Got confused in my excitement... this is where the stickers go, right?

Looks good to me.

Thats a handsome arm right there

Coding skillz +100
Fame +1000

Mah (wo-)man 🤛🏼👌

@randomcomma Doesn't look like anything to me.

Awesome! Is that a prostetic arm?

@gedankennebel it's a prosthetic hand

@FintinaM 😂

@taylorviktorya can you code with it?

@sadjad yes, but not quickly. I type about 84-92 wpm without it and snout 36-40 with it, including punching my laptop screen unintentionally if I happen to be using my laptop. If i had the fully functional wrist (flexes and rotates mechanically) it might be different

Your hand is bad ass! Nice

@kurtr thank you :)

@taylorviktorya can we add retractable blades and maybe a flame thrower to it?

@randomcomma I found a gif of some dude with punch activated flame throwers, but I'm not sure how that would work with the rocket punch feature my friends are designing

@taylorviktorya rocket punch, you say... then why not add a small explosive charge when the punch makes contact...

@randomcomma because it's a reusable rocket punch. Arm is absurdly expensive

@taylorviktorya then we need a Kickstarter to get you more arms ;)

@randomcomma each arm, without the wrist that makes it worth it, is $57k. While I would love to make enough to buy multiples, it would be cheaper to raise the money for titanium plates to become closer to a cyborg...

@taylorviktorya ooo titanium. Now you're talking.

@taylorviktorya some friends of mine made a cheap prosthetic with a functioning wrist. The fingers suck, though-- grip only. I could ask them to send over the design if you'd like.

I like the cyborg idea. I have fucked up knees and a fucked up shoulder. Keep my brain, replace the rest with serviceable and replaceable parts.

@starless I sadly don't trust cheap designs because I've busted a few just by using them. I don't let my arm get in the way, so I use it for all the things anyone else would. That's not apparently how they're meant to be used, though, as they all break...

@randomcomma I agree!!!!

@taylorviktorya fair. Their base model was designed to be child proof, so I'm not sure how it'd compare to others on the market. If you ever find yourself trying to make your own, shoot me a mention -- my significant other has some experience in the area, and I'm in manufacturing.

Speaking of which, I'd go for a metal printed arm for strength to weight ratio before a solid machined one, fwiw.

@taylorviktorya sorry for commenting on this old rant but I have to say something after reading this...

As you might know I have to use some "assistive equipment" (idk if this is the right term sry) as well...

And I FUCKING HATE how expensive and at the same time unreliable and easy to break they are...
1. I don't have time to get them fixed every other day
2. If one of those "helpers" breaks down my whole schedule get messed up
3. For the money they take it should be possible to deliver a decent pice of technologie
4. This stuff is two expensive even if my insurance (or the government) pays it there is no reason to charge that much...

@starless I definitely will! Im looking more into it so i can try to stop fighting width my insurance company.

@needToRoll I might make that a whole other rant... I'm right there with you. I want to know why the hell insurance thinks there's no medical necessity for a fully articulating wrist. I just want their logic.

I don't know how it is in other countries, but in the US the insurance industry is in bed with big pharmaceuticals and the government. Money is passed around between the three and the people lose in the end. The whole system is corrupt and needs to be torn down, but it won't happen anytime soon, sadly

@taylorviktorya that would (at least in my case) not be a DEV rant... but it would be interesting to discuss this with someone in a comparable situation who thinks like a dev as well

@needToRoll if you want to discuss and not annoy people with our non dev rant, we cab switch to discord

@taylorviktorya I would be happy to my username stays the same

@randomcomma yeah, I'm in the States. Insurance is stupid here. But I'm glad I have it because they covered 90% of my arm

@taylorviktorya wow. I am surprised they covered that much. good for you!

@randomcomma it helps that the manager i had at the time threatened them with a discrimination lawsuit.

"If she doesn't have the arm, she can't meet the physical requirements of promotion, and if she sues us for discrimination, we'll pass the bill on to you. Your call." Boss took 0 shit when it came to our well-being.

Note: I didn't gave the availability to be a supervisor, so I didn't get the promotion, not any physical "disability" reason.

@taylorviktorya I'm glad your manager stood up for you, but sorry you didn't get the promotion.

@randomcomma meh. That was about 2 years ago. I'm glad I didn't. Made leaving for my new job easier

@taylorviktorya the new job is better overall?

@randomcomma Much. It's not my dream job, but it's getting me to my dream job

@taylorviktorya awesome! The the old job served a purpose (helped you get the arm) and the new job has you on your way towards your dream job. Win win.

I know this is an old rant (and I'm not sure why it popped up in my stream), but seeing this and a few other of @QueenMorgana's posts about her arm has been a truly uplifting experience.

My closest friends know that the disability I fear the most is losing an arm, and here we have someone who has gone though it and came out the other side, and doesn't even see it as a major disability.

This makes me believe my life can be good no matter what happens.

@configurator to clear things up, I was born with one hand but have met Bethany, the female surfer who lost her arm, and she lets nothing get in her way.

I only had to learn to do things once, but she, and many others, had to adjust and relearn so much in their lives. She's one of my role models.

To your point that life would be good, no matter what. Yes. Life can almost always get worse. It's normal to be frustrated with things, but when you're done being frustrated, try again. People are assholes, but that's a reflection on them, not you, and I've found that they're usually intimidated by whoever they're being an asshole to.

Should anything happen to you, just remember that you'll get through it and its a chance to prove how strong you are.

@QueenMorgana see, that's exactly the attitude I was talking about in my last comment! Extremely uplifting.

@amahlaka there are two electrodes and as I flex my muscles, it triggers the movement I want