CES

pooflady had a quick thing to say said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 6:05pm ET

Remember when that other place used to send employees to the CES and report back? That was a lot of fun. Maybe too much fun for meh.

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Thumperchick said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 6:06pm ET:

We have people at CES. We just don’t have a booth I think.

/giphy mind blown

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- @Thumperchick Ooh, anyone we know?
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 6:11pm ET
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- @sammydog01 Well @mandirose is running around somewhere.
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 7:22pm ET
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- @Thumperchick I love @mandirose! I bet she finds us some good stuff.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 8:14pm ET
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- @sammydog01 @Thumperchick
  
  mandirose said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 9:02pm ET
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- @mandirose @sammydog01 @Thumperchick maybe we will get some beanbags again?
  
  RiotDemon said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 10:16pm ET
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- @mandirose @RiotDemon @sammydog01 Not sure about bean bags, but she did mention a rump-warming toilet seat.
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 11:43pm ET
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- @mandirose @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @Thumperchick
  Maybe they could find a supplier for custom logo popsockets? Just sayin…
  
  mike808 said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 11:54pm ET
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Ignorant said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 6:29pm ET:

Was going to go, but forgot to get a hotel.

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f00l said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 7:20pm ET:

Has the future become boring?

I can kinda promise it will liven up. But perhaps the interesting directions will not come from anything at CES.

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medz said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 8:46pm ET:

Cool. They can find crappy products and buy then cheap in 3 years to sell on meh.

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- @medz you really do get us.
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 11:44pm ET
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dashcloud said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 9:10pm ET:

If you’d like to get a sampling of what’s at CES this year, check out the recent CES broadcasts from Perception Studio: https://www.twitch.tv/perceptionstudio/videos
They took a break from their normal comedy to go check out the show.

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- @dashcloud Are there toy robots? I hope @mandirose finds us some toy robots.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 10:04pm ET
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- @mandirose @sammydog01 There’s the current version of Sony’s Aibo dog that lets you scratch it and it reacts realistically. It apparently also can do fetch and play with it’s bone as well. It’s really impressive and really cute.
  
  dashcloud said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 10:46pm ET
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- @dashcloud @mandirose @sammydog01 I read earlier about a certain very personal “robotic” device that got kicked out the show for being too “adult”.
  
  VR porn and sex dolls for men allowed at previous CES, but sex toys for women… That doesn’t belong at CES.
  
  OnionSoup said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 12:26am ET
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- @dashcloud @mandirose Perfect! I’ll take one for fifty bucks.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 9:24am ET
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- @dashcloud @mandirose @OnionSoup @sammydog01
  If it has bluetooth and cn be run by a refurb remote drone controller, then sold!
  
  mike808 said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 11:56pm ET
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slydon said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 10:51pm ET:

Thanks! I was watching coverage from some other places this year and wondering how they made robots and self-driving cars so boring. I still recall drinking with @matthew and sending @dave some “coverage” that was completely made up and totally drawn on napkins. To his credit, he understood why.

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- @slydon It’s always good to see you pop in here.
  
  Thumperchick said Wed, Jan 9th 2019 at 11:44pm ET
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- @slydon @Thumperchick He shouldn’t be poo…oh… …pop!
  
  /nevermind.
  
  therealjrn said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 11:03am ET
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abennett said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 12:04am ET:

I remember staying at… The Imperial Palace? and sharing an elevator with some gents from some crazy deal-a-day site. I chatted a little about how funny the write ups were, @dave gave me his card, and we all went to the LVCC. Good times.

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- @abennett I think that was the year the hotel ran out of hot water. My preoccupation with budget constraint was not so popular that morning!
  
  snapster said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 10:36am ET
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- @abennett the one time my company sent me to a trade show in Vegas the admin booked my room at the imperial palace. That was another clue of many that the department admin didn’t like me.
  
  JnKL said Thu, Jan 10th 2019 at 4:37pm ET
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sligett said Sat, Jan 12th 2019 at 3:02am ET:

I haven’t been paying much attention to CES but headlines about driverless motorcycles caught my eye.

Weird idea, yes?

https://www.popsci.com/riderless-motorcycle

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