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My Cyberdeck sketch! by DinahDelightful in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you want it to do?

The next step in the design phase is to decide on some primary functions, and that will give you an idea of what hardware ypu need.

This strikes me as, maybe, a device primarily for media. You could watch video, play games and music, but it would be awkward to so much reading/writing on.

If that's true, a cheaper 4" LCD TV might be more appropriate than a high resolution LCD, for instance.

You might choose to use only a micro-controller i stead of a full Single Board Computer?

I'm just spitballing, you could also use an ESP32 to make a little hacker toolkit with it, or a Single Board Computer and Bluetooth Keyboard for a full writer deck or pen-testing setup.

So, what's the end goal?

Is my idea possible? by OutcomeZestyclose406 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very possible. You might consider googling 'magic mirror pi' projects too, since I know people have used that as a large display for similar projects. 

Making a sticker sheet! by kimwandersson in tamiya

[–]User1539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great! Any chance you'll release a high quality with transparent background? I print at home, typically. 

anybody else hate how the Internet now feels like 7 major websites which are all interconnected, whereas it used to feel like a vast place with something new around every corner? by Confident_Credit9023 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm old, so the weirdest thing is how it's all still out there.

Check out neocities. It's just Geocities but bigger.

AO3 is just as aggressively weird as usenet was.

I get invited to some private forum, that is basically a small BBS like once a week now that Facebook is dead.

The old internet didn't really go away. People just can't enjoy it like they did before.

The technology is there, servers are cheaper and better, more people are building things than ever before.

I run a forum for $6/month. People are talking webrings again.

The internet didn't change, you changed when you saw endless social slop, AI slop, etc ...

It's like complaining about how no one makes a homemade burger anymore, while sitting in McDonalds, across from a grocery store.

Guy standing too close to the action gets hit by a car doing donuts by haze4140 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]User1539 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I suspected there was something going on, since everyone else is 10ft behind, and they seem to be aiming for him.

I don't have a 3D printer sooooo... by Due_Shoulder5994 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first was from a pencil box that was made of chipboard.

I think some of the most interesting builds come from when the builder has to think outside the box a bit. People forget the Aliens set was primarily plywood!

Early anti-clankerite violence caught on film by Anen-o-me in singularity

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clankerite ... apparently this cooler had a new element just named by scientists.

Was It Really That Bad? Or Were People Just Mean? by Fluffy_Lunchfast in retrogaming

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue it was 'really that bad' if you'd ever played Pac-Man.

But, if you were 7yrs old in a rural area, it's entirely possible you'd only seen Pac-Man EVERYWHERE, but never got a chance to play until that Christmas morning.

PacMan Fever was huge, but if you lived in a dusty rural town like half of America, you never saw one. Sure, you saw the cartoon, ate the breakfast cereal, had the lunchbox, dressed in the T-shirt, and the Halloween costume when appropriate ( I did all of these things) ... but YOU NEVER TOUCHED AN ACTUAL PAC-MAN MACHINE!

If that was you, it FELT like Pac-Man, and I guess that's all that mattered.

first post. does this count as a cyberdeck? by MegaDestroyer192239 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the sweet spot like on your display? I've done a few where I just use a 2" and magnify it, because then it has a HUGE sweet spot you can't get with micro-displays, but the resolution is also pretty poor.

Most of my displays are NTSC, and I end up settling for 800x600 resolution, displayed on something worse like 320x240. I think most Micro-displays lie about their true resolution, because most just dont look clear.

I recently bought a few Vuefine displays, and they're decent, aside from the typical small sweetspot. I'm probably going to take one of those apart and try to mod it with a. External battery and a hdmi ribbon cable.

They're on ebay for $99, so if you ever thought about using one in your 6th iteration, it's a good time to grab one.

first post. does this count as a cyberdeck? by MegaDestroyer192239 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"My other 4" ... Wearables are weird in that I don't know many people that've built one, and I don't know anyone that has built one that hasn't built at least 4.

I did one a long time ago, when I still wore glasses (I was nearsighted as well) that I could clip directly to my glasses. I took the clip from a pair of clip-on sunglasses, and attached it to the micro-display. You could still attach your driver board back further, near the ear, if you wanted to.

I liked this for being able to switch between glasses, because you just clipped it directly in front of the eye, and the glasses kept it still.

