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Since there's no juicy news forthcoming, I wanted to ask something that's been on my mind for a while: whatever happened to those clear prototype cases ED said he was going to sell as extras on the store?
levi
Still fresh, damnit!
I think he sent some of them out as curios to the prototype preorderers. I don't know how many there were, and if there are any left and he'd need to build more of them to be able to sell them or not.
I should advise you that these are less than ideal if used as a keyboard upper, since you'd just end up with the keyboard backlight shining out and blasting the contrast to hell and back. There may be a similar problem with the screen surround, given the backlight there as well, although those screens normally have sufficient contrast that a little spilled light isn't a problem. But as far as I know there's no reason to not have the battery back and screen back (basically all of the external plastics) in clear if that floats your boat.
I should advise you that these are less than ideal if used as a keyboard upper, since you'd just end up with the keyboard backlight shining out and blasting the contrast to hell and back. There may be a similar problem with the screen surround, given the backlight there as well, although those screens normally have sufficient contrast that a little spilled light isn't a problem. But as far as I know there's no reason to not have the battery back and screen back (basically all of the external plastics) in clear if that floats your boat.
No worries, I am perfectly fine, just needed a lot of time rearranging stuff in the shop to keep things running.
I will update you all on the Pyra situation this week.
I will update you all on the Pyra situation this week.
Great to know that ! As far as I know situation in Germany is getting better with majority of covid19 patients are cured, I hope everything will be on track, soon.
Glad to hear from you, and im looking forward for the Newspost..
λ the β-Redex Reducer
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In a post-apocalyptic world, a deranged scientist builds Pyra's for a living. You just have to pay with nubs... the new currency.
But to get to his store, you have to be vaccinated against covid20. In order to comply to the 15 meter rule, you will have to
travel at night, through sewers and keep "them" at a distance. Will you be able to reach the shop in time before they're sold out?
A movie about the unboxing party of a dude, who wakes up the next day and his Pyra is gone.
And over 100 people came to that party, so who stole the Pyra? Or did it just get misplaced?
He is helped by his best buddy, who uses a magic steering wheel to derail every conversation.
90 minutes of intense Pyra searching only to come home, and find it on the couch.
Rated PB (Pretty Boring)
@PowerGod Updated it with a keyboard mat in his hand (also re-uploaded in higher res)
source fallout
But to get to his store, you have to be vaccinated against covid20. In order to comply to the 15 meter rule, you will have to
travel at night, through sewers and keep "them" at a distance. Will you be able to reach the shop in time before they're sold out?
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A movie about the unboxing party of a dude, who wakes up the next day and his Pyra is gone.
And over 100 people came to that party, so who stole the Pyra? Or did it just get misplaced?
He is helped by his best buddy, who uses a magic steering wheel to derail every conversation.
90 minutes of intense Pyra searching only to come home, and find it on the couch.
Rated PB (Pretty Boring)
@PowerGod Updated it with a keyboard mat in his hand (also re-uploaded in higher res)
source fallout
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@FBnil : you could have put a keyboard in his hands, that could have been the most discussed party ever !
EDIT:
@FBnil : Let the keyboard thre... party... begins !! YEEEEEEHHH !!!
Dude A: Hey Dude B !! Come to my unboxing party tomorrow !!
Dude B: Sure, cool !! Do I have to take something with me ?
Dude A: Comments, my friend !! Only comments !!
Dube B:
EDIT:
@FBnil : Let the keyboard thre... party... begins !! YEEEEEEHHH !!!
Dude A: Hey Dude B !! Come to my unboxing party tomorrow !!
Dude B: Sure, cool !! Do I have to take something with me ?
Dude A: Comments, my friend !! Only comments !!
Dube B:
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Today I review Three Pyra delivery movies that came out in 2020:
synopsis
In the first one, we've got a robot that has a broken GPS system, and is totally lost where to deliver the Pyra's to. He also has a broken subroutine: whenever he sees garbage on the ground, he is compelled to clean it, before continuing his quest. Will he find free wifi to update his firmware? Or will his 4200mAh run out of power first?
