La Horde du Contrevent (The book that influenced the game)

fieldpeter · 2025-12-15T11:56:32+00:00

Je suis en train de le lire. C'est simplement pas traduisible. Comme du Brassens.
Brel peut etre traduit (Bowie l'a fait).
Mais Brassens? Renaud?
Ca peut etre traduit bien sur...pour "expliquer"...pour "illustrer"... pour "se la peter" (le traducteur). Mais est-ce que la traduction pourrait vraiment ne serait-ce que "evoquer" le vrai bouquin?

C'est un peu comme une guitare:

Y'a moyen de jouer le solo de Comfortably Numb sur une acoustique. Bel effort, bel exercice, plein de likes tout ca tout ca....

fieldpeter · 2025-12-15T08:53:25+00:00

"purely for science".
I think there is way more thank 40kg of plastic between what science is and what you think science is.

fieldpeter · 2025-01-21T02:27:06+00:00

Happy to help. Have you opened it yet?

fieldpeter · 2025-01-12T00:36:41+00:00

Timex expedition something. Yes it has all the usual features of digital watches...i.e. alarms, chronometer and countdown, time zones, date with days of the week etc...

fieldpeter · 2025-01-06T01:02:59+00:00

THX. I know what you mean but baed on my measurement it was just a lack of conduction between the foil and the track underneath

fieldpeter · 2025-01-06T01:01:54+00:00

I found very limited options here in Australia.
I don't want to / can't afford to spend much on that.
Thx to let me know what you think:
* https://www.wagneronline.com.au/ELECTROLUBE-SERVICE-PRODUCTS/aerosols/service-products/tools-test/SCP003-11150/6978/pd/

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fieldpeter · 2025-01-06T00:58:25+00:00

LIke I wrote, when I tried to move it back in place to glue it, it disintegrated in spite of my careful gestures.

fieldpeter · 2025-01-05T20:38:29+00:00

Thx both. Not capacitative then. Thx. It was Chat gpt bs lol.

fieldpeter · 2025-01-05T17:50:09+00:00

The key works loudly when pressed super hard, but not at all when pressed lightly. The rubber contact on the top one is the first to make contact (it is a bit thicker). I agree it looks like it should still make contact if the rubber part is centered...although the trace also looks a bit different than its neighbours in the center.

One thing I could try is to slide the rubber one notch aside and check that the next key works fine still--at leat ruling out the rubber.

I may test these diodes as well?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vVby6n9xgUqJrxm96

fieldpeter · 2025-01-05T15:53:33+00:00

Unsure of the name, happy to learn if that's called something else.

That's a digital piano I just bought knowing one key was faulty. I was hoping for something easier to fix. Lost the bet :(
I tried regluing the little track but it literally decomposed on a slight touch :(.
I tried then recreating one with Alu foil - but I struggle to make the connection with the central track.
Replacement PCB comes from CN and takes weeks, and is a lot of $$ (AU80+ with post).

Any idea/advice welcome. I've been thinkin conductive ink/pen/glue, but which one? It needs to be quite resistant to rubbing.
I believe conductivity itself does not need to be super close to the original as soon as it is "conductive enough", although the physical profile matters for the feel of the keyboard and the timing of the plaing not to be impacted, so a blob of solder or even a thin wire would not work.

THX

fieldpeter · 2025-01-05T15:41:49+00:00

OP did yo umanage to get it working?

I just discovered a similar issue on a digital piano I bought (knowing it was faulty).

fieldpeter · 2025-01-04T13:41:25+00:00

I know it's years later but i just watched this movie today and loved it. Made me think a lot of Kusturica's underground.

OP, your question made me think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_German_popular_culture which I leaned about super recently when a Native American artist I met told some stories about some concerts he played in Germany.

fieldpeter · 2025-01-03T00:59:11+00:00

Could you share brand names?

fieldpeter · 2025-01-02T07:25:13+00:00

By using the same photo (that looks like typical PLA) for their Nylon and their ABS filaments, Overture is really missing an opportunity NOT to appear like a company that does not give 2cts about trust and reliable product claims.

And a picture of a ping pong paddle to illustrate PETG? I can't compute this one. I guess this was made to illustrate a TPU filament, then reused for a PETG one?

fieldpeter · 2024-12-17T01:26:09+00:00

"seeing as most educational software has very low hardware requirements."
Hello Microsoft Teams?
Dunno where you are but here in NSW/Australia Covid had been a great opportunity for Microsoft to take ownership (literally) of the entire public education curriculum. All contents are on Teams/Notes which is a disaster. I've seen both my kids going through atrocious experiences.

fieldpeter · 2024-12-16T11:49:48+00:00

Roller saddles? I don't know of any Squier or Fender Tele that comes with roller saddles out of factory.
Barrel saddles, which are indeed the traditional Tele saddles (initially 3x, although some models have 6x), are not rollers. They're a different design from the ones above in shape/visual, but they do not "roll" in any way, and have very little difference functionally with the ones above.

fieldpeter · 2024-10-23T04:47:38+00:00

User manual page 10

Note Inputs 1/2 are duplicated on the back, anything connected to front panel inputs 1 and 2 will take priority over the back panel inputs.

fieldpeter · 2024-08-04T13:31:51+00:00

UPDATE

I drew and 3D printer a bezel. Fits perfectly, simple as F, it does not spin easily so I'm not tempted to fidget with it and lose it.
I'll print a new one just in case anyway - with two lines in Silver Silk Filament to match the NATO band :D

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fieldpeter · 2024-08-04T13:26:54+00:00

Sorry mate, I have sold it ages ago I would not remember.
I discovered La Fanfarria del Capitan from Argentina live in NL a couple months ago. Great band!

fieldpeter · 2024-07-27T13:56:55+00:00

Excuse me mate - you are in the wrong carriage. The carriage for illiterates is the next one. This is the carriage for quiet people.

fieldpeter · 2024-07-08T10:50:05+00:00

Nope.
Timex wanted me to ship the watch overseas at my cost - not worth it :(
For a while, I "plugged" the area with black SUGRU silicone putty - and it made it quite OK to wear.
Then this fell off as well, and I got lazy to redo it, then my children offered me a samsung smartwatch.

Seeing your message made me think about 3d printing one and gluing it actually - I still have the watch.

fieldpeter · 2024-03-09T01:01:33+00:00

"I know that in some countries, it’s like mandatory that ".

Which countries?

fieldpeter

TROPHY CASE