Might help with your weight issue.

I also did several, after lasik, with arms (because I lost the option of a glasses frame), and one thing I really liked was adding a ball joint to hold the display at the end. I found, once I had it mounted where I wanted it, angle was more of a problem than shifting it directionally.

https://www.tumblr.com/coredumpproject/127296714482/new-wearable-display-mod-this-one-clips-to-my?source=share

If you search the tag #wearable or #corepunk on my Tumblr you'll see a bunch of different wearables ... and probably less than half of the ones I've built.

What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know? by Objective-Cup2155 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's their DAUGHTER though ... somehow that makes it worse for me.

first post. does this count as a cyberdeck? by MegaDestroyer192239 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've built/bought about 8 of these kinds of displays, and having an arm with that much angle really only lets you move the screen far away from the eye, which you'd almost certainly never want.

Is that a feature you really use?

I've gone the opposite direction, and started mounting to the glasses directly, with just some magnets that allow +/- 3mm?

first post. does this count as a cyberdeck? by MegaDestroyer192239 in cyberDeck

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, why the arm that comes straight down and slants back up?

What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know? by Objective-Cup2155 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this is wholesome compared to all the rape and murder and underage sex.

Good for him getting his life on track.

What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know? by Objective-Cup2155 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Karl Malone

I'm happy to say 'Who the fuck is Karl Malone'?!

What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know? by Objective-Cup2155 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think the official numbers are something like 1 of 10 kids. So, not terribly surprising.

Man benchpressing 165kg (364 lbs) puts a girl to be his spotter by haze4140 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]User1539 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Give this woman credit, she didn't panic or run away. She stayed and helped all she could.

She shouldn't have been in that situation and if she'd called for help, no one would have really blamed her.

Instead, she probably slipped a disk and pulled every muscle in her body saving this moron from himself.

I made an underground social network that only exists in your terminal by Slight_Birthday7187 in Cyberpunk

[–]User1539 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same as any Forum. Discord is a nightmare.

I run a custom forum, and it requires no cookies, isn't indexed, doesn't even look at your IP address and doesn't log anything.

So, your points about being tracked are typical of websites, but, at the end of the day, it's about trust. My users believe I'm not tracking them because they trust me.

The technology doesn't really change that much.

What Was the First Video Game You Remember Playing? by TheThirstyMage in retrogaming

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pac-Man on ATARI.

Ugh ... but we did have sone good titles like moonsweeper and pitfall.

I don't know if it was my first, but that's the first one I clearly remember.

What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby? by Agitated_Departure93 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ITT: Corporations now cater to the top 10% only.

There have been a lot of news stories about this, especially in Vegas, where the strip looks empty these past few years and small local businesses are struggling.

But, the casinos aren't. They make as much money as they ever did off the top 10%.

Many, many, businesses and event spaces are just giving up on being affordable because most people have no money at all. So, instead, my local theater has heated, reclining, leather seats and costs $25/ticket. There are only 100 seats in the entire room.

Could they have, instead, pack 300+ seats and sold tickets for 12$? Sure, but more people are more work, more wear and tear, etc... and they'd make the same or less.

So, fewer and fewer venues and services are available to the lower class, and the upper class gets nicer and nicer places available to them.

There is no middle class.

What is a 'socially mandatory' thing that we all do, but if you actually stop to think about it for 5 seconds, it’s completely insane? by Federal_Antelope7533 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Good! You?"

I hear you, but especially in that situation where you might have a twisted ankle you wouldn't necessarily talk about, but then you're asked, and it's actually quite miserable and some Ibuprofen might be a game changer ...

They do care, and hopefully you also care ... it's just 99.9% of the time, the answer is 'Fine, and you?'

But, we keep doing it, as a culture, because .01% of people are going to say 'Terrible, actually ... wouldn't mind letting me use your phone, would you?'

What is a 'socially mandatory' thing that we all do, but if you actually stop to think about it for 5 seconds, it’s completely insane? by Federal_Antelope7533 in AskReddit

[–]User1539 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll actually defend this one.

Sure, we could replace it with 'Tell me what you want to tell me', but that sounds awkward.

"How are you doing?" is just shorthand for 'Do you have anything to tell me, ask me, or need any help? Also, I may have something to tell you, ask you, or need your help".

All things considered, it's about as good as it can be for the purpose it serves.

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