ChiaroBen
@chiaroben.bsky.social
Audio Engineer, Musician, Gamer, smalltime Streamer. #1 Final Fantasy III defender. Politically left. He/him
Precognition lacks in hindsight.
twitch.tv/chiaroben
Music: https://youtube.com/@chiaroben2972
VODs: https://youtube.com/@chiarobenarchive6830
Precognition lacks in hindsight.
twitch.tv/chiaroben
Music: https://youtube.com/@chiaroben2972
VODs: https://youtube.com/@chiarobenarchive6830
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ChiaroBen
@chiaroben.bsky.social
· Nov 8
New pinned post!
I'm Ben, 34 he/him, and I am a musician, streamer, and politcally left audio engineer from Germany.
I stream video games two times a week on twitch and upload a new patch with my modular synth every saturday.
Preaching the words of Disco Elysium.
Precognition lacks in hindsight.
I'm Ben, 34 he/him, and I am a musician, streamer, and politcally left audio engineer from Germany.
I stream video games two times a week on twitch and upload a new patch with my modular synth every saturday.
Preaching the words of Disco Elysium.
Precognition lacks in hindsight.
Reposted by ChiaroBen
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
While I'm feeling better I'm still coughing every minute or so, which makes talking for a long time very annoying and I think it would make a stream unwatchable. So I have to cancel til next wednesday.
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
While I'm feeling better I'm still coughing every minute or so, which makes talking for a long time very annoying and I think it would make a stream unwatchable. So I have to cancel til next wednesday.
Thinking back to Dragon's Dogma 2.
Man that game was a buggy mess. But a FUN buggy mess.
A perfekt 7/10 game, but it's MY 7/10 game.
Man that game was a buggy mess. But a FUN buggy mess.
A perfekt 7/10 game, but it's MY 7/10 game.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thinking back to Dragon's Dogma 2.
Man that game was a buggy mess. But a FUN buggy mess.
A perfekt 7/10 game, but it's MY 7/10 game.
Man that game was a buggy mess. But a FUN buggy mess.
A perfekt 7/10 game, but it's MY 7/10 game.
SOME idiot just HAD to spill bone broth over his keyboard, and that same idiot might've just spent almost 45 minutes getting all of the contacts clean again.
Fuck my life.
Fuck my life.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
SOME idiot just HAD to spill bone broth over his keyboard, and that same idiot might've just spent almost 45 minutes getting all of the contacts clean again.
Fuck my life.
Fuck my life.
This is so specific to my current hyperfixation.
But why do centaurs in Pathfinder 2e have inherent Darkvision, when even Catfolk or Ratfolk only get it with a special heritage?
But why do centaurs in Pathfinder 2e have inherent Darkvision, when even Catfolk or Ratfolk only get it with a special heritage?
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is so specific to my current hyperfixation.
But why do centaurs in Pathfinder 2e have inherent Darkvision, when even Catfolk or Ratfolk only get it with a special heritage?
But why do centaurs in Pathfinder 2e have inherent Darkvision, when even Catfolk or Ratfolk only get it with a special heritage?
Still coughing quite a bit, so no stream. Stupid flu season.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Still coughing quite a bit, so no stream. Stupid flu season.
Reposted by ChiaroBen
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Man I hate having a cold.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Man I hate having a cold.
Someone had a (playful) argument with their partner about what part of the pizza is the most important.
It was me.
And it's obviously the crust.
It was me.
And it's obviously the crust.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Someone had a (playful) argument with their partner about what part of the pizza is the most important.
It was me.
And it's obviously the crust.
It was me.
And it's obviously the crust.
What if Final Fantasy XVII is an MMO again?
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What if Final Fantasy XVII is an MMO again?
Define your music taste in eight artists
Will Wood
Arcturus
Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
Coppelius
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Stortregn
A Forest of Stars
DIO
Will Wood
Arcturus
Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
Coppelius
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Stortregn
A Forest of Stars
DIO
Define your music taste in eight artists
Insomnium
Mike Oldfield
New Order
Joy Division
P. Lion
The Durutti Column
Fischer-Z
Propaganda
Insomnium
Mike Oldfield
New Order
Joy Division
P. Lion
The Durutti Column
Fischer-Z
Propaganda
Define your music taste in eight artists
Alcest
Depeche mode
Afi
Portishead
Fleetwood mac
Linkin Park (pre-scientology ofc)
Deftones
Lola young
Alcest
Depeche mode
Afi
Portishead
Fleetwood mac
Linkin Park (pre-scientology ofc)
Deftones
Lola young
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Define your music taste in eight artists
Will Wood
Arcturus
Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
Coppelius
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Stortregn
A Forest of Stars
DIO
Will Wood
Arcturus
Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
Coppelius
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Stortregn
A Forest of Stars
DIO
I swear I'm not doing this on purpose, but I've been gradually getting more sick over the course of today, so I don't feel like streaming.
