Watching Netflix's version of The Three Body Problem (the Chinese one was better)

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

Watching Netflix's version of The Three Body Problem (the Chinese one was better)

But these switches are awesome and I'd like to what they're called or if they're custom props. I might want to get them for an art project, a cyberdeck or who knows what.

Any button experts in the room? Please and thank you.

#askfedi #hardware #retrotech #casetteFuturism #electronics #buttons #switches

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@enriquericos There is a Chinese production of it? It was originally written in Chinese, right? I heard the translation missed some points.

fwiw, I loved the Netflix show, but haven't read the book.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@artcollisions There is! And I loved it, so I'm sure I'm being unfair to the Netflix one.
I haven't read the books either, but the Chinese show might be the only one I've watched that feels like reading a book, maybe that's why I like it so much. Searching for links now.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@artcollisions I forgot how chaotic is trying to find the right platform for each country, so I'll leave that to you, but this is the show:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20242042/?ref_=fn_t_2

And the books are by Cixin Liu, so I assume he wrote them in Chinese, but they're widely translated.

[brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk]

@enriquericos I think this is a question for @mwichary

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@enriquericos Oooh, I can watch on Amazon. Thank you!! I had no idea.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@brunogirin Even if @mwichary doesn't know the answer, finding out that his book exists has made my day. Thanks!

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@artcollisions You're welcome! I hope you like it.

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@enriquericos I'm sure I will. I think I'm going to wait to start it. Still a little out of it from covid.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@artcollisions Sorry to hear that, I somehow missed that you got covid 😞

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@enriquericos eh. thanks. I am trying not to whine about it too much. Just finished paxlovid yesterday.

[gcvsa@mstdn.plus]

@enriquericos They look like standard pushbutton switches, to me, but I'm a musician, so I have tons of them on effects pedals.

I would suggest taking a look at the "OptoKick" optical switches from TheGigRig. I know they supply them to other manufacturers.

[dzwiedziu@mastodon.social]

@enriquericos
This might be something built on isostat switches or similar, judging by tall stems.
Yet the switches I remember were requring a quite great force and often being in sets where pushing one resets other.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@gcvsa Thank you! I don't know the first thing about pushbutton switches, but searching OptoKick is already returning interesting results

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@dzwiedziu I'm looking at the scene, trying to see if a push resets the other buttons, but I can't really tell.

Knowing about isostat switches might be useful too, I'm jotting this down, thank you!

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@artcollisions Whine all you want and we'll read you and recommend good shows, or don't, whatever helps. I hope you get well soon 🙂

[artcollisions@vis.social]

@enriquericos <3 Thanks. You're a sweetheart. Good shows to watch are always welcome!

[atothej@kolektiva.social]

@enriquericos Kinda look like tactile push button switches, but with a custom prop cap.

Edit: I should clarify that you'll probably want to be searching exclusively for the heavy duty ones to maximise similarity.

[blotosmetek@circumstances.run]

@dzwiedziu @enriquericos Nope, those aren't isostat; notice how they are mounted in the board – with a nut, similarly to this bistable switch:

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@dzwiedziu @enriquericos
Those buttons on a bar can be momentary, in any position, and any number at one end can latch separately. There is a U hook for latching and a sliding bar with spring at one end for interlock, hence buttons not interlocked only at the opposite end.

But the ones in the image are not that kind. They are separate push button switches and relatively common for the last 50 years. Less common now.