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Re:KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer on Friday January 23, 2026 @02:15PM (#46736530)
This website is horrific I love it
Re:Roc Camera on Friday October 24, 2025 @04:14AM (#45692183)
> for an image feed website I used to be shocked at how poorly images were downscaled, maybe that's changed

It has not, still garbage.

Re:Discworld Rules on Saturday March 08, 2025 @11:34AM (#43301399)
> Their ideology is something like the Wokism of Discworld, a deadening, stifling, faceless force of intersectional lifelessness.

What? Do words even have meaning anymore? How is that anything to do with being "woke"?

Recently played on the yearly Jingle Jam charity stream, great game! https://www.jinglejam.co.uk/
Re:Make It Yourself on Friday November 01, 2024 @03:51PM (#42020845)
As cool as this is, it seems a bit bare? Titles/descriptions are hidden away at the bottom of each page and all the renders are plain black and white (which makes me ask why pdf anyway?) without detailing purpose or use (where not obvious)
Re:Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:44PM (#41248048)
Very cool, I like the old school feel of watching whatever is on. That said I immediately noticed the lack of volume control, which IMO is essential.
Re:The Typeset of Wall·E (2018) on Thursday July 11, 2024 @06:54AM (#40935319)
Cool article but this first bit threw me off

> The interpunct is still in use today—it’s the official decimal point in British currency (£9·99)

When the linked wiki specifically points out that it isn't:

> In British typography, the space dot was once used as the formal decimal point.

Re:ESP32 Drum Synth Machine on Friday May 10, 2024 @08:43AM (#40318284)
Look Mum No Computer[1] is the most creative and inspirational guy in this space IMO and he goes through much of his projects in further detail on his site.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

Re:ESP32 Drum Synth Machine on Friday May 10, 2024 @08:41AM (#40318276)
If you're looking for an open source version of the PO-33 (without the nifty little screen) there's the recently released zeptocore[1].

[1] https://zeptocore.com

Re:ESP32 Drum Synth Machine on Friday May 10, 2024 @08:38AM (#40318258)
The delly is in an incredible piece of kit, especially now with the community firmware!
It really takes the soul out of making music. Why would you want a computer to design the sound for you? You don't learn anything, you can't honestly claim you made it or expressed yourself, and it won't truly be novel because the model is spewing out stuff based on what already exists.
Re:Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @08:53AM (#39288551)
True, but this isn't really something the page author can address
Re:Elon Code Review on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @06:29AM (#39273163)
Love the pricing references
Re:Fixing a broken smart cat feeder with ESP32 on Thursday February 01, 2024 @06:33PM (#39223043)
They're pretty great and compatible with most things. ESPHome [1] is a great resource for getting ESP32's working nicely with HA and you can find lots of projects using it to learn from.

You'll likely need to do soldering if you want to connect sensors, batteries and the like.

Personally I really like what SEEED Studio [2] does with their ESP32 boards and they have nice docs.

1. https://esphome.io/ 2. https://www.seeedstudio.com/home-assistant

“If being woke means being worried about economic inequality, and racism, and discrimination against gay people, then I’m in. If it means being authoritarians, and policing language, and shutting up other people, then f*k that.”

This is a typically shallow take from Gervais

Can't wait to see what the community builds, exciting times!
Re:Retro Computer Museum – Leicester, UK on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:09PM (#35979080)
I suppose if someone was en route to visit Stonehenge or Avebury it could be tied in!
As someone who owns a deluge and seems to know about this music community quite well, what do you think the prospects are for this to get a lot of active contributors? Do you see there being a lot of exciting improvements made?

Recently bought mine so very happy to hear this news!

Re:Get Started Making Music on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:12PM (#35955219)
You have anything to back this up? Seems like a stretch to say a weekend of training is all it takes
Re:Recreating macOS’s Drift Screensaver with Rust and WASM on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:05AM (#33118967)
Was hoping someone had remade this for windows, great work!
Re:A New Story for Stonehenge on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:35PM (#30939659)
I'd recommend anyone interested in visiting Stonehenge to also make a stop at Avebury - there are many more stones there that you can walk around and touch (without getting into trouble!)
Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:19PM (#28608000)
This site uses GNU Terry Pratchett and I appreciate that.

http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/

Re:What if I were 1% charged? (2013) on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:31AM (#28470789)
Excellent read, I'd recommend anyone that likes this to check out 'What If' by Randall Munroe (XKCD)
You can always upload a photo to imgur (https://imgur.com/) and link it here
Re:Why Don't Americans Use Bidets? on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:16PM (#27335791)
No such thing as "flushable" wipes, it's an advertising gimmick
Re:The Framework Laptop on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:02PM (#26265889)
Swappable keyboard
Re:The Framework Laptop on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:59PM (#26265844)
I love it!
Don't be so crass, people are suffering because of this that didn't chose to
Re:GitHub Should Start an App Store on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:58PM (#25980870)
I like what you've done with hugo!
Re:How I Spend My Attention on Monday November 23, 2020 @12:08PM (#25188919)
This is one of the greatest benefits I've developed from mindfulness practice

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