Rachel Plotnick

Chopsticks.

Chopsticks.

Yeah, there's a good section of the book that looks at torture testing and all of the kind of bizarre trials we put our devices to to see what will they stand up to. And in fact, I look at programmers and think about, you know, all night coding and kind of the desire to have food and drinks near the device and how people have had to navigate that.

Yeah, there's a good section of the book that looks at torture testing and all of the kind of bizarre trials we put our devices to to see what will they stand up to. And in fact, I look at programmers and think about, you know, all night coding and kind of the desire to have food and drinks near the device and how people have had to navigate that.

Now I'm doing something on energy drinks and gamers. So I think the mixing of food and drinks and snacks with computers is super interesting.

Now I'm doing something on energy drinks and gamers. So I think the mixing of food and drinks and snacks with computers is super interesting.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Whether that's to our benefit, I don't know.

Whether that's to our benefit, I don't know.

Yeah, I think, well, the way that things get made obsolete when they break, you know, and that it's so easy to break things now. Oh, I spilled this tiny bit of liquid on it. Therefore, now the whole thing is broken. Go out and buy a new one. You know, it's pretty painful.

Yeah, I think, well, the way that things get made obsolete when they break, you know, and that it's so easy to break things now. Oh, I spilled this tiny bit of liquid on it. Therefore, now the whole thing is broken. Go out and buy a new one. You know, it's pretty painful.

Yeah, those are membranes, membrane keys.

Yeah, those are membranes, membrane keys.

It's that single point of failure, you know? The fact that one button could ruin the whole device, I think, is so problematic. And you're so right. I mean, most people, you take it to any repair person. They say, oh, we don't want to fix it. It would be cheaper to just get you a new one, you know?

It's that single point of failure, you know? The fact that one button could ruin the whole device, I think, is so problematic. And you're so right. I mean, most people, you take it to any repair person. They say, oh, we don't want to fix it. It would be cheaper to just get you a new one, you know?

Brutal.

Brutal.

Not yet. Actually, I'm doing a talk on Twitch on January 31st. I guess I'll plug that. Nice. For Rom Chip, it's a game history journal. So we're doing a talk on Twitch. And yeah, I'm kind of thinking, again, sort of bringing the past and present into conversation. I'm looking at things like pilots and fatigue and...

Not yet. Actually, I'm doing a talk on Twitch on January 31st. I guess I'll plug that. Nice. For Rom Chip, it's a game history journal. So we're doing a talk on Twitch. And yeah, I'm kind of thinking, again, sort of bringing the past and present into conversation. I'm looking at things like pilots and fatigue and...