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Comment · 2 months ago
i've used a treedix tester like this. the edition with many led lights, not the one with a screen.

wiggle the cables around to see if and when any of the lights flicker, indicating a bad or broken connection. i've found a few bad cables that would intermittently fail.

Comment · 3 months ago
some controls lend themselves well to a TUI, others not so much. buttons and pads: no problem. knobs and faders: passable but compromised. jog wheel for scratching: pretty much needs to be controller/midi.

No reason this project couldn't add midi controller support directly to the backend (not via TUI!).

Comment · 3 months ago
the constraints of a TUI force you to be creative (in a good way) how to represent/encode information to the user.

In a DJ TUI, how to represent the track waveform? Encoding waveform amplitude in ascii blocks or dots is a pretty low fidelity representation. Instead, you can encode waveform amplitude in single row of blocks with 256 color/intensity averaging the backing sample peaks.

And's if you ever do stems separation you have 4 such rows for each track - efficient and dense!

As the track is playing, or user is zooming or jogging, this representation would give more of the feel that the playhead is moving through the track smoothly.

Comment · 4 months ago
my interest in this would be to customize the cleaning plan/logic... especially regarding traversing difficult carpets edges (which my roborock struggles with)

maybe something like:

  - this specific part of the carpet is the best place to enter onto it
  - once successfully on a carpet, stay on it until done cleaning it
Comment · 4 months ago
if you have all of that info, could you then automate the mix transitions by sending MIDI commands back in? would be fun to play a playlist or radio but where the track transitions are automated, phrase-matched and non-trivial (perhaps lasting for a number of phrases)
Comment · 9 months ago
Clever name that changes depending on where you put the space
Comment · 10 months ago
on my iphone the readme ascii art title gets truncated to just "STASI" :-)

been looking for something like this! will definitely check it out.

Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
That was my experience too. The experience with powerline ethernet adapters was unbearable on a daily basis.

We had an unused coax (which we disconnected from the outside world) and used MoCA adapters (actiontek) and it's been consistently great/stable. No issues ever... for years.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
> moving toward a world where coding isn't really about sitting down and grinding out syntax

Love the idea of "coding" while walking/running outside. For me those outside activities help me clear my mind and think about tough problems or higher level stuff. The thought of directing agents to help persist and refine fleeting thoughts/ideas/insights, flesh out design/code, etc is intriguing

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I really like the nest encoder/button feel, so I was considering trying to hack mine into a becoming desktop volume control/button... but probably lacking the skills to not make a mess of it. Would love to see how you interface with the existing hardware!
Comment · 1 year ago
Rotate phone to landscape

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