Needs UV light to activate. But in the age of AlGaN LEDs it is not a major problem. Some doped versions, e.g. TiO2:N, can be happy enough with blue, too.
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It is useless without a USB port. Seriously.
Being able to charge your phone in a car is compulsory now. You canât take up that valuable cigarette lighter spot with something like this.
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Some people have managed to talk about the chemistry and electronics in this thing. It always impresses me that the people here can extract a little discussion out of these silly bits of advertising.
So bring it on BB Gods. The most tacky awful products you can make 10% on the sale of. Go for it!
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Life, even the mundane, is interesting 
Bring on the Sham Wow!
Consumer Reports calls bullshit.
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Things tend to become interesting when looked from close up enough.
âŚbut tell it to the plebes and get glassy stares⌠like in that porcine allegory involving pearlsâŚ
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I am honestly and genuinely not sure these days about which posts are sponsored and which are not⌠For example, is that really a [review of the NutraBullet][1] or is it a paid ad? Does Mark really think [this keychain tool][2] is ânifty,â or is it a paid ad? Are the only things that are ads the âBoingBoingâs Storeâ posts?
This would be problematic in any venue, itâs especially painful here given the editorial leaning of the Boingers.
Formerly, when I saw a product on this website, I thought it was a genuine endorsement from reliable sources and it actually piqued my interest. With this post, what was left of that sense of trust has been totally eroded.
When introduced, I thought the BB Store would be a collection of âwonderfulâ products that would be both sponsored and endorsed by Boingers but it sure doesnât appear that wayâŚ
(This criticism doesnât mean I donât appreciate much of the other content on the site.)
[1]: http://boingboing.net/2015/08/28/review-nutribullet-12-piece-h.html
[2]: http://boingboing.net/2015/08/31/gerber-shard-nifty-5-keycha.html
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You shut your mouth BLUE LEDS ARE THE FUTURE
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Blue LEDs are the present. They used to be the future in the past.
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It looks like a Dalekâs sex toy.
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Damn, canât un-see that!
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There we go, FTFY.
I feel like Markâs posts are generally tools that he actually finds useful. I canât speak for the other people posting Amazon links, but Iâm happy to add in links to far cheaper alternatives from China when they do post them.
Some of the âspecial guestâ posts sure do feel like paid posts, but the editorial staff have said that theyâre not. Iâm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, because theyâre pretty transparent about most stuff like that. As long as they let us comment about just how crappy the BB store shit is, Iâm fine with them posting links. I wish theyâd be a bit less obvious about directly cut and pasting the ad copy, but whatâre ya gonna do, right? Bills gots ta be paid.
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Bills do have to be paid. Iâve been the one defending them in other comment threads like this one.
However, I cannot imagine Iâm the only one whoâs having a downgraded UX and whose goodwill/trust has become far more muddled. It is what it is, I suppose.
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Iâm never going to buy from this store, and the comment threads are always funny.
But from the VPN threads itâs clear that people are buying based on these posts, so I think there is an issue.
I really should get around to getting a BB shirt, too.
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Iâve been wondering what self-described red-diaper baby Cory Doctorow thinks about all this rampant (and low-quality) capitalism, but so far all Iâve noticed is the steadily decreasing number of his contributions over the past several months.
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I call it âcrapitalismâ.
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