faythofdragons

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Its an adorable isopod

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

FFS, we all got along just fine and dandy with group-chats via text message.

No we didn't. You run into nothing but trouble if you've got a mix of iPhones and Android in the group. It's a nightmare and I wish the family chat would pick a different platform.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Undocumented mess, here I come

Edit: Some of these are actually pretty affordable. Hmmm

Thanks, I'll look into that!

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a quasi-solid plan, lol. Most of the planning I've done has nothing to do with the question, so I left it out.

The diorama is only depicting a section of a larger, cyberpunk flavor city, and it's going to sit on a 3ft^2^ card table. One of the motors is gonna drive an elevated rail with reed switches so it pauses at the stops, and the other motor is gonna drive continuous traffic from hell on the surface level. All that is already something I know how to do with older tech. It's a homebrew variation on the Magnorail system, if you want to know more.

I'm aiming for the itty bitty displays, like you see in vapes and toys and shit. I might be able to fit a couple big ones on buildings like Times Square vibes, but generally not more than 3".

I might be insane, tbd.

 

I've been wanting to make a 1:220 scale megacity diorama and don't know what options I have. I'm projecting I'll need to control the speed of two motors, some LEDs, and maybe a dozen or so tiny screens as digital billboards. It's the screens I'm worried most about.

I'd like to scavenge digital displays from e-waste, group them by type/resolution, and have a slideshow for each group that rotates throughout the city.

My initial idea was to use digital photo frames, but they're too big, and used ones are still too expensive for the quantity I need.

I'm assuming I will need multiple controllers(/processors?), but I don't know enough terminology to find what I need. I'm still thinking out the diorama, so if it's too hard/expensive I can just do backlit decals, but that's boring.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't the When We Were Young festival just 90s reenactment?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

That having a better education is directly tied to income levels, so talking down to 'idiots' is actually some bougie bullshit.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, I also feel like that's not a surprise to anybody that's had dogs.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's not Plants vs Zombies fanfic?