Charlie StrossWHAT—
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4373#tutorials
(Edited to replace kickstarter link because KS owner is a evangelical self-defense missionary person and creeped me out: this version goes to the infinitely less-dodgy Adafruit.)
bigjsl@cstross now do dresses with pockets.
@bigjsl They exist (ScottEvest sell a bunch with multiple capacious concealed pockets, but then clothing-made-entirely-out-of-pockets is their thing).
Graydon@cstross I am somehow reminded the of the suffragette hat pin.
https://tacticouture.com/ seems pretty practical, all in all. And there would have to be a market for lowered-vulnerability femme presentation accouterments.
JulesJones
muninnhuginn@JulesJones This! As a person with long hair looking for ways to non-destructively clip locks back, it's just no...
@muninnhuginn they actually admit it in the disclaimer at the bottom of the page in their website.
The Doctor
kimu@cstross tbh I kind of love it.
DeterioratedStucco@cstross
That is *very* Modesty Blaise.
That is *very* Modesty Blaise.
Knitronomicon@cstross Calling Black Widow, come in Black Widow...
EaterOfSnacks@cstross Beats tactical mittens
The Penguin of Evil@cstross What - indeed.. inches ?? not metric. What kind of tech person uses inches
Sean Blakey@etchedpixels @cstross The kind of tech person who has to worry about appeasing TSA on a regular basis.
JdeBPThese sorts of things are a plague on eBay when one is looking for decent multi-tools. Thousands of sellers advertise them. One can get metric ones.
But I think that "tech people" is not their target market.
skribe 🇺🇦 
@cstross my wife wants them just for the capacity to cut through cable ties. Apparently the scissors at work don't.
As someone who has bought gimmick multi-tools like this in the past I can speak from experience:
These won't cut those cable ties, either.
There's a reason that the photograph in the ad is using a pre-cut apple. (-:
They'll also get stuck if used as advertised (by many eBay sellers) as tokens for supermarket trolleys, not fit the hex nut that you need to turn, and slice your fingers off in the rare case that the nut size matches.
Darwin Woodka@cstross reminds me of the history of hatpins
@cstross I've seen the point made elsewhere that these combination serrated edge/screwdriver hairclip multitools are useful escape tools
Martijn VosCool. A tool specifically designed to smuggle onto planes.
mathew@cstross https://tacticalbabygear.com/products/tactical-baby-carrier
Not sure how well that'd work as a bullet proof vest.
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘
Tony WellsThink I'll wait for the Ultralight titanium version. Also some glue for my bald head.
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️@cstross
Don't be surprised if fish are jumping into your hair with those things.
Don't be surprised if fish are jumping into your hair with those things.
flaeky pancako@cstross TSA safe Whhhaaaaaa
Elena ``of Valhalla''
(moved)Galbinus Caeli 🌯@cstross i have four years of covid ponytail. This is tempting.
Rho@cstross been around for a while, they are convenient but kinda rough on fragile hair(thin and purple)
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4373
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4373
@cstross I'll take two.
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@cstross Ok, the box tape cutting makes me want a handful.
Kit Bashir@cstross bahahahaha what kind of cyberpunk razorperson wears a mulitool hairclip with INCHES?!
sen
Alien software, human hardware@cstross quote:"Founder Beau Chevassus grappling with some buddies in rural Mongolia. Chevassus is the co-founder of Kalos Agon Intl (2010), a nonprofit self-defense Christian ministry that specializes in cross cultural, nation-wide self-defense, weapons, and martial art training. Chevassus has served in 37 countries"
There are ways to make spending money on this kickstarter even less appealing. But this is certainly up there.
Also, of course it's by a man.
Robert Atkins@cstross Why not? I wish my Swiss-Tech UtiliKey (http://www.swisstechtools.com/proddetail.aspx?PID=5) had a nail file, then it’d be perfect. Also paging @bruces ?
Cuprohastes@cstross
So this is part of the US (And to a smaller extent, Global ) EDC thing where there's a certian subset of people who assume tha thtey're goignt o have to murder quite a lot of people gratuitously every time they get out of thier giant SUV to pick up thier starbucks.
They're obsessed with carrying multiple flashlights and knives to the point of self parody.
So this is part of the US (And to a smaller extent, Global ) EDC thing where there's a certian subset of people who assume tha thtey're goignt o have to murder quite a lot of people gratuitously every time they get out of thier giant SUV to pick up thier starbucks.
They're obsessed with carrying multiple flashlights and knives to the point of self parody.
@Cuprohastes I carry insane flashlights, but then, I'm night blind in one eye and street lighting is often inadequate for me. Knives, not so much (it being thoroughly illegal hereabouts)!
@cstross
We're talkng a folding knife as a back up for the tactical dagger that's slotted next to the tactical stabbing rod dosguised as a pen, that ypu can use if you misplace the tanto tip blade - maybe because your boot knife pushed it out of your calf holster. Never mind at least ypu have the karambit around your neck, tactical barette and the ka-bar in an armoit sheathe.
We're talkng a folding knife as a back up for the tactical dagger that's slotted next to the tactical stabbing rod dosguised as a pen, that ypu can use if you misplace the tanto tip blade - maybe because your boot knife pushed it out of your calf holster. Never mind at least ypu have the karambit around your neck, tactical barette and the ka-bar in an armoit sheathe.
@cstross
That said, I own a ton of the little nulon zipper poiches: they hold lens cleaners, bandaids, pens, small notebooks, antacids, insane flashlights brighter than the sun, USB cables, gum, and paracord (in case my shoelace snaps or my belt fails etc.)
They're genuinely useful ways to keep small items from rattling around.
That said, I own a ton of the little nulon zipper poiches: they hold lens cleaners, bandaids, pens, small notebooks, antacids, insane flashlights brighter than the sun, USB cables, gum, and paracord (in case my shoelace snaps or my belt fails etc.)
They're genuinely useful ways to keep small items from rattling around.
acb@cstross A while ago, it occurred to me that someone could probably make quite a bit of money by selling bone-shaped machined metal hairclips to bros with man buns.
arclight@cstross It has a million uses:
"Magnetized and floated on a leaf to be used as a compass"
Sure thing, Rambette - which end kills grizzly bears?
Jette@cstross as a woman who has had long hair - that's going to get caught in your hair and cause more breakages than I'd like.
ኢራ עירא Ira عيرا 🍓🎗️@cstross I own one made some 12 years ago at an Israeli design college, looked like they copied and improved his design :)
Thorne Lawler
Igor Makarov@cstross I don't have the space to explain why, but orthodox/traditional Jews use hair clips like this one, and a tactical version seems like a logical evolution
Nixie@cstross How is that TSA friendly?
Klara in the hidden land@cstross These (or something very similar to them; I don't remember where I got them) are my regular hair clips during the parts of the year where I'm not wearing a hat all the time!
I honestly don't think I've ever used the tool functionality, but I like that I could. Also they're good hair clips and don't fall out easily like cheap drug store ones tend to.
eyajpng@klara Appreciate the review, lol, I have this link to my partner for upcoming birthday gifting :)
Jes - Hedgehog Edition @cstross we need manly maid dresses and bras now
ちゅぽ
mirabilos@cstross if Adafruit is less dodgy I don’t even want to know how bad Kickstarter is
pajh@cstross Bought one of these for my ex in 2014 or thereabouts.