. But you don't need to. It's just a complement.
[1] obviously this only applies to the more expensive models, and if your local time source supports DST
As a gshock fan, the "democratization" of that initial gshock ring is amazing lol
This is a joke, right?
E: my enshittified brain thought that this was some kind of AI enabled smart ring that also told the time. This is kinda fun actually, tho I would never get one
Nah it's real. As mentioned, they launched a limited metal ring model that was immensely popular. This is just them riding the wave.
@gerikson @swlabr
When cock ring.?
Anything’s a cock ring if you’re brave enough