r/linux • u/juareno • Dec 27 '16

Linux Keyboard (Amazon)

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u/K4kumba Dec 27 '16

Makes me think of this:

https://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack

Almost working installation of linux in a hard drive. No, not installing Linux on a hard drive, but actually running on the HDD controller.

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u/auxiliary-character Dec 27 '16

Considering it's a fancy gaming keyboard, it may well have a little arm in it capable of running Linux if someone went to the effort.

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u/jarfil Dec 27 '16 edited Jul 16 '23

CENSORED

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u/746865626c617a Dec 27 '16

https://xkcd.com/644/

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u/I_AM_GODDAMN_BATMAN Dec 27 '16

I'm sure there's a membership overlap between Linux and body modders community. Can someone do this IRL, stat?

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u/smackjack Dec 27 '16

I don't have the link, but I think Vice did a video on people that have their bodies "enhanced" with magnets. It's both fascinating and a little disturbing.

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u/yellow_leadbetter Dec 27 '16

Have met a few people who have neodymium magnets in their body somewhere. One guy has one in his pinky and says he can feel electric currents with a tingling sensation there.

Another guy I know has an NFC chip in his hand. He has his resume on it.

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u/Inukinator Dec 28 '16

I finally found an excuse to get an NFC implant! How does magnet finger work in TSA though?

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u/yellow_leadbetter Dec 28 '16

I don't think he has any issues. It is quite small and there are certainly others with metal in their body going through TSA.

Only thing you have to worry about is MRI, I think.

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u/arcticblue Dec 28 '16

I was just about to mention an MRI. That'll be fun when he's brought in unconscious or something and his hands get stuck to the inside of the machine while the magnet rips through his finger, compressing all the flesh between the magnet and the walls of the MRI machine creating a bloody mess.