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Dick Trauma posted:On a similar note was the 1970s Fisher Price "record" player. The records were plastic discs with bumps for the stylus to read like a music box. This video is from someone using a 3d printer to make his own song discs. Thank you for ruining my evening plans. I too fell down the youtube rabbit hole. I guess I really didn't need to do laundry tonight..........
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Three-Phase posted:Well that’s kinda lame. At least with the other one there was a clever mechanism involved. No wonder kids on my lawn like fidget cubes and things like that.
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I now have the best mechanical keyboard (E: yes my desk is filthy I both solder and do machining in this room, and I got dumped this week t  )
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Nov 15, 2017 06:11
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I now have the best mechanical keyboard LINK
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I messaged a guy on Reddit and got mine for $7, but apparently he has a website: http://chillcaps.win/ E: apparently I should have gotten a "DSA" keycap. But with a cherry mount? IDK. I run with Cherry Greens and I rarely hit the "EMERGENCY VAPORWAVE" key so the narrower profile is A-OK. Queen_Combat has a new favorite as of 06:38 on Nov 15, 2017 |
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dude, you gotta get a keyboard with nothing but a random assortment of those caps. then you'd have the ~ultimate posting machine~
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Nov 15, 2017 06:40
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I now have the best mechanical keyboard
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Nov 15, 2017 09:18
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mystes posted:Why does your keyboard have a Solo cup button? Because it is the best.
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Nov 15, 2017 09:35
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Is this the 2017 version of casemodding?
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mystes posted:Why does your keyboard have a Solo cup button? Platystemon posted:Because it is the best. mystes posted:Is this the 2017 version of casemodding?
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mystes posted:Is this the 2017 version of casemodding?  Is casemodding a thing anymore?I remember back in '03, I would spend hours and hours just looking at modded cases and dreaming about modding one 
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Nov 15, 2017 17:28
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Collateral Damage posted:Nowadays it's mostly about buying a case with a window and stuffing the most garish LEDs you can find into it. https://kotaku.com/hatsune-miku-shows-us-the-future-of-pc-case-mods-1819606434
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Nov 15, 2017 17:32
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Collateral Damage posted:Nowadays it's mostly about buying a case with a window and stuffing the most garish LEDs you can find into it. The end stage is hiding all the thinky bits in the monitor, and filling the case with a Rube Goldberg device.
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Nov 15, 2017 18:40
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If your computer isn't a solid black monolith with a single faint, omniously red LED on the front it's too garish.
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Nov 15, 2017 20:09
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Collateral Damage posted:If your computer isn't a solid black monolith with a single faint, omniously red LED on the front it's too garish. Mine is a solid black monolith, but with two blue LEDs (power and drive usage). So what then?
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Nov 15, 2017 20:26
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Collateral Damage posted:If your computer isn't a solid black monolith with a single faint, omniously red LED on the front it's too garish. I disabled my front LEDs by not plugging them in, and use the quietest fan settings. Smh if you notice a computer is on in the room
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Nov 15, 2017 20:34
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I now have the best mechanical keyboard Is that the Dixie cup "jazz" design? 
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Nov 15, 2017 20:38
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I disabled my front LEDs by not plugging them in, and use the quietest fan settings. Smh if you notice a computer is on in the room Can't do that. I like seeing if my drive light is blinking when you get thoser long black screen with no feedback loading moments.
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Samizdata posted:Can't do that. I like seeing if my drive light is blinking when you get thoser long black screen with no feedback loading moments. They need to offer an SSD with a little speaker on it that goes clickety clickety like an old mechanical HDD so you can tell if the computer is working without even looking at it. Hnnnnng oh god yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZZBxV1Hhw
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Nov 15, 2017 20:49
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Collateral Damage posted:If your computer isn't a solid black monolith with a single faint, omniously red LED on the front it's too garish. the only case mod I'd ever spring for would be one that made my computer look like a tiny version of the WOPR, and even then it would have to make those great thrumming noises
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Nov 15, 2017 20:51
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Vanagoon posted:They need to offer an SSD with a little speaker on it that goes clickety clickety like an old mechanical HDD so you can tell if the computer is working without even looking at it.
