This is huge news to me. I was always taught to remove bandages asap to let wounds “air out”.

I don’t know how to put this tactfully, but impromptu public performance of any kind is widely considered torture.

That’s why you go .tar.gz

Yesterday, for the first time, I got google search results that were entirely useless. I don’t remember what I searched, but it was a relatively simple question and I was kind of in a hurry. The only results I got were video thumbnails and sponsored products… Also presented as thumbnails. Barely any text anywhere to tell me what the thumbnails were supposed to be. They even removed the choices across the top so I couldn’t select “all”.

It’s been getting worse for years, but that was the last straw for me. I don’t want to search the web on “large thumbnails”, I want “detail view”. Sometimes I’m searching for a product, but mostly I need information in the form of text written by a real human. If a search engine can’t give me that, then it’s not useful anymore.

Really frustrating. I guess I better get around to using duckduckgo everywhere.

Frisbee golf. It’s cheap, fun but challenging, and outdoors. Worst case scenario, you go on a long walk and bump into some interesting people. If you’re in a medium sized city or larger, there is probably a course and league near you.

The culture is generally very polite and fun to be around. Lots of harmless stoners and 30yo bearded people with beers in hand. In the south there is starting to be some influence from megachurches using it as an enticement, so I’m not sure if it’s “cleaned up” a little more down there.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried spacerpg4 but it hasn’t held my attention as much as I hoped.

I did find an android port of star control 2, and that is some good stuff. Really scratched the 90 gaming itch too.

They run on 1V per octave control voltage. Lots of keyboards can output that natively, the arturia keystep is what I have because it has some sequencing capabilities as well.

There are tons of circuits out there for midi to CV conversion. Arduino is harder than you’d expect because it can’t output straight analog so you need to interface with a DAC or filter of some kind. Temperature compensation is also pretty important. Obviously not insurmountable problems, so there are lots of DIY designs of varying quality. Here’s the second one I found on a search: https://github.com/elkayem/midi2cv

You can have a really good time with the sound lab mini synth 2 and a sequencer or keyboard. It has 2 voices so you can animate a drone and sequence/play over the top. Or use it to drive spectrally rich audio into a bigger system for processing with mutable modules or whatever. Sky’s the limit :)

If you want a relatively straightforward, but still really cool project, the echo rockit is where it’s at. Makes a great effect and is still a fun stand alone noisebox.

No shade on “how it’s made”, it’s one of my favorite shows. But I think a LLM could probably write most of the narration. They primarily describe what is happening on screen. You might have to train one special to have information on industrial and manufacturing processes.

Nothing lol.

Oh this one is good. I have like 12 hours stuck in an empty community college lounge today. I found an APK for Android and I’ve been playing for a solid 4 hours. It’s a lot of fun even just gathering resources and upgrading the flagship.

How do I find tech upgrades? My lander needs some environmental resistance for sure.