In the second one, we have an overzealous deliveryman, that will do everything to get the Pyra packages to it's rightful owner, even if he has to bend the rules a bit. If he knocks on your door, you better tip him.
In the third movie, we have a dyslexic Pyra delivery specialist that, due to his dyslexia, always delivers to the wrong house. Chaos ensues.
my review
The first movie is quite funny. The first city he must deliver to is Amsterdam, and he finds a small weed plant that he just has to carry with him. Of course, not all the Pyra's are to be delivered in the same country, so when he makes it to customs, the plant is taken away, and it's a tear jerking moment, but E.W.A. a flying robot that befriends him in the end, saves the day by stealing the plant. Deliver-e then goes after E.W.A. But the movie ends before he makes all his deliveries, ending on a cliffhanger for the second installment. Also: People are jerks to robots.
The second movie was very intense and I've bought extra locks for my front door after watching this movie. I now sleep with the lights on, just in case.
The third movie is a comedy, and I fell from my couch laughing. I liked the scene where Deuce talks to the police (that was called because he insisted delivering the Pyra to a wrong housenumber) and his dyslexia kicks in and calls the Pyra "RAPY". The scene is very well done. Props to the stuntman for going through the window like that. And there's a guy that follows Deuce around, and all he wants to do is to check out his package. When he finally get's to see it, he keeps claiming his "handheld" is bigger than Deuce's, at every unexpected moment.
synopsis
In the first one, we've got a robot that has a broken GPS system, and is totally lost where to deliver the Pyra's to. He also has a broken subroutine: whenever he sees garbage on the ground, he is compelled to clean it, before continuing his quest. Will he find free wifi to update his firmware? Or will his 4200mAh run out of power first?
In the second one, we have an overzealous deliveryman, that will do everything to get the Pyra packages to it's rightful owner, even if he has to bend the rules a bit. If he knocks on your door, you better tip him.
In the third movie, we have a dyslexic Pyra delivery specialist that, due to his dyslexia, always delivers to the wrong house. Chaos ensues.
my review
The first movie is quite funny. The first city he must deliver to is Amsterdam, and he finds a small weed plant that he just has to carry with him. Of course, not all the Pyra's are to be delivered in the same country, so when he makes it to customs, the plant is taken away, and it's a tear jerking moment, but E.W.A. a flying robot that befriends him in the end, saves the day by stealing the plant. Deliver-e then goes after E.W.A. But the movie ends before he makes all his deliveries, ending on a cliffhanger for the second installment. Also: People are jerks to robots.
The second movie was very intense and I've bought extra locks for my front door after watching this movie. I now sleep with the lights on, just in case.
The third movie is a comedy, and I fell from my couch laughing. I liked the scene where Deuce talks to the police (that was called because he insisted delivering the Pyra to a wrong housenumber) and his dyslexia kicks in and calls the Pyra "RAPY". The scene is very well done. Props to the stuntman for going through the window like that. And there's a guy that follows Deuce around, and all he wants to do is to check out his package. When he finally get's to see it, he keeps claiming his "handheld" is bigger than Deuce's, at every unexpected moment.
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λ the β-Redex Reducer
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The second one is named Evil Deliveryman, or ED for short. ED makes the Pyra's and ED delivers them. It's the perfect partnership made in Hell (because Hell is evil).
I recently watched one of my old favorites; Beverly Hills Pyra. The story follows ED, who despite his sometimes unconventional ways always deliver in the end to the astonishment of his harsh critics. Without spoiling too much I must say I particularly enjoyed the part where he went to the customs facility to search for a box of cases.
It's a shame I've lost the movie posters though. @FBnil, can you please check if you happen to have a copy of any of them stowed away somewhere?
