new phone case, who dis?

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@TheBreadmonkey lol I remember this skit, somehow

@stuartl
A bit surprisingly I found a pretty recent attempt on doing this.
https://github.com/evanman83/OURS-project

There are also earlier attempts, like https://learn.adafruit.com/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-cellphone/overview

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Nature is healing.

Now I need the STL files ^_^

Edit: the product description (see alt text) has so many caveats that I'm almost tempted to make an alternative*.

* “Almost”, because I have enough problems in my life.

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I'm working on this now. A r-pi w2 connecting to a sim808. Fraught with weird issues but still pressing ahead when my ADHD pony allows

@TheBreadmonkey

perfect.

@codinghorror Not suggesting this is a good idea, but...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=30DcHyi-hZE

@TheBreadmonkey @codinghorror How do people just go back to browsing the shelves? There’s a guy with a phone bigger than a child, and he’s literally shouting into it! How could anyone just — oh, wait: England. Right. Never mind.

@codinghorror that is wonderful

@codinghorror @TheBreadmonkey oh lord

@codinghorror what a brick l feel like that would hurt someone if you hit with it

@codinghorror WANT!

@codinghorror That may be the first thing I want to print ever since getting a printer 5 years ago.

@codinghorror Thats up with the other gem I saw - someone put a battery and bluetooth interface into an old classic rotary phone, arranged so it linked to their (concealed) mobile.

Then took it on a train and with the rotary phone on the table received a call

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@codinghorror Gordon Gekko, clearly?

@etchedpixels @codinghorror I really, really want this, now.

@codinghorror I remember it well!