It’s not an “if” detector, it’s a “how much” detector. It looks like it’s using the LED chamber to light the film in a consistent way, and then the phone camera measures the color change to quantify how much radiation it was exposed to.

Right, what I was suggesting was that the fact that it makes sense both ways might have been the reason the inventor settled on that name, as opposed to ‘cabin logs’ or something else.

I’m curious whether that was intentional. The wiki article doesn’t give any background on the choice of name, so I’d say it’s entirely possible that the name is a play on Lincoln/linkin’.

It’s also super cool that they were invented by one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s sons! One biographer claimed that Frank’s middle name at birth was actually Lincoln and his mother changed it, so there’s a possibility of that being an inspiration for the name as well.

Great post, thanks!

One aspect to consider is exactly what data these devices are exfiltrating from your network. You usually can’t see the contents of the telemetry sent, but given that a LOT of smart devices have cameras and/or microphones, do you really trust that your IoT devices are not sending back audio and or video recordings of the inside of your house?

• crap
• dookie
• deuce
• the term ‘steaming pile’ is almost always used to evoke shit, even if not directly referring to shit
• grogan

I don’t know if poopreport still exists, but if you’re really interested in creative words for shit, that site is/was an absolute gold mine.

“It’s called colorized hyperspectral X-ray imaging with multi-metal targets, or CHXI MMT for short,” said project lead Edward Jimenez, an optical engineer

This guy isn’t allowed to name things anymore.

I’d say we’re fully in agreement then. I certainly didn’t mean to imply that adding difficulty alone was somehow automatically virtuous. It’s maybe better to say there’s virtue in doing some things the hard way.

I’m actually really curious to hear your definition of virtuous! For me, it’s the ‘has an overall positive effect’ definition, not the wishy-washy ‘moral’ one.

There’s a distinct difference between doing something “the hard way” and adding unnecessary complications. “The hard way” is just a faster way of saying “without all the modern conveniences.” New York to Maine the hard way would be walking rather than driving.

The virtue in doing something the hard way is that it gives you a clearer look at the details. Walking from New York to Maine would give you a much more intimate understanding of the terrain than driving or flying.

That’s assuming that an oncoming car wouldn’t swerve at all if a cyclist entered their path. Dangerous or unpredictable behavior by anyone on a road puts everyone in the area at risk.

There’s always the Jewel Cooler:

I hadn’t clicked the link yet, but Concrete Donkey told me what it was immediately

I was under the impression that the chemicals involved in recycling paper products, combined with the fact that virgin paper is almost entirely sourced from managed, quick-growing tree farms, make paper recycling also undesirable?

Jury nullification only helps if you get an actual jury.

Just a rock or a knife, if you wear the animal down enough. You’re probably not biting through the hide though.

Absolutely! Biometrics are at best a username, not a password.

You don’t actually need to continue your taper through the bridle joint; just start your taper behind the joint.