It's a shame I've lost the movie posters though. @FBnil, can you please check if you happen to have a copy of any of them stowed away somewhere?
Yeah, it was before the internet. I have a copy of it, but I'm pretty sure the movie was shot in Bavaria Hills, and not in Beverly Hills.
E.D. plays Mixel Foley, the C.O.P. (Creator of Pyra) on a dangerous mission in Bavaria Hills.
[insert movie image where customs personnel stand on a case to test it's strength and Mixel says "Get off my case!"]
Features the hit songs "The heatpipe is on" and "Mixel F."
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Awesome.
This.
New diseases evolve. They always do. That's life.
No government can insure 0 people will die from a new disease. If that's the yardstick someone is running on, it's lunacy.
Practically nobody, as individuals with personal agency, even had stocked up $40 worth of supplies: gloves, masks, isopropyl alcohol, and a roll of disposable rags are all dirt cheap.
Something over 90% of people (EDIT: * 1st world countries) could have prepared for without the government's help and didn't.
Also many people in gov very publicly wanted to be less dependant on other countries, including to be better prepared if supplies gets cut off, and time and time again they were screamed at as being evil racist xenophobes.
Well, here we are.
We can easily draw a parallel with the Pyra project and some of the occasional snarky unhelpful complaints by individuals who never tried mass producing hardware, not even short runs.
I've built short production devices (*example in spoiler), I can imagine how much of a nightmare it is to make the Pyra's all custom hardware.
A miracle that it's being made by such a small team, niche market, and crazy tight budget.
It's important too if only to make sure there are still some computers & phones produced more-or-less independently from giant manufacturers locking down hardware.
like this one:
https://qz.com/823937/inside-a-marr...ts-test-high-tech-products-and-new-amenities/
That was with off-the-shelf boards and a simple cylindrical shape.
Hairy arm modelling by yours truly.
https://qz.com/823937/inside-a-marr...ts-test-high-tech-products-and-new-amenities/
That was with off-the-shelf boards and a simple cylindrical shape.
Hairy arm modelling by yours truly.
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Completely agree, except don’t conflate justifiable criticism of actual racists with the need for each country to be as resilient as possible...Awesome.
This.
New diseases evolve. They always do. That's life.
No government can insure 0 people will die from a new disease. If that's the yardstick someone is running on, it's lunacy.
Practically nobody, as individuals with personal agency, even had stocked up $40 worth of supplies: gloves, masks, isopropyl alcohol, and a roll of disposable rags are all dirt cheap.
Something over 90% of people (EDIT: * 1st world countries) could have prepared for without the government's help and didn't.
Also many people in gov very publicly wanted to be less dependant on other countries, including to be better prepared if supplies gets cut off, and time and time again they were screamed at as being evil racist xenophobes.
Well, here we are.
We can easily draw a parallel with the Pyra project and some of the occasional snarky unhelpful complaints by individuals who never tried mass producing hardware, not even short runs.
I've built short production devices (*example in spoiler), I can imagine how much of a nightmare it is to make the Pyra's all custom hardware.
A miracle that it's being made by such a small team, niche market, and crazy tight budget.
It's important too if only to make sure there are still some computers & phones produced more-or-less independently from giant manufacturers locking down hardware.
like this one:
https://qz.com/823937/inside-a-marr...ts-test-high-tech-products-and-new-amenities/
That was with off-the-shelf boards and a simple cylindrical shape.
Hairy arm modelling by yours truly.
What’s your Marriott Button for?
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levi
Still fresh, damnit!
True that. I'll certainly be revisiting that when I can get out again. Got most of that already; gloves, alcohol, rags, but didn't foresee any significance to face masks at the time. But I've got the important thing; my preorder for a Pyra code on this computer and backed up on two further discs.
That sure is a bookmark-worthy post!
(I know we're supposed to pretend these are real movies and posters, but that's some fine photo editing!)
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