Here's hoping I'm fine on wednesday.
Here's hoping I'm fine on wednesday.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I swear I'm not doing this on purpose, but I've been gradually getting more sick over the course of today, so I don't feel like streaming.
Here's hoping I'm fine on wednesday.
Here's hoping I'm fine on wednesday.
Why the fuck am I getting sick now? Isn't Con Flu supposed to happen like 3 days after the convention?
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why the fuck am I getting sick now? Isn't Con Flu supposed to happen like 3 days after the convention?
This is finally happening.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is finally happening.
Still riding this high. Man, I missed a good pen&paper round, I missed DMing.
I was kinda stressing myself before, because I hadn't DM'd in a while, and I wanted custom maps, music, and I had to learn Foundry, AND Pathfinder itself was new to me. But it worked really well.
I was kinda stressing myself before, because I hadn't DM'd in a while, and I wanted custom maps, music, and I had to learn Foundry, AND Pathfinder itself was new to me. But it worked really well.
First round of my new Pathfinder group was yesterday, and the first time I DM'd in so many years. Also the first time I DM'd with a digital table top (and really taking advantage of it).
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Still riding this high. Man, I missed a good pen&paper round, I missed DMing.
I was kinda stressing myself before, because I hadn't DM'd in a while, and I wanted custom maps, music, and I had to learn Foundry, AND Pathfinder itself was new to me. But it worked really well.
I was kinda stressing myself before, because I hadn't DM'd in a while, and I wanted custom maps, music, and I had to learn Foundry, AND Pathfinder itself was new to me. But it worked really well.
Ever since I put Chinese Five Spice into my coffee on accident once (the package looks similar to my Turkish coffee spice) I've taken to it, and now I occasionally do it on purpose, and yes, you should too.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ever since I put Chinese Five Spice into my coffee on accident once (the package looks similar to my Turkish coffee spice) I've taken to it, and now I occasionally do it on purpose, and yes, you should too.
It is my honest opinion that Breath of the Wild is a much better game than Tears of the Kingdom.
You may threw stones now.
You may threw stones now.
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It is my honest opinion that Breath of the Wild is a much better game than Tears of the Kingdom.
You may threw stones now.
You may threw stones now.
Last of the travel patches!
Now everything's been put back in my big rack and I do plan on releasing a new EP before the year is out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfG...
Now everything's been put back in my big rack and I do plan on releasing a new EP before the year is out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfG...
Travels Four | 42HP Eurorack Patch
YouTube video by Ben Thomasson
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Last of the travel patches!
Now everything's been put back in my big rack and I do plan on releasing a new EP before the year is out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfG...
Now everything's been put back in my big rack and I do plan on releasing a new EP before the year is out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfG...
It's almost as if lying right wing populists don't have your best interest in minds.
Idiots.
Idiots.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's almost as if lying right wing populists don't have your best interest in minds.
Idiots.
Idiots.
First round of my new Pathfinder group was yesterday, and the first time I DM'd in so many years. Also the first time I DM'd with a digital table top (and really taking advantage of it).
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
First round of my new Pathfinder group was yesterday, and the first time I DM'd in so many years. Also the first time I DM'd with a digital table top (and really taking advantage of it).
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
Glad to say: I still got it 😎
Travel Patch number three. The amount of different sounds you get out of a small rack is really something:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czvG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czvG...
Travels Three | 42HP Eurorack Patch
YouTube video by Ben Thomasson
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Travel Patch number three. The amount of different sounds you get out of a small rack is really something:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czvG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czvG...
The Nuremberg Trials started 80 years ago today.
Just in case you needed to remember what happens to fascists.
Just in case you needed to remember what happens to fascists.
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Nuremberg Trials started 80 years ago today.
Just in case you needed to remember what happens to fascists.
Just in case you needed to remember what happens to fascists.
Frog Yeah.
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Frog Yeah.
The Tribunal and Sotha Sil specifically is still one my of favourite depicitons of divinity in media.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Tribunal and Sotha Sil specifically is still one my of favourite depicitons of divinity in media.
Secon Travel patch with my small 42hp eurorack is up on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUm...
Travels Two | 42HP Eurorack Patch
YouTube video by Ben Thomasson
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Secon Travel patch with my small 42hp eurorack is up on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUm...