A floppy disk that is actually just a whole bunch of SD (or microSD) cards wired together inside a plastic shell to make it identical to an actual floppy disk from the outside, which gets inserted into a FDD that is actually a specially shaped USB (or other protocol, depending on what enables the fastest speeds for the least complexity) port designed to read/write data from/to the floppySD.
A long book series that starts using a standard dialect of English (or another language) and over the course of a million words or so gradually transitions to be fully written in a dialect the author selected or invented, such that a person starting with the last book would be completely unable to understand a single word, but a person starting at the beginning would hardly notice the change.
#Language #EnglishLanguage #Writing #WritingIdeas #StupidIdeas
Did you know that if you mix 45 layers of Kevlar, 30 layers of 3000 grit silicon carbide sandpaper, a gallon of epoxy resin, and a few cups of graphene you can create a bullet resistant composite that can defeat at least .38 Special rounds?
The more you know π
#themoreyouknow #materials #stupidideas #diy #crafting #success
In an attempt "to deflect attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein case" Trump plans "to announce he will reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi wrote: "With stiff competition, the planned announcement to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary is the Trump Administrationβs stupidest initiative yet":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/trump-alcatraz-reopening-20773109.php
#Trump #StupidIdeas #politics
Mind-bogglingly stupid movie cameo idea.
Whatever the movie is, have some nutter walking around with the traditional "The End is Nigh" sign.
Turns up *everywhere*, never interacts, just in the background.
Movie finally wraps, and we cut to Bill Nighy or Bill Nye, who simply says "The End."
Optional in-credit voiceover of the main characters discussing how the nutter was right, but could not spell.
I want some cool #hardware #hacking team to casually find or buy at auction a decommissioned military #drone and reverse engineer the OS and hardware controls for cool projects (nonviolent, of course) never imagined by the original creators.
The reason I want this to happen is so that they can put a little jingle on each one of their process videos:
"What would you do with a combat drone?"
(sung to the tune of What would you do for a Klondike bar?)
This has been tried before. Iβm old enough to remember penny shortages in the past. Until vendors are forbidden from charging odd #penny prices, this will never succeed. It just pisses people off when vendors keep (steal) the change.