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Nov 15, 2017 21:31
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Dick Trauma posted:Is that the Dixie cup "jazz" design?
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mystes posted:I already asked this except I ninja edited my post to the name of the correct cup company. They should really set up a marco that plays smooth jazz every time someone presses escape. That or automate a water cooler.
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Nov 15, 2017 21:42
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mystes posted:I already asked this except I ninja edited my post to the name of the correct cup company. What kind of a ninja tells people what they did? You are not a good ninja!
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Nov 15, 2017 21:45
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Vanagoon posted:They need to offer an SSD with a little speaker on it that goes clickety clickety like an old mechanical HDD so you can tell if the computer is working without even looking at it. I miss the auditory feedback I got from platters of spinning rust.
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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:It is lame. I learned a ton of mechanical principles from old toys like that. Yeah! I was at a flea market a few years ago and found this neat little cube. Some kind of fancy old toy. I think there’s some way to open it up but there’s a ton of mechanical contraptions inside it. I need to spend a little more time to see if I can figure it out.
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Three-Phase posted:Yeah! I was at a flea market a few years ago and found this neat little cube. Some kind of fancy old toy. I think there’s some way to open it up but there’s a ton of mechanical contraptions inside it. I need to spend a little more time to see if I can figure it out. I bet it has such sights to show you!
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Dick Trauma posted:Is that the Dixie cup "jazz" design? 
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Vanagoon posted:They need to offer an SSD with a little speaker on it that goes clickety clickety like an old mechanical HDD so you can tell if the computer is working without even looking at it. I can still hear highpitched 'clicks' from my SSD when it's working... no idea how that'd possibly happen (maybe cross-talk onto the speakers? It continues when I turn software volume down, but obvious if it's a hardware thing that wouldn't make any difference.)
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Tunicate posted:I can still hear highpitched 'clicks' from my SSD when it's working... no idea how that'd possibly happen (maybe cross-talk onto the speakers? It continues when I turn software volume down, but obvious if it's a hardware thing that wouldn't make any difference.) One of the PCs two jobs ago for me had a neat interference thing where if you had any significant screen redrawing, say scrolling a large image around, you could get different tones out of the attached speakers. Yes, it was a CRT with attached speakers. In loving 2010.
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I can't remember when it stopped happening, but I remember incoming cell phone calls would cause a lot of computer speakers to go haywire with these loud, buzzing beep noises. Some sort of interference I guess?
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Tunicate posted:I can still hear highpitched 'clicks' from my SSD when it's working... no idea how that'd possibly happen (maybe cross-talk onto the speakers? It continues when I turn software volume down, but obvious if it's a hardware thing that wouldn't make any difference.) quote:Fake engine noise has become one of the auto industry’s dirty little secrets, with automakers from BMW to Volkswagen turning to a sound-boosting bag of tricks. Without them, today’s more fuel-efficient engines would sound far quieter and, automakers worry, seemingly less powerful, potentially pushing buyers away.
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mystes posted:That must be something like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...fcb4_story.html No more crazy than engineering the car door sound. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9533769.stm
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I wish there was a way to disable the fake engine noises; I want my cars silent inside goddamn it.
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Wasabi the J posted:I wish there was a way to disable the fake engine noises; I want my cars silent inside goddamn it. As a pedestrian and cyclist, no.
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Grassy Knowles posted:As a pedestrian and cyclist, no. I think he primarily means the fake sounds coming out of the car speakers in the cab, not the external noise.
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Cindy Shitbird posted:One of the PCs two jobs ago for me had a neat interference thing where if you had any significant screen redrawing, say scrolling a large image around, you could get different tones out of the attached speakers. Yes, it was a CRT with attached speakers. In loving 2010. In college I lived in a number of small rooms, which meant my computer and guitar amplifier were in close proximity. drat near anything wireless would produce a distinct tone from the amp if it was turned on. My favorite was the scroll wheel on my mouse producing noticeably different tones when scrolling up or down. Probably could have made a whole song out of it.
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Inco posted:I think he primarily means the fake sounds coming out of the car speakers in the cab, not the external noise. The external noise needs to be of a Jetson car.
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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:The external noise needs to be of a Jetson car. Now I want a car that sounds like a TIE Fighter
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