Must be Lattepunk Vol. 4
Lattepunk
How Many of These Did I Write in 2017!?
Not many more! But I definitely want to get through them all before I start writing about some new overly priced items of luxury. Something surprising about this one...the website is still active! The exact item doesn’t seem available anymore, but look at this shit! Damn, it sucks to suck. Enjoy!
Prepare for winter like a Stark of the North
On average, we spend one third of our life sleeping. Investing in a good bed is essential when you are going to be using it that much. But what about your comforter? Downright Ltd is “committed to providing you with the finest down products designed with you in mind” since 1975! It doesn’t get any finer than the Eliasa Eiderdown collection.
Gracious Style’s website lists the winter weight duvet, for those of you that sleep like kings, at $17,386.00. I personally sleep like a queen, and don’t swap out comforters when the season changes, so I only have to drop $10,294.00 for the year round weight. Is it stuffed with direwolf fur from beyond the wall? Close! The material in these comforters are “hand collected from abandoned nests in Eider Duck sanctuaries” and are so luxuriously comfortable it will “feel like you are sleeping on a cloud.” But are duck feathers really worth it?
Although on its official site it doesn’t state a thread count, Gracious Style says it’s a “434 thread count silk exterior” and it seems that “flowering vine” pattern in the picture is your only option. I could not find the fill power of this duvet (higher the number=better quality and warmth), I’d have to assume it’s high seeing how their 920 Fill Power Goose Down is only $4,400. And with all the Googling I’ve done, the average sleeper can’t tell the difference between Goose feathers and Duck feathers (regardless where the Anatidae is from). A Siberian Geese don’t sound so bad to me. As long as the ducks are cool with it, do as you will.
While you're shopping, you can’t spend over 17 grand on a comforter and not get the matching pillows! Sleep on your stomach? $5,747 for the soft. You’re a back sleeper? $8,507 for the medium. Side sleeper like me? $10,233 for the firm (though my queen sized pillow is only $8,109). Those prices are PER pillow by the way (you need two!). Twin sizes for the comforters and pillows are available if you want this for your child too. If you can cover your bed with the price of a 2017 Audi A3, it must be nice.
things i read this week:
security:
Temu denies breach after hacker claims theft of 87 million data records | Bill Toulas for Bleeping Computer
Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai for TechCrunch
Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim? | Kim Zetter for Wired
Police Hack Into ‘Ghost’, An Encrypted Platform for Criminals | Joseph Cox for 404 Media
The Walls Are Closing in on the Snowflake Hacker | Joseph Cox for 404 Media
ai:
When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host | Flora Tsapovsky for Wired
Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating | Benj Edwards for ArsTechnica
New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free | Kate Knibbs for Wired
Fake AI “podcasters” are reviewing my book and it’s freaking me out | Kyle Orland for ArsTechnica
travel:
Meet the People Traveling the World, Thanks to Crowdfunding | Rosie Bell for Wired
environment:
California sues Exxon Mobil over ‘sham’ of plastics recycling | Joseph Winters for Grist
Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations | Natalie Donback for Grist
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