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    5 months ago

    Every time I see them on my feed I always misread the name of the community. Really weird when I see one about how their dad used the same one and I think they are talking about fleshlights…

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    5 months ago

    I get so aggravated by video games with weak flashlights. Like, we live in an age where my keychain flashlight can light up the nearest mountain.

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    5 months ago

    This is similar to the feeling I got a few days ago when I finally got to use the shopping cart wheel unlocker that’s been in the back of my mind since watching the Defcon talk about it. Instead of the misconfigured and disabled cart being a giant roadblock in the store I was able to take it and use it normally. Feels good.

    https://www.begaydocrime.com/carts

    WARNING: DO NOT PLAY SOUNDS ON THIS PAGE THROUGH HEADPHONES

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        That’s strange, trying a few permutations here and I can’t get it to break. But at any rate, here’s the content:

        [embedded players for sound files]

        About

        Play the below sounds through your phone speaker and hold it next to a Gatekeeper Systems wheels to lock/unlock. Check me out on twitter @stoppingcart

        How It Works

        Most electronic shopping cart wheels listen for a 7.8 kHz signal from an underground wire to know when to lock and unlock. A management remote can send a different signal at 7.8 kHz to the wheel to unlock it. Since 7.8 kHz is in the audio range, you can use the parasitic EMF from your phone’s speaker to “transmit” a similar code by playing a crafted audio file. Link to my original DEFCON 29 Talk

        Button to Download Audio Files

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    5 months ago

    I have solar panels and a backup battery. I was actually disappointed when the power didn’t go out when it got cold here in Texas last week.

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      5 months ago

      Something so satisfying about the frantic beeping of the UPSes all over the house being silenced by the big “katschoonk” of the switchover relay followed by the faint hum of the inverter. It’s the house saying “I got you buddy, you go ahead and worry about other stuff”.

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    5 months ago

    I’ve got one of those fuck-you flashlights from when I first found out about “enthusiast” flashlights a few years ago. It gets bright enough to burn dark colored objects if you concentrate the light on a small part, works like a giant magnifying glass/ sun combo. I need to buy a charger for the battery so I can play around with it again, it was too much fun seeing people’s faces when I made it daylight for an entire street.

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      5 months ago

      My pocket torch has a clip that allows it to clip to a hat, if one needs to extemporise a head lamp

      It’s more compact than my headlamps, and I’m more likely to have it and a hat

      My headlamps hang near the back door of the house for when light is needed in the yard after dark

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    5 months ago

    I value having good tools. I bring a small flashlight when I travel. How often have I needed it? Not often, but when your in some hotel and the power goes out, it’s my time to shine!

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    5 months ago

    I have three niblings (2 nephews, 1 niece). Each one is getting a flashlight and a tiny Nitecore whistles when they get to a certain birthday, not sure which age yet. I know their parents would never forgive me if I gave them the whistles now.

    The power was off for a little over two days, so we used our flashlights and other lights a lot. It really doesn’t take much money to prepare. A lot of the gooseneck lamps these days use USB, so you can combine a lamp and a power bank to create a task light away from the backup battery.

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        5 months ago

        The boys are little rascals, but they’re 8 and 10 so they might mature by 15. I’m certainly not giving them the whistles before then.

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    5 months ago

    C/memes was doing so well for awhile and now all the sudden it’s back to a catch-all garbage dump. Lovely.

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    Replace a flashlight with a dick\vag in this picture, and you can probably cover half of the most commenting nerds, me included. They visually light up once they feel THAT is coming and shine bright a long time after. That’s just cute.