RFID (and NFC) tags only work from less than an inch away. This should work from around 10 ft away, maybe more.

Him accusing you of “pulling that shit” is just too surreal. My sympathies on your online identity getting jacked, and glad that this is sorted out.

.. but insignificant next to the power of the Force.

I’ve been using a Mi Band mainly for notification for the last 6 weeks. It works great for notifications (phone call with manufacturer’s app, others with 3rd part apps) and for Android Smart Lock. It vibrates, and you can change the color. Battery last 30 days with light usage, and best part is that it costs less than…

Amazing, it even appeared on Gizmodo!

It’s worse than that, we seem to be convincing the rest of the world it is OK to live on credit just like us.

You obviously have not watched enough horror movies...

For a really niche hobby, some people reproduce the designs of Japanese manhole covers on pathtags (little metal tokens about the size of a quarter) and trade with each other. I kid you not : https://www.pathtags.com/community/gall…

Z3-M - no such luck :)

This is the best comment I’ve read in a while. If I’m awarding internets, I’d give you a few!

Damn it, just when we’ve managed to forget about the dress...

LOL yeah wouldn’t be my choice either, but different people are attracted to different shiny things, I guess :)

During the dotcom boom, Interwoven offered engineers a 2 year lease on a BMW Z3 as a sign on bonus.

You and I both. Maybe we can record a session of competitive bitching?

I saw Dr Benton demonstrate this some years ago at a National Wildlife Refuge (he had special permission to fly a kite in order to take aerial photos of the salt evaporation ponds). His website : http://kap.ced.berkeley.edu/

I hope you didn’t miss the part that says the chassis of the transformer is one of the terminals.

“Dangerous” and “Stupid” have never been criteria for rejecting articles on Gizmodo. In fact, the opposite may be true. And I find it more interesting (and less dangerous) than the “Russian kid climbs 1000 ft tower and does a hand stand on top” videos.

On one hand, I want to say that with thinking like that, we’ll probably still be flying better versions of propeller planes today.

The first time I heard floppy drives being used for sound effects is in the first Leisure Suit Larry on an Apple ][. Yes, that kind of sound. Not terribly realistic, but it was hilarious to me then. My excuse is that I was in middle school at that time.

Normally people want to capture the face in a wedding photo. But it is more elegant.