Ex-Infowars Star Sells Mysterious Gadget Dubbed the 'Cucks'

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Will Sommer
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A mysterious new gadget called the Qux—pronounced "Cucks"—has taken the right-wing internet by storm and raised nearly $200K for the former Infowars reporter who created it. But does it actually do anything?

Ex-Infowars Star Sells Mysterious Gadget Dubbed the ‘Cucks’
Yes, that’s how you pronounce “Qux.” No, no one knows what it does.
thedailybeast.com
8:11 AM · Sep 15, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-infowars-star-sells-mysterious-gadget-dubbed-the-cucks-er-the-qux

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“I have no idea what this thing is,” co-host Asawin Suebsaeng says. “It’s just staring back at me like the abyss.”

Sommer and Suebsaeng tried to puzzle out what exactly the Qux—a slim box meant to connect to a TV—will do, with no help from its creators, who didn’t respond to requests for comment or technical specifications.

The brainchild of former Infowars reporter Millie Weaver, the Qux has succeeded in spite of or because of that lack of specificity, raising more than $170,000 on crowdfunding site Indiegogo with a promise to create electronic “portals” free from censorship. The Qux is coming, whether anyone involved knows what it is or not.

While giving a gadget aimed at Republicans a name pronounced “cucks” might seem unwise, given its history as a go-to insult during the 2016 presidential campaign, Qux co-creator Gavin Wince insists it was actually a genius marketing decision. The name, according to Wince, is meant to underscore that the true “cucks” are those who give their data to tech companies.

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[cbabe]

1. Like those Scientology cans used to fake diagnosis emotions and whatnot.

[House of Roberts]

2. It's a gonkulator.

We have one, but theirs is much better than ours.

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. I'll tell you what it does

It’s a internet video streaming device. The back ports are from left to right: power, HDMI, RJ45, audio in, audio out.

It’s like your old or current cable box. It decodes video and audio to playback on your TV.

I have built these for Cisco, Scientific Atlanta, Nortel, Motorola, Intel, etc. for over 15 years. Nothing new here other than the new “tech” grift.

[BlueIdaho]

7. So who is encoding and sending a signal of what?

I’m not very savvy - so sorry if this is a dumb question, but if this box is a decoder - that leads me to ask… decode what from whom?

[WA-03 Democrat]

14. It decodes digital info

From the internet. The RJ45 port is for ether net and there maybe a Bluetooth radio inside the box. It behaves like a the original cable TV boxes. It’s a set top box.

Another example of decoding is a CD or DVD player. The info (ones or zeros) is stored on the media (the disc) and when play decodes the information into audio and video so we can watch and hear it.

[Ocelot II]

8. So it's basically a Roku?

[Brother Buzz]

11. A Roku like device preprogrammed for white wing claptrap?

And it's hard wired for security purposes; commie pinko liberals can't hack into the WiFi and spy.

[WA-03 Democrat]

15. Brother Buzz is correct

[BlueIdaho]

18. Unless they buy a box.

So not the most foolproof idea going these days…

[Brother Buzz]

9. So in essence, it converts a television into an auxiliary monitor?

They sell these at the Big Box stores for, like $19.95, but they basically give them away in the thrift stores. Hell, they even have them on the "As Seen on TV" shelf in my Podunk drugstore.

[WA-03 Democrat]

16. Yes

It sends a video and audio signal to the “box” or screen.

[EarlG]

4. Wow

The rubes are just being trolled so blatantly by these scammers now.... a device that doesn't do anything and is called the "Qux"? Hilarious.

The name, according to Wince, is meant to underscore that the true “cucks” are those who give their data to tech companies.

Right... and not the people who buy boxes that do nothing from internet snake oil salesmen.

[Nevilledog]

5. I wish I wasn't so lazy......there's still a lot of money to gift from these idiots.

[StClone]

6. Pet Rock for Qnonsense.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. TFG supporters are idiots

[Initech]

12. It looks like a Raspberry Pi with a cheap case.

[Srkdqltr]

13. Had anyone plugged this in to see if it does anything?

[orleans]

17. my favorite line: "The Qux is coming, whether anyone involved knows what it is or not." nt

[lame54]

20. Gabbo, Gabbo, GABBO!...

[lame54]

19. Sure it's not Kooks?