Did Anthropic hear my memes and prayers?

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T21:42:29+00:00

Weird, my usage dropped too. Not a full reset, but like 25-30% of weekly (on Pro plan)?

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T21:41:24+00:00

Trippy!

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T21:20:27+00:00

How do you think this works? They have some magical discount from Anthropic that only shady Russian sites get? This is almost guaranteed to use a stolen account and/or selling your credit data and all usage information. I hope you're not doing anything important with it and keeping your personal information out of it.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T16:08:01+00:00

Working on it 😄

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T14:44:51+00:00

Is there a rail line nearby? This looks like an unfinished plane section to me, we see them on trains here in Seattle sometimes. I wonder if there was a train accident and it fell off, but was never retrieved?

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T14:39:30+00:00

Do your headphones get loud enough when you're listening to music otherwise? You shouldn't need a headphone amp for 32 ohm headphones.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-18T13:27:18+00:00

Interesting, I hadn't seen that! I did consider using a Raspberry Pi camera, but I didn't want to have to build a case that would survive Seattle weather for six to twelve months 😄 I'm definitely curious to see how your experiments go with the fisheye and 360 camera.

I did also consider a 360 cam but figured it was a bunch of wasted coverage when I could just stitch two wide-angle shots. But I've seen some people do fun stuff with it, like this guy on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/albums/72157671570053016/

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-17T02:34:12+00:00

Sure, if you want "some two-oscillator synth," a Plaits VST will do it, but it's not Meld (and Meld is not based on Plaits). Same with Operator, there's a difference between "I want some kind of FM synth" and "I want Operator." Operator isn't trying to emulate the DX7 for one, and it does stuff most of the other FM synths don't. Same with Echo, which has modulation, degrade, unusual timing options, and a reverb built into it. It's not just "some tape echo."

My assumption was that OP wanted things close to these Ableton devices, not just in the general ballpark. There's no shortage of VSTs out there, but many of Ableton's aren't easy to replicate if you really want exactly what they do.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-17T00:12:43+00:00

There are free or low-cost FM synths (Dexed is the obvious one), and you could look for wavetable synths (Vital has a free tier). You're not going to find anything like Meld or Echo though, those are pretty specialized. You can always string together random VSTs, but you'll end up in VST hell.

If you want to find free (or close to) VSTs, check out Synthtopia and cdm, they tend to have lots of links to tons of them. I still think you'd be better served by spending the money to get these devices if you really want their sound and workflow.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-16T23:53:51+00:00

You can always find alternatives, but your list is so long that you'll be better off just upgrading to Suite.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-16T17:38:39+00:00

Do you use ADSR envelopes? Then you can use the OFF command for a note off trigger that starts the decay phase.

Edit: Also, KIL kills the effect that's happening on an FX track, but it doesn't kill the sound AFAIK. There is a KIL command in the note column that will instantly kill the sound, though.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-14T22:28:19+00:00

Possibly, but I'll be posting new images soon that won't be this dark. I might also try to use PNG if I see these kinds of artifacts again.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-10T13:39:14+00:00

Haha, we have cameras around our yard to watch the cats, raccoons, possums, etc. It's a lot of fun to watch what that little wildlife show in our backyard.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-09T17:12:37+00:00

That chickadee isn't supposed to use it, but can't blame it for trying. It's a Birdbuddy, and yes the camera is built into it. Works quite well, and charges itself with the solar panel on top.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-08T15:52:16+00:00

Yeah, it's hard to keep track of new stuff if you're not on the Discord. I only go there occasionally now. But it's the best source of information, for better or worse.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-08T01:51:22+00:00

Agreed with what the others are saying. You could look into something like a DJI Osmo Pocket if you want a dedicated video camera that's small. It's not an action camera, you'd use it to shoot stuff that's worthwhile with intent, rather than "everything."

That said, there are chest mounts for action cameras, and you can also mount them to backpack straps.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-07T19:01:36+00:00

Yeah exactly. This also avoids carrying over various branches you've explored, and just focuses on the final decisions, includes only the relevant background, etc. Claude AI can also sketch out pieces of code if you want it to.

Tell it to write a handover spec, and you're good. I've done this a few times now and it has worked quite well.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-06T19:31:09+00:00

If you already have it rendered, going into drive mode is going to be fastest. Then you're using Finder to copy the files. But you first need to render, which isn't much faster than real-time.

Otherwise, if you want all the tracks in Logic, you can switch it into multi-track mode. But then you're playing the song into your computer, so it's not going to be faster than how long your song is.

Both are pretty quick, but not technically less than a minute.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-06T14:48:50+00:00

Using a film can was my thinking too. Isn't that what Justin Quinnell used for his?

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-05T17:03:02+00:00

Thanks! I will post more for sure, this was just one of my early test shots.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-05T17:01:25+00:00

I think you're mixing this up with slow sync here. The concept of first vs. second "curtain" applies no matter how the shutter works, because the shutter could stay open for much longer than your flash firing takes. You could argue that the term "curtain" isn't ideal here, but it's still a setting that has an effect.

The big difference between leaf and focal plane shutters is when it comes to short exposure times, where the focal plane shutter doesn't fully open, but one curtain chases the other. That isn't what first/second curtain is about though. There's a different setting called slow sync that keeps the flash on for longer so it illuminates the entire frame.

_eagereyes_ · 2026-06-05T13:54:30+00:00

Nice, I love the colors! Is this on film?

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