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ddmf··on Show HN: Macros with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI Pedalboard in macOS
I used a usb foot pedal with three switches for playing world of warcraft - originally bought it for PTT but realised how useful it was and ended up using it for the speed boost spell and the big damage cooldown.

This takes it to the next level!

ddmf··on Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine
Electric buses in the UK have been charged with diesel generators and there was a bit of an uproar about it at first, but a large static diesel generator running at a constant speed can be more efficient than multiple stop/start diesel engines, and therefore more friendly to the environment.

Usually seen as a stop-gap until they can get the power upgraded in the depot to support multiple charging buses.

ddmf··on 'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes
Yes, she was compelling albeit uncanny valley.
ddmf··on Jellyfin 12.0
I only used it for a short while - from memory there was no seek, but it could have just been because my chrome tv remote didn't have seek buttons, long press next/previous didn't work.
ddmf··on Jellyfin 12.0
I'm using Wholphin as a client which should just work with v12 but I've not had time to update yet.

I've only really been using jellyfin for a month or two but it's much more user friendly than the xbmc/kodi setup I was using, and the pause/resume between devices is fantastic. I'm totally converted.

ddmf··on 'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes
There was some major tension in the trailer - I can't believe that's actually Elizabeth Holmes, but seeing her I can see how she managed to win over so many - she is very intense.
ddmf··on QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes
Extremely timely in that I just built a gluetun & qbittorrent container over the weekend - so many exe files...
ddmf··on 'Old Person Smell'
I'm allergic to bio washing powders with enzymes, and I typically wash everything at 30c so I've noticed this smell on some of my shirts over the last year or so (I'm 51)

So far to conquer it I gather the shirts with the smell together and wash them with a bio washing powder at 40c, then wash them straight away at 30c with the non bio, I've noticed a huge reduction in the smell and it doesn't irritate my skin and cause eczema - double bonus!

They say that persimmon soap is supposed to be good, or anything with tannins in, but I'll stick to my imperial leather.

ddmf··on Roget's Thesaurus
I misread the title and thought the same thing, I have the printed book somewhere as well - much more fun than the urban dictionary.
ddmf··on Roget's Thesaurus
I misread this and thought it was about Rogers Profanisaurus from The Viz.
ddmf··on I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system
I've been wanting to do something like this to stop cats shitting on my grass for ages, will have a look at this, thanks.
ddmf··on Fractl.art – a fractal generator with 8 octillion different patterns
I think early deepdream was quite close, where you see artifacts around the image and lots and lots of dogs because of the amount of training images being pet pics - perhaps it's just the way I hallucinate on lsd - perhaps it shows how the brain actually renders the world inside our heads.
ddmf··on This blog is written in en-GB
"My mum said that if I didn't drink enough milk then I'd only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley."

"Accrington Stanley!, Who are they?"

"Exaaaccttlyyy...."

ddmf··on The UK's new under-16 social media ban will cause more harm than it prevents
This does seem to be more of an effort to bring digital ID in via a backdoor - the proposal is less "under 16 social media ban" rather "over 16 will need to provide id to use social media"

I'd prefer that we had some standardised governmental endpoint that can authorise against a site for us, rather than use multiple individual methodologies to prove

ddmf··on Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids
I was considering changing my name to Mark Withasea because I keep getting asked so many times "Is that Mark with a K, or a C?"
ddmf··on Jensen Huang Just Told Every CEO Hiding Behind AI Layoffs to Shut Up
Call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard and hit it fast with a major; and I mean major; leaflet campaign.
ddmf··on A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools
SoftIce and IDA were what I instantly thought of.
ddmf··on The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?
I'm autistic and have misophonia and hyperacusis, not to mention auditory processing issues which mean I'm more likely to lock on to a noise rather than what I actually would like to listen to.

There's so much noise around - it really does tie in to the "social model of disability" in that a lot of my issues would disappear if environments weren't so hostile - that includes noise, smells, and lights.

ddmf··on Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D
I'm just seeing stars, tried a few different devices and a couple of different browsers.
ddmf··on Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums
so you're a waffle guy?
ddmf··on ADHD and monotropism (2023)
I'm audhd also and the truly disabling part of my neurotype is the fact that I can do things and focus, I just can't choose when and where and what my focus is on.
ddmf··on Old Computer Challenge – Modern Web for the ZX Spectrum
Reminds me of Gopher / Lynx from back in the day.
ddmf··on Show HN: Autism Simulator
I'm Audhd, 50, and my experience mirrors yours, although I can fall asleep earlier, but it's a die throw whether I wake around 3am or sleep fully until 7am.

The worst aspect is that I seem to procrastinate fun things now - like gaming, or making music.

Hope you can find something to help you recharge :)

ddmf··on A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans
I was diagnosed with aspergers just as this happened - basically new information came out showing he'd sent the higher support need autistic kids off for experimentation so they'd leave him alone with his lower support needs autistic kids.
ddmf··on Notes on Managing ADHD
Way too much information, brain wouldn't let me read it.
ddmf··on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes
I'm diagnosed autistic and ADHD.

A lot of my autistic issues are caused by society because they are mostly sensory - bright lights, random noise, synthetic smells.

The social model of disability doesn't cover all my symptoms and issues though, I am very much disabled. Pre diagnosis and medication my rejection sensitive dysphoria would cause me to perceive sleights and fly off the handle very easily.

5000 years ago I would have had a rock to the head.

ddmf··on Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?
I concur, some websites are so unusable now with the tiny portion of content surrounded by adverts.
ddmf··on I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
I too have tried many things over the years and the only thing that truly works for me and my adhd (diagnosed) brain are post it notes and calendar alarms, unless of course I forget and accidentally put my phone on DND where it can stay for many days.
ddmf··on I don't read your email threads
I will delete a ticket if it has a full thread copied in and "see below" - I don't have time to work out what you want or need, make an effort and ask me / tell me what you need, and be ambiguous about it.
ddmf··on Cognitive decline can be slowed down with lifestyle changes
Misread chess as cheese and I'm down with that as a new special interest.
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