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_spduchamp

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About _spduchamp

Guy who makes things that make sound and then makes sound with those things. Electoral Reform advocate. Community Collaborator at RE/Lab@TMU. Co-founder of Common Sort.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49200467

    It looks like the pin doesn't take much load. It looks like the pin holds the teeth open, while the load is on the shoulders of the entryway.

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    Comment #49169471

    Uh, have you played in the comedic cyberpunk alternate cold war world of Jazzpunk? https://store.steampowered.com/app/250260/Jazzpunk_Directors...

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    Comment #49026303

    I found the PDF here: https://www.ieworldconference.org/content/WP2024/Papers/GDRK...

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    Comment #49023330

    Collection and recycling these safely at scale seems mind boggling difficult. Various batteries, electronics, resin encrusted elements, oils, plastics, and mouthy guckiness. I woul…

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    Comment #48847570

    So glad I clicked this random HN item, because now I learned about tput.

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    Comment #48565761

    From the Ars Technica article... OpenAI’s headline “net loss” number of just over $5 billion in 2024 ballooned to nearly $39 billion in 2025. But the 2025 number includes a signifi…

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    Comment #48497525

    How was this done? It is dot matrix.

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    Comment #48489606

    I've never minded paying more at Adafruit to help support them. The support they have provided, with documentation, examples, libraries, etc. has been immensely valuable to my hobb…

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    Comment #48436101

    Ah, just found the node that says that "there is no up/down/left/right". I do not understand this space.

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    Comment #48436059

    I really like this, but moving around a bit I find that things kind of seem to rotate which is disorienting. When this loads, the photo is to the right of the cake. After zipping a…

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    Comment #48385686

    F Fender. https://youtu.be/OU7RUpkXsV0

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    Comment #48383539

    One of my favourite albums is Stuart Dempster's Underground Overlays From The Cistern Chapel. A group of trombonists all playing in a giant underground water tank with incredibly l…

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    Comment #48188715

    I'm just going to mention Pure Data here, because I'm always surprised when people don't know about it. https://puredata.info/ I use it in my art and music practice to interface wi…

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    Comment #48160531

    Here is a really inspiring book that touches on this sort of citizen led activism and democratic change. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/533225/teardown-by-d... It was also…

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    Comment #48075418

    If you build something and put it on the internet and have it doing it's thing by default then yes you need to be responsible for the consequences of releasing that. That's moral r…

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    Comment #47913622

    Anyone reading this who was part of the Toronto Flickr Meetups, just sayin Howdy! Long time, no see.

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    Comment #47708280

    Yup, I've seen some of their stuff. They mostly make conventional music with unconventional instruments which is cute but doesn't quite interest me. I prefer music that is a bit mo…

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    Comment #47696829

    Thanks! I have some albums that were made using the electroduochord. This one was created autonomously using a feedback algorithm controlling the speed of the rotary magnetic bow. …

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    Comment #47694989

    I build weird experimental instruments and then play them at the local electronic music open mic nights. My main instrument is the electroduochord, a stereo two-stringed instrument…

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    Comment #47654104

    This post seems yo raise speculation, not end it. Is LibreOffice at risk?

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    Comment #47520311

    I like this idea of building your own software to run your own business rather than trying to sell software. My wife and I run a small chain of second-hand clothing stores that buy…

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    Comment #47516730

    BeOS had the BEST icons.

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    Comment #47516698

    This is me. It's like a super power.

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    Comment #47460964

    What a coincidence... I was just in my backyard shed playing with my robot chopstick. https://youtu.be/BhBXliscj0I