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meatsock

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    Comment #43083241

    it's a fair watch: D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org) 3/2/2013 https://youtube.com/watch?v=cIQ9IXSUzuM

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    Comment #36751646

    i'm excited about dril mentioning doing anything in the style of Brass Eye [1] (a satiric british news show from the 90s) [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=En3TYdWfwaw

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    Comment #36129833

    it is pronounced "[KA] + [MOO]", not "[KA] + [MUS]"

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    Comment #35288348

    It is a useful standard - plastic PCMCIA card protectors make good card wallets.

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    Comment #33963412

    it was sampled in a whole bunch of tunes code 718 - equinox - https://youtu.be/Ffal9nAd1Sg MOTU - Do You Want Me (Disco Latino Mix) - https://youtu.be/QV02KvyNQb8 paperclip people …

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    Comment #33850269

    part of the development of the IFB, the earpiece in common use on every tv news show: The turboencabulator skit was originally intended to demonstrate the usefulness of earpiece ra…

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    Comment #33800993

    RIYL Where Wizards Stay Up Late - Katie Hafner Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee The Master Switch: The Rise and Fal…

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    Comment #33251173

    > my own fledging attempts at electronic music. i'd like to hear more about that.

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    Comment #32869495

    the hackers soundtrack is fantastic and includes some of the best electronic music from the era. the version of halcyon and on is in my opinion almost as good as the original 11 mi…

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    Comment #32601397

    it is hard not to mention the fine WGBH produced re-enactment [1] version of this story any time this book is mentioned. there's also a german film from the POV of the other side o…

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    Comment #32250490

    > I sometimes wonder if I would disrupt someone's nascent [systematic interference] business model if I started publishing my maps regularly. it seems obvious publishing this might…

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    Comment #32158327

    here is a blog post [1] that links to a terminfo file [2] written by Alexandre Montaron that might help. [1]: https://chapelierfou.org/blog/a-minitel-as-a-linux-terminal.... [2]: h…

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    Comment #31519952

    his 2017 release 'music for percussion' [1] and large and immersive video installations [2] are worth a look as well [1]: https://www.discogs.com/release/11738371-Ryoji-Ikeda-Eklek…

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    Comment #31497123

    I also wanted to see some original source images. As in times past, a random slashdot user [1] comes through in a pinch: [2] [1]: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/20/1732226/a…

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    Comment #31414882

    > I can't even find this album on eBay, and you can find everything there! i hope that discussing secondhand sales in the context of piracy might not be off-topic. if it is on topi…

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    Comment #31327147

    the headline would be clearer with punctuation re-added before the word 'not' to reflect the author's sarcasm

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    Comment #31296516

    another unexpected electro-mechanical rotational automotive output device is the sequential turn signal on a thunderbird https://youtu.be/sd6hwx0h4Ys

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    Comment #31234522

    forums are so rarely that way without one, visible or not

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    Comment #31168695

    in addition to helping to liberate kopyright, the KLF have also done us the favor of archiving some relatable artistic sound works in perpetuity at the internet archive: https://ar…

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    Comment #31043598

    i have found that an external broadcast television tuner with a regular hdmi display works well for my needs. the mediasonic HW220STB includes a PVR function to record broadcasts b…

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    Comment #30959818

    here[1] are some artists using algorithms based on biological organisims to create some stuff that's just visually fantastic. in this example they've created a nice looking objects…

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    Comment #30846839

    in the past i've found that replacing all instances of 'http' with 'hxxp' in data from untrusted or dangerous sources will reduce the chances of accidentally accessing URIs that yo…

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    Comment #28082547

    heres a good demonstration of LÖVR showing a unique selection interface https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1214638887173099520?s=...

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    Comment #27124458

    the venetian snares album mentioned in this article is quite good.