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		foobarian on April 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Siri, open the garage That duct tape... and electrical stuff hanging off the ceiling... makes me cringe! EEs in my dad's company used to call that kind of project an "ikebana." :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana

nicklovescode on April 7, 2014 | [–]

Our housemates seem to have decided that it's just over the border of the tradeoff between convenience and fear :)

vonmoltke on April 7, 2014 | | [–]

Not just hanging from the ceiling... hanging from communication wires on the ceiling. :shudder:

Still, some sins are excusable in the name of proof-of-concept. :)

pearjuice on April 7, 2014 | [–]

So it's art then?

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