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

[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.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@gcvsa @enriquericos
I doubt they are optical. They are a niche much more expensive product needing power & ground. They are also limited in what can be switched. DC ratings often 1/5th of AC rating on a mechanical switch, due to risk of arcing with DC, so 50 V DC & 250 V AC at 1A is common.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@AtotheJ I can always make the caps myself. Looking for heavy duty is a good idea, thank you!

[robertsmith@theforkiverse.com]

@enriquericos I'm no button expert but agree this looks very cool and appears to have great tactile feedback.

Love all that OG #analogue electronic gear, switches, button, levers and potentiometers. Very cool for #RaspberryPi or #esp32 projects.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@raymaccarthy @gcvsa Everything I like turns out to be expensive 😩 But thank you! I'm learning a lot from all your replies.

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@robertsmith I couldn't agree more. Recently I discovered the term "cassette futurism", you might be into that too:

https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Cassette_Futurism

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@enriquericos @gcvsa See

https://ie.farnell.com/c/switches-relays/switches/standard-pushbutton-switches

Similar suppliers in every country. In Germany retail there is Conrad.

Likely 20c each on eBay or Alibaba etc.

[tartley@fosstodon.org]

@enriquericos The thing to bear in mind about The Three Body Problem is that, like any work of commercial art in China, the author was very mindful of what the government would allow to be sold. Hence, in it, *all* characters act out of selfish, evil or insane motivations (e.g. selling out the human race to hostile invading aliens because they would prefer humanity be extinguished to protect the environment.), and the only force for good, preventing chaos, is the government

[enriquericos@mastoart.social]

@raymaccarthy @gcvsa Now we're talking, even I can afford this. Thank you!

[tartley@fosstodon.org]

@enriquericos In this way, the book continually justifies why a government needs absolute power over everything citizens do, so that it can save us from ourselves, even in extreme situations where the government is forced to use violence against its own citizens, for the greater good. It is an unapologetic defense of authoritarianism.