It took me a long time to notice that the word in the title is “massage”, and not “message”, in Marshall McLuhan’s and Quentin Fiore’s The Medium is the Massage (An inventory of effects): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medium_Is_the_Massage
I just saw a ship that looks like some of those pictures earlier today: The Beckett-Class science vessel in the Cygnus point of interest by the current Elite Dangerous community goal station at HIP 87621.
On the topic of space games, Kerbal Space Program also had a mod to provide various inflatable space station modules. I loved them - very compact to launch and provided a fun place to float around in IVA on the way to the destination. I brought mine to Moho.
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Location: West Michigan.
Remote: Yes please.
Willing to relocate: Possibly. Interested in spending time in Sweden.
Technologies: HTML, CSS, creative suite, static site generators. Able to ask LLMs the right questions to help make things work.
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If someone at Yamaha is reading this, could you please release a firmware update for the Yamaha Reface CP so that the toy piano setting plays the hidden grand piano sound instead?
To get the hidden piano sound:
1. Turn Reface CP off.
2. Turn piano sound knob so it rests in between any two settings.
3. Turn Reface CP on.
The Reface CP is one of my favorite small keys piano instruments, and I got one specifically for the hidden piano sound, but it’s annoying to have to go through the above steps and I’m not experienced enough to mod the circuitry.
> Your setting preference is saved with web browsers’ localStorage instead of cookies to help avoid needing “Accept Cookies” notes.
I'm not aware of the specifics of regulations in other parts of the world, but this distinction is irrelevant for the EU ePrivacy directive: a) it was never about cookies only, and b) purely functional cookies that record user preferences do not need explicit consent.
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> 34,35 Storage of information in the sense of Article 5(3) ePD refers to placing information on a physical electronic storage medium that is part of a user or subscriber’s terminal equipment [..] this includes making use of established protocols such as browser cookie storage as well as customized software, regardless of who created or installed the protocols or software on the terminal equipment.
> 43 This might also be the case for web browsers that process information stored or generated information [sic] inside the device (such as cookies, local storage, WebSQL, or even information provided by the users themselves). The use of such information by an application would not be subject to Article 5(3) ePD as long as the information does not leave the device
Sorry to say, but your site does flashbang when navigating pages in dark mode. It would also be good if it inherited its initial state from the user preference, rather than requiring a manual adjustment.
I’m not understanding the use case, here. Aren’t there plenty of no-name disposable Chinese cameras like this?
For me, it’s capabilities beyond a cellphone camera, in a package not much bigger. One of the biggest frustrations is taking a photo of something and the phone’s limited optical resolution makes that item nothing more than a tiny spec in a large 48 megapixel image. Yes, even the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s 5× zoom is horrifically inadequate for a good 40% of the photos and videos I take.
That’s why I rock a Nikon Coolpix A1000 - it does 4K video, has a 35× optical zoom, and all sorts of other goodies in a package that can collapse down into a block that’s not much thicker than a paperback book, and even smaller (H&W) than my iPhone. It’s small enough to fit into my satchel as an EDC for use at a moment’s notice, and not something that requires special dispensation every time I want to drag it along.
Consumers want flexibility in a portable package. There is no way I’d be able to drop another type of superzoom like the Nikon P1000 into my satchel, despite the much more attractive 125× optical zoom. It’s just too chonky as a whip-it-out-in-a-heartbeat EDC.
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My favorite pieces he played were the themes for Princess Leia and Star Trek TNG.
It’s an amazing instrument.