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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 8h

Funny to listen to “Charlton Heston” after having given this a listen recently: youtu.be/nyRqmlNKcc4

The Ten Commandments (First Recording)

YouTube video by The Fugs - Topic

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 8h

I feel like this is somehow “the sequel” to David Bowie youtu.be/iUWz88VM5mc

Stump - A Fierce Pancake [Full Album] (1988)

YouTube video by PrimusSucksOnThis

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

whoa calm down

an old web sidebar ad. The cow from the Cow Tools comic is pictured with 2 of it's crude lumpy tools. Caption reads,

MY FARMER IS DEAD

I don't want to remarry.
I only want TOOLS.
See my Prongler.
CLICK HERE

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 16h

As a mathematician I don’t really care what’s up, but I’m a little scandalized that you all don’t use the handedness convention we established in all our beautiful textbooks that we decorated with our finest photos of bike races and Calder sculptures and sold for $200-400 with Canvas integration

Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 21h

Did you know you can tell what software a 3D artist uses by how their nails look?

Diagram of XYZ axis orientations in different 3d software like Blender and Maya, then a hand with nails painted the same as axis colors.

#3DArt #3DModel #3DModelling #3DArtist #Blender #Maya #CAD #gamedev #autodesk #autocad #lightwave #3dsmax

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think I’d explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I made the NYPD woke 35 minutes ago.

Zohran Mamdani looking uncharacteristically calculating

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 3d

Now do ꙮ

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 4d

In general but “Rusholme Ruffians” for e.g.

youtu.be/F-mBSshJAvU?...

Rusholme Ruffians (2011 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Smiths - Topic

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 4d

Andy Rourke, tho

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 5d

Felix Bautista from the Orioles was using Omar whistling “The Farmer in the Dell” from “The Wire”

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 5d

been asking for hours and still no response from ANYONE at OAI on whether the new update will integrate with the PeneTech RealFlesh Membrane Peripheral — makes me think this whole product announcement is a lot of smoke and mirrors.

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 5d

wug test answers
wug test instructor's solution guide
what do you call more than one wug
what do you call more than one wug with shown work
what do you call more than one wug -chegg

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for all the helpful advice, I really appreciate it! It looks like there are pretty cheap replacement boards I can just order. I’m sort of interested in at least figuring out what failed but will try to stay away from anything too crazy.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 6d

counting or not counting gang violence ouch! wha happen!

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

LMAO I will do my best to control the fun levels!

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

what do you think — will i succesfully fix the tv, damage it further, or hurt myself (or some combination of the three)? responses in the comments!

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

- it sends 5V and 13V DC to the logic board (not pictured) and something like 130V for the LED screen. Somehow the rectification is primarily on HOT side, but I’m a little unclear how you can send DC voltage across the transformers, though — i think i saw something about pulse width modulation?

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

- you see the big line dividing “HOT” from “COLD”? HOT is connected to wall power. COLD is electrically isolated from HOT with the power transferred across the two yellow-taped transformers. That means COLD isn’t grounded to earth ground, but to the metal TV chassis.

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

it’s a samsung led tv. i couldn’t find a service manual but i found the schematic for this board. a few random things i’ve learned:
- those big metal rectangles are heatsinks, attached to the transformers. they look like shelves inside, i guess to have more surface area to dissipate heat.

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 6d

this is allll power supply for my busted tv. so complicated!

brown pcb with some huge electrolytic capacitors, transformers/inductors of various sizes, and rectangular aluminum heatsinks, and two prongs for ac wall power. it’s on a gray shag rug on top of my multimeter probes.

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 7d

you know how guitar distortion was originally people playing through busted amps and deciding they liked the sound? has anyone ever done that for “MIDI input into a software effect with a too-small buffer size”?

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve been recording spooky Halloween sounds with friends today

it’s a math coffee selfie, what do you want?

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 7d

Best post I saw about this was like “You can make fun of Linux users all you want but they can’t hear you because their sound cards aren’t working.” (i use arch btw)

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7d

every linux person i know: you should try linux, it’s great and easy!

also every linux person i know:

Ed @ed3d.net · 7d

ed: I want to just install a Linux desktop and I prefer KDE

also ed: fedora doesn't have even nouveau out of the box and says "mess with rpmfusion"

also ed: "'nobara linux'? that has one developer"

also ed: "kubuntu's installer crashes making encrypted partitions"

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 8d

Some of you need to go back to

"Concepts of Math: Book One" by prog metal band Watchtower

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 8d

Nah I was cooking a giant pot of taco filling for a soup kitchen type thing (:

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Paul VanKoughnett @pvk.bsky.social · 8d

It's a simple 14-step system that anyone can follow in just minutes a day, Sarah. You'll have to read my book for the full details, but I can share the first step with you here: Reconnect With Your Self-Confidence.

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