Not knowing what WeatherStar 4000+ was, I was expecting "Weather Channel Simulator" to use AI to generate live video of a weather reporter describing the weather.
Can't be too far off.
WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
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#32I was impressed as soon as it loaded and immediately said, "Yea but what about the music?". Then I noticed the sound toggle button.
Absolute perfection!
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#33Not knowing what WeatherStar 4000+ was, I was expecting "Weather Channel Simulator" to use AI to generate live video of a weather reporter describing the weather. Can't be too far off.
This is a lot more interesting and impressive than AI generated goop
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#34I listen to a lot of Pat Metheny Group, which my wife refers to as "Weather Channel Music". I used to argue that Pat was waaay better than the stuff on the Weather Channel, until one day we had it on in a hotel room and "Last Train Home" came on, and I had to shut the heck up.
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#35I was impressed as soon as it loaded and immediately said, "Yea but what about the music?". Then I noticed the sound toggle button. Absolute perfection!
Anyone see an easy way to add the sound-on setting to the URL options generated by "Copy Permalink"?
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#36Very neat! I put it in kiosk mode and could almost hear the hum of a CRT.
hum? you mean a very high pitched squeal?
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#37I listen to a lot of Pat Metheny Group, which my wife refers to as "Weather Channel Music". I used to argue that Pat was waaay better than the stuff on the Weather Channel, until one day we had it on in a hotel room and "Last Train Home" came on, and I had to shut the heck up.
Given how much fusion they played on "Local on the 8s" I wonder if they ever spun some Weather Report...
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#38Is there anyone who could point me to an easy-ish way to get this running on a PI + Screen? I have a special-needs son who would LOVE to have this running. I'll take any advice! Thank you!
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#39Great stuff! Reminds me of when the web used to be fun...
Same here. I’ve been doing web design and development for 24 years now so I’ve witnessed the full pivot towards homogenization of interfaces; it’s necessary for commerce and usability at this point. But once in a while I’ll throw together a microsite like this to return to my roots a bit. This is my latest (a basic Trump presidency countdown clock): https://timeleft.now/
Re: WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
#40If you're interested in this, someone on YouTube got a WeatherStar 4000 (device that sat at cable headends and generated the local weather report graphics) and wrote all new firmware to make 90's style weather reports on the real hardware. This was necessary because the original firmware was downloaded over satellite so it's now lost. It looks basically identical to the real Weather Channel from the 90s, except it do…
If you read his devlog, he started this project not knowing assembly or C... teaching himself as he went. Incredible.