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botvolution

@botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org

your unpleasant lizard.

I've been floating in the fediverse since at least 2018 in one guise or another.

Avatar: Mole in gasmask, cropped from a cartoon by Tom Gauld

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botvolution, to random
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Ok weirdos, an old friend kindly gave me an sdr box (sdrplay rsp1) so now I need some of that sweet free open source shit to use with it.
Linux only, no wine or vm stuff.

Who can tell me what's hot ?

symmetrizer, to random
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I think my DIY eurorack case is coming along nicely.

There are some ugly gaps between the frame and the wood that I'm going to fix tomorrow. I also have to fasten the frame, PSU, bus board, cute handles and some corner protection thingys. When all this is done I'm going to sand down all visible parts and give it a nice dark brown finishing. I'm thinking either oak or mahogany-like.

botvolution,
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@symmetrizer
Looks ok to me.
How deep is that HE? The PCB looks huge on the circuitbenders page

botvolution, to random
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"abdominal surgery" my arse.
We all know it was to deliver a lizard-baby

botvolution,
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@mxtthxw
the "princess of wales"

botvolution,
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@mxtthxw
jesus they've crossed reptiles and molluscs now?
this is Lovecraft made flesh.
the horror!

mxtthxw, to random
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My other half just sent me this from some weird webpage.

botvolution,
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@mxtthxw
"Toilets with threatening auras" is one of the accounts I miss from Twiter. That and Threatening Music Notation.

botvolution, to random
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Why can't they suck the goo out of your eyeballs, filter out all the shit and crap that causes floaters and then squirt it back in again?

botvolution,
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@cenbe @matthewconroy

Yes, it was not an entirely serious suggestion, of course

mxtthxw, to random
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    botvolution,
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    @mxtthxw
    Someone once said to me that he would rather have a dishwasher than a washing machine. He would rather go to the launderette than wash dishes.

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    botvolution,
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    @flockofnazguls @synths

    This is why we need digital soldering irons.

    botvolution, to random
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    It is not that I have Too Much Stuff, it is simply that I do not Have Enough Room.

    symmetrizer, to random
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    Yay my eurorack frame arrived. It looks sick! Looks like more parts will arrive tomorrow so I'll spend the weekend working on the case and building modules. I can't wait!

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    It would be in the spirit of the fedi to document it all exhaustively (and exhaustingly) with pictures

    botvolution, to random
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    Please please I fucking beg of you all, stop posting links with all the tracking shit.
    It makes the post look shit and, duh,it's tracking shit. Stop it. Stop it now.

    Extelec, to random
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    Loads wrong with it, but the proof of principle is confirmed as viable :)

    Steel ball rotates on a circular acrylic frame. With a single coil of wire around the track

    botvolution,
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    @Extelec In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

    botvolution, to random
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    Can I just mention that the 1870s was not "centuries ago".

    cenbe, to random
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    NASA got it open! If only they had listened when I said to tap it on the edge with a butter knife... but I suppose butter knives aren't allowed in the glove box. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-samples-canister-1851159732

    botvolution,
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    @cenbe should have run it under the hot tap

    MLE_online, to random
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    I think I want to try baking a dark rye bread this week

    botvolution,
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    @MLE_online @foxxtrot
    Are we talking dark rye as in pumpernickel or dark rye as in bread simply made with dark rye flour?
    Because I make the latter weekly. Sourdough.
    It is a sticky affair. If I want a decent rise it needs a pretty wet dough. Not a pleasure to handle.

    botvolution, to random
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    I quite like this.

    Usual excessive hiss from poor gainstaging, sorry.

    withoutclass, to music
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    Is there a standalone piece of electronic #music equipment that I could buy to dip my toes in? I find myself gravitating towards the OP-1 by Teenage Engineering. It looks like it includes just about everything I could imagine to get started fooling around but maybe I'm way off base.

    botvolution,
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    @withoutclass
    Questions like this tend to prompt people to tell you that the thing they personally own and like would be better for you than the one you've mentioned.

    Fwiw, if you can afford the TE, and you like the look of it, buy it and see how you like it. If you don't get on with it, you can sell it and treat the loss you'll inevitably make as rental.

    There's a zillion do-everything synths out there. Fill your boots, as they say.

    ParadeGrotesque, to random
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    Now copying 9 months of 2023 pictures from my 'smart' phone to the backup SSD.

    Yeah, backup of my life, you could say.

    botvolution,
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    @ParadeGrotesque curiously enough, I did a similar thing today (tho mine got copied to a whirly disky thing)

    symmetrizer, to random
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    Looking into, mostly DIY, eurorack chassis and it's a jungle. I have so much to learn.

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    Oh boy. Kiss goodbye to your old life. Also your loved ones if any, and your bank balance.

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    Oh btw I built drumBs

    Back of green printed circuit board, showing many solder points where components have been installed. At top mid-right we can see a blue and white trimmer potentiometer and an electrolytic capacitor. At bottom left is the legend "drumBs" in white. In the centre are the words "SATAN IS UNHAPPY WITH YOUR PROGRESS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE DEBRIEFING ROOM."

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    It's quite fun, perfectly decent as a kick or hihat. A bit clicky but some people like that & the build instructions warn about it too.
    Good soldering practice for thru hole for a beginner. Worked first time, no smoke or anything.
    The roll gate is a bit finicky to get sounding right, but when you do it works well.
    Obviously the biggest "issue" from a modular perspective is that there's no voltage control over any parameters, but on the other hand it cost me < £30 to build.

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    An equivalent commercial module with VC over all those parameters would be probably twice the size and 10x the cost.

    So, in summary, I like it lol.

    botvolution,
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    @symmetrizer
    Cool.
    Tip: a shrouded power header won't fit as it is obstructed by other components. So order a plain 2x5 header.

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