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@ozzelot if I had an APC40 then I'd 100% use that here, 'cos the rotary encoders on that are lovely, but one of those costs over 4x what an APC Mini Mk2 does.
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I also have an MPK Mini Mk2, but I don't think I have much need for that here.
at some point I need to build myself a little USB MIDI thing that's just got a bunch of nice jogger knobs on it, maybe with a nice laser cut diffuser so I can have an LED ring around each one to mark positions.
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@discatte @ozzelot my plan at some point is to build a long fully custom control surface with rotary encoder jog wheels, each with a ring of WS2816B-2121 LEDs for indication and position marking. not hard to set that up for USB MIDI.
that'd then be a good starter project to get more familiar with the stack, ready for when I eventually build a custom grandMA3 Command Wing clone for onPC.
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at some point I need to build myself a little USB MIDI thing that's just got a bunch of nice jogger knobs on it, maybe with a nice laser cut diffuser so I can have an LED ring around each one to mark positions.
@gsuberland and I'm guessing a nice thing about not needing to care about a profit margin is you can treat yourself to what would be an unnecessarily nice or overbuilt part for the actual controls, so that it feels nicer when you're using it than you could realistically find in consumer hardware.
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@gsuberland and I'm guessing a nice thing about not needing to care about a profit margin is you can treat yourself to what would be an unnecessarily nice or overbuilt part for the actual controls, so that it feels nicer when you're using it than you could realistically find in consumer hardware.
@DanHatesNumbers generally yeah. I won't be able to reach the overall polish of something like an Akai APC40, since most of that comes from the enclosure, but in terms of the part choices and features I can go as fancy as I like.
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@discatte @ozzelot my plan at some point is to build a long fully custom control surface with rotary encoder jog wheels, each with a ring of WS2816B-2121 LEDs for indication and position marking. not hard to set that up for USB MIDI.
that'd then be a good starter project to get more familiar with the stack, ready for when I eventually build a custom grandMA3 Command Wing clone for onPC.
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I also have an MPK Mini Mk2, but I don't think I have much need for that here.
@gsuberland nice set. Maybe I should add an APC to my list. I really need a proper beat input medium
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@gsuberland nice set. Maybe I should add an APC to my list. I really need a proper beat input medium
@gsuberland I got the MPK mini play and it's nice for adhoc melody creation but I concur that wouldn't fit in here.
Anyhow the 20x USB panel in the background... That is something. Good you have some room for improvement with other devices 😄
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@gsuberland I got the MPK mini play and it's nice for adhoc melody creation but I concur that wouldn't fit in here.
Anyhow the 20x USB panel in the background... That is something. Good you have some room for improvement with other devices 😄
@ppxl "only" 16 ports, but yeah, it's nice. Sabrent USB 3.2 90W powered hub.
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you can never have enough control surfaces
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슬슬 Fedify 스티커도 좀 더 生產해야…
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Uno spremiagrumi e una cancellazione selettiva
Da un lato la graduazione si è cancellata, dall'altro no.
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RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@socallinuxexpo/116140317176513466
Looking forward to it!
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What did you want to be when you grew up?
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Wind Power Is Taking Off In China– All The Way to 2000 m AGL
2000 m above ground level (AGL), winds are stronger and much, much more consistent than they are at surface. Even if the Earth were a perfect sphere, there’d be a sluggish boundry layer at the surface, but since it’s got all these interesting bumps and bits and bobs, it’s not just sluggish but horribly turbulent, too. Getting above that, as much as possible, is why wind turbines are on big towers. Rather than build really big tower, Beijing Lanyi Yunchuan Energy Technology Co. has gone for a more ambitious approach: an aerostat to take power from the steady winds found at high altitude. Ambitiously called the Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES), the megawatt-scale prototype has recently begun feeding into the grid in Yibin, Sichuan Province.
The name might be a bit ambitious, since its 2000 m test flight is only one tenth of the way to the stratosphere, but Yibin isn’t a bad choice for testing: as it is well inland, the S2000 prototype won’t have to contend with typhoons or other ocean storms. The prototype is arguably as ambitious as the name: its 12 flying turbines have a peak capacity of three megawatts. True, there are larger turbines in wind farms right now, but at 60 m in length and 40 m in diameter, the S2000 has a lot of room to grow before hitting any kind of limit or even record for aerostats. We’re particularly interested in the double-hull construction– it would seem the ring of the outer gas bag would do a good job funneling and accelerating air into those turbines, but we’d love to see some wind tunnel testing or even CFD renderings of what’s going on in there.
A rear view shows the 12 turbines inside the double hull. It should guide air into the gap, but we wonder how much turbulence the trusses in there are making.
During its first test flight in January 2026, the system generated generated 385 kilowatt-hours of electricity over the course of 30 minutes. That means it averaged about 25% capacity for the test, which is a good safe start. Doubtless the engineers have a full suite of test flights planned to demonstrate the endurance and power production capabilities of this prototype. Longer flights at higher capacity may have already happened by the time you read this.Flying wind turbines isn’t a new idea by any means; a few years ago we featured this homemade kite generator, and the pros have been in on it too. Using helium instead represents an interesting design choice–on the plus side, its probably easier to control, and obviously allowing large structures, but the downside is the added cost of the gas. It will be interesting to see how it develops.
We’re willing to bet it catches on faster than harvesting wind energy from trees.
All images from Beijing Lanyi Yunchuan Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
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I nuovi schiavi dell’algoritmo
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di Mario Sommella (*). Abbiamo rubato le immagini (addirittura 8) al grande Mauro Biani. Caporalato digitale, sfruttamento sistemico e complicità delle multinazionali L’immagine che non vogliamo vedere Sono le sette del mattino. In una città italiana qualunque, un uomo di...Vedi l'articolo
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Large Hadron Collider, he typed carefully
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@reiver no, it's just a regular acct:
