NightAuthor ( @NightAuthor@beehaw.org ) 60•11 months agoGive me a Technology Connections (@TechConnectify@mas.to) video on it
mySFWaccount ( @mySFWaccount@lemmy.ca ) 11•11 months agoThat was literally my first thought when I saw the article.
teacosts ( @teacosts@lemmy.ml ) 13•11 months agoGod, I love that man
Llcooljessie ( @Llcooljessie@lemm.ee ) 15•11 months ago“I’m about to talk about Christmas lights for an 70 minutes.”
“Hell yeah, bro!”
Square Singer ( @squaresinger@feddit.de ) 5•11 months ago“This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It’s also kinda terrible.”
63 minutes long, and still super enjoyable.
Square Singer ( @squaresinger@feddit.de ) 1•11 months agoOh, I so want that!
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English11•11 months ago
I like the sounds of the tines! It’s basically just a tuning fork, so wild.
n2burns ( @n2burns@lemmy.ca ) English6•11 months agoThis was mentioned a couple of weeks ago on the Vergecast. I was wondering if someone was going to get assigned the article, and here it is!
SokathHisEyesOpen ( @Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) 5•11 months agoI had a Heathkit TV that used a variation of this design! If you held it really close to your ear then you could actually hear it emitting.
heluecht ( @heluecht@pirati.ca ) 4•11 months ago@igalmarino In my childhood our remote worked by emitting electronically generated ultrasonic sounds. It looked like that one: kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/tel…
Llcooljessie ( @Llcooljessie@lemm.ee ) 4•11 months agoThose don’t take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio.
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English21•11 months ago
No, it’s a tuning fork that produces 4 seperate tones, one for each “button.” The TV had a microphone listening for tones and would respond accordingly. You didn’t actually have to point the remote at the TV, which later became a problem, as the mic on the TV was technically always listening for a tone.
Llcooljessie ( @Llcooljessie@lemm.ee ) 9•11 months agoNeat. I knew I could Cunningham Law this instead of doing research.
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English12•11 months ago
You can always count on fucking nerds to get excited about explaining something.
Llcooljessie ( @Llcooljessie@lemm.ee ) 2•11 months agoCool. Now, where can we go to talk about CBB?
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English2•11 months ago
heynong.social? probably nowhere. or some weird earwolf forum.
indun ( @indun@feddit.uk ) 10•11 months agoUnfortunately, you violated the law slightly by asking a question!
Cunningham’s Law states “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.”
KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ ( @Kushia@lemmy.ml ) English4•11 months agoNope! It’s the sound that does the work. The TV has a microphone in it.
agent_flounder ( @agent_flounder@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months agoThat’s fancy. Our clicker only had two buttons for channel changing.
Prootje ( @Prootje@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoNever seen or heard from anyone using tape to mask their remotes. Is this really a thing?
sawdustprophet ( @sawdustprophet@midwest.social ) 1•11 months agoNever seen or heard from anyone using tape to mask their remotes. Is this really a thing?
Not this exactly, but my grandparents had a guide taped to the backside of their remotes to make it easier to use.
The tape strategy has some appeal, though, mainly in that I use maybe 5 buttons 95% of the time.
nanook ( @nanook@friendica.eskimo.com ) 3•11 months agoWhat I loved about these remotes is you could take out a set of car keys and shake them and watch the channel changer go berserk.