Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

@Kyresti Yep, that about sums it up.

Also the part where they've been building up incrementally to this for decades, only for it to unravel... like this. It would be laughably pathetic were it not such a humanitarian crisis.

4. Everything in this is user-replaceable and buildable from first principles (including, technically, the sensors and IC, but sourcing those is waaaay easier), meaning if a component fails or a manufacturer closes shop, the thing will continue to be serviceable with small repairs.

Wish I could say the same about most of my other hardware, tbh.

When the sensor is activated (and its resistance is lowered), electricity follows down that path. Otherwise, it terminates to ground.

It works pretty well on a breadboard, but a PCB that parallelizes these better would make for a tidier build.

3. The code provided by teejusb/fsr supports an arbitrary number of sensors. You can scale this up as far as your controller has analog pins and build some absolutely complex sensing kit with this.

The pad now works, and it's been super comfy to use (even compared to rev 1).

Some build observations:

1. The keeyees pro micro we used only has 9 analog pins, and 8 of them were purposed for the build. My wiring shorted two together somehow, but the build continues to work happily despite it.

2. The build guide doesn't tell you this, but each circuit is very simple. Each analog pin is connected to two circuits. (more)

@kat "Hey, those 10 seconds were like 9000 years because of time loop shenanigans, stuff happened!"

@qdot Oh nice, I somehow missed their posting it there. That's going to make this much easier.

@qdot I was thinking something dumb and simple on my end: intercept the Bluetooth calls the app makes, then call a canned set of animations or blendshapes mimicking it in VRC while it plays on the tail.

Would be easier if they have an API, but haven't found any docs pointing in that direction.

@qdot Already have time this weekend planned to see if I can intercept Mitail commands and control my tail with it in VRC.

Can't wait to see what folks do with OSC.

@Felthry It's an ElectroCookie! It's a really nice halfway point between a breadboard and a protoboard, and I absolutely love them.

Revision 2 of the pad, which supports doubles, is coming along well.

It's smaller than a regulation pad on the edges, but should be super comfy for exercise once we connect it up.

@mawr The only software I've been happy with over the years is upheld by RFCs, and I've... really come to appreciate them. By comparison, I've learned to expect whatever the fuck private companies build as platforms will eventually and inevitably decay or betray me.

I just wish more folks were still using the former vs the later when building their software, beyond email clients and older RSS readers. :|

Watching back through the Mega Man games I missed (most of the late NES/early SNES games, later X games, and Zero series), I'm impressed how many of the filler enemies look like soft friends.

Also by how well entries like Battle Network seem like halfway believable versions of reality now, by integrating tech that's equal parts boring and unintelligible.

@kat And let's not even discuss the luck on wondrous tails. >..>

@kat I somehow got really good at that Typhon minigame and played it every time it came up, between runs of the mining and tree chopping games. Never won cactpot. So I absolutely feel this.

@qdot At this point, I'm hoping the core devs cut loose and open a Patreon or Kofi for themselves when they have enough distance to do so. I'd rather be supporting them directly.

@LexYeen @Felthry I've finished my dex, so some more gentle hints follow.

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The general rule for the rare spawns is they interleave with their older counterparts. So if you look at where your dex says Pikachu or Clefairy are, they should spawn there after a few region reloads.

Although the locations can be weird or inconsistent (as in a corner of the named area), and I kind of do recommend breaking out a guide if you can't find them after a few tries.