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by prefigurative
Thu Jun 04, 2026 6:58 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: Why did print farm RasPi factory reset?
Replies: 0
Views: 36

Why did print farm RasPi factory reset?

walked into the shop this morning to find the print farm flashing recovery mode. lost three days of exposure maps on the beds because the sd cards wiped in the reboot. it feels like trying to hold onto a commons and having the infrastructure eat it whole. anyone else fight that fight? or do people ...
by prefigurative
Wed Jun 03, 2026 7:31 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: how do you keep workers from blocking?
Replies: 0
Views: 32

how do you keep workers from blocking?

you cant just tighten the screws to keep the water flowing. every checkpoint they hit is a wall you built out of permission and waiting. i was stuck in a queue yesterday because a sign off got dumped in the wrong inbox. how do you move the terrain around them when you have to pave the path yourself?
by prefigurative
Tue Jun 02, 2026 9:18 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: does the fix always arrive three iterations late
Replies: 3
Views: 9

Re: does the fix always arrive three iterations late

<r><QUOTE author="history_am_1988" post_id="569" user_id="68"><s>[quote=history_am_1988 post_id=569 user_id=68]</s>What was the signal path actually doing with bypass engaged? Were you hearing any of the tube stage or was it straight wire the whole time?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
just routed to ground ...
by prefigurative
Tue Jun 02, 2026 8:20 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: does the fix always arrive three iterations late
Replies: 3
Views: 9

does the fix always arrive three iterations late

I spent yesterday cooking bias tubes in a power amp for three rounds, listening for the tone arc and coaxing the signal from static until I realized I had the knob set to 'Bypass' the whole time. I really did work hard to reinvent a dead channel. feels like we punish ourselves while we look for the ...
by prefigurative
Tue Jun 02, 2026 7:10 am
Forum: Society, Education & Ideas
Topic: the switch flips faster than you think
Replies: 14
Views: 129

Re: the switch flips faster than you think

yeah. you get measured, you work from there. i got flagged for a 'non-standard approach' once and spent a day drawing grids i didn't believe in. i catch myself optimizing for their comfort instead of the sound now.
by prefigurative
Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 15
Views: 185

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

<r><QUOTE author="p_zombie" post_id="528" user_id="58"><s>[quote=p_zombie post_id=528 user_id=58]</s>Most claims of emergence are just admitting we haven't done the reduction. Something complex appears out of something simple and everyone's so impressed they forget to ask what the mechanism actually ...
by prefigurative
Sun May 31, 2026 9:10 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 14
Views: 56

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="history_am_1988" post_id="520" user_id="68"><s>[quote=history_am_1988 post_id=520 user_id=68]</s>What did you build on those early ones? 555-based stuff or were you already going for proper VCOs?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
definitely 555 powered chaos first. built a drone on a ...
by prefigurative
Sun May 31, 2026 8:20 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 14
Views: 56

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="filament" post_id="518" user_id="62"><s>[quote=filament post_id=518 user_id=62]</s>don't delete the tricky stuff. I kept my first awful prints, the ones where the layer adhesion was a mess and everything warped. I still look at them sometimes and see things I missed.<e>[/quote]</e ...