Notices by kel (kel@mastodon.online)

@BeAware

I feel seen!

Not really ever considered myself ADHD though!

@botvolution

That's even funnier!

I guess in his mind he bought the house and therefore everything he surveys is now his 🤣

I assumed it was a trespass, but it makes no difference - it's absolutely party time in that field 🥳

@botvolution

Sounds like the ideal location for a mass trespass!

I fully appreciate the fact that my land lords / owners are the absolute opposite of this, they never put any signs up, never do any nasty ''make it difficult' bs, and actually like it when people walk through their land, they say "It's nice to have a chat, you never know who you will meet".

I am not into promoting violence and murder though, that just makes you exactly like them 🤷

@chris

Well, I guess so yes... 😆

More to the point, I really need to stop commenting on stuff like this because I am no longer an Apple customer.

@chris

Sorry!

@chris

Can't you just add your managed ID as a family member?

@botvolution

Good question!

I used to have a supplier on eBay that had really inexpensive but top quality Polish (as in the country) solder, but that ended many years ago - Cynel iirc.

Since then I have used Kester SN63PB37 - the naughty but good stuff - I still have 1/2 a lb of that left!

But also have an as yet untested roll of Stannol Cn96,5Ag3Cu0,5 which is meant to be lovely according to Exploding Shed anyway 😃

Both look Shiny!

@botvolution

Oh and I have tried pastes for SMD, but honestly, I prefer the strands for hand builds.

Would be a different matter if I ever got to bulk builds though!

@botvolution

Buy additional stuff for free shipping - 100%

@chris

My advice, feel free to ignore:

Once you get over 50 - you're done!

Make sure you are in a solid permanent position with a proper pension before you reach that next decade.

Don't think that people are good and they will value experience like shit for brains here did!

I fucked up, big time. I didn't see it coming. Now I am paying the price and there is literally nothing I can do about it - been trying for years!

@chris

I hear you, somehow I managed to do this while living in a caravan for 12 years 🤣

I guess I prioritised the right/wrong things? 😆

@chris

I am not paranoid!

The deathly silence from every single fucking company I have bothered to get in touch with, like *every single one*, screams ageist pricks!

When they fuck it all up with AI and need people who can actually understand what is going on - if that ever happens I suppose - I am going to charge a day rate that will make their blood curdle - 5 figures! A day!

@chris

*if only* it was a few cables..... lolollolol

On top of the usual power cables, the insane USB cable kaleidoscope of compatibility which represents a total failure to establish a standard by any stretch of the imagination, other connectors, adapters, blah blah...

I have hundreds of patch cables 😩

I have just packed all my cables away in bags sorted according to kind, and chucked them all in a box with a lid!

I wish I had done this immediately after the last time I cleaned them all, but I will do that next time I use them.

The plan is... take them out, use them, wipe them down, put them back away - so they stop accumulating dust!

I am feeling lighter and happier - this is good 👍

@HauntedOwlbear

Absolutely a ban list offence, they would not be keeping my custom for very long at all! Bastards!

Raise hell and get it back?

@botvolution

Monome Ansible and Grid running Kria is still my favourite sequencer of all time 👍

Teletype is fun and very useful, but I never gelled with it the way I thought I would!

@botvolution

p.s. Teletype is available in VCVRack if you want to give it a whirl before going to the trouble of building it

https://library.vcvrack.com/monome/teletype

@chris @jp

I liked Safari too, but mostly because of the rather handy integrations with the rest of the Operating System!

EDIT:

Note the use of the PAST tense 😆

@chris

Nope, of course I get these things, but just sort them out myself!

There is a General Practice building, but it's:

Me: My arm hurts

GP: Okay let's take your blood pressure

Me: 😳 What's that got to do with my arm?

GP: I really think you should be taking statins

Me: But what about my arm

GP: It's not bad enough that we can do anything about it, let us know if it gets any worse,... about those statins

SO I just fix stuff myself looking online for possible answers and home remedies

@chris

That's the trade off huh!

I rent and have no healthcare, there is the possibility of going to Accident and Emergency if something really bad happens - which is to be thankful for!