The completely ignored laws of thermodynamics in this story always bugged me

c/oxygenhomies

Probably a tie between The Cat Returns and Pom Poko. I love the way Pom Poko is told, along with the various animation styles. And who doesn’t love The Baron?

Huh, That’s weird, the last time I checked, the 328P had 1024b of EEPROM.

When it comes to writing code, perhaps. But specifically, I disagree on principle. There’s a big difference between Firmware embedded directly into ROM that requires nothing beyond the MCU to run, versus Software that requires both a host environment to compute it, host hardware to store and manipulate it, and IO peripherals to make it useful. Totally opposite ends of the OSI model.

Complexity and propriety make for good income when it comes to fixing your broken fancy stuff; there’s a good incentive to keep it that way. I praise the companies that make long lasting, well designed, and serviceable goods.

Technically it’s not software, it’s firmware, because it’s a microcontroller that runs code directly.

To my point, you don’t need all the fancy bullshit that’s baked into the car, the actual control systems require very little compute power.

You could run basic brushless motor and BMC firmware on a 99 cent 8 bit Atmel ATMega 328. That code requires almost nothing to run. It’s all the extra shit baked in that needs all sorts of processing power.

I also want a basic barebones infotainment-delete vehicle that just has power windows,locks,AC, cruise, and 4x4/awd. I don’t want some proprietary gps system or a dashboard where I have to hit 3 menu buttons on a screen I have to look at, just to change a setting (how my wife’s car operates and it’s a complete shit user experience).

You bet your ass I do

Frank’s RedHot

I think I’ve clicked that button once in maybe 15 years. IMO it’s useless and I’m surprised it has taken them this long to do something about it. I wonder what the click stats for that one button are.

Let them drive their userbase further away. They have not learned their lesson in 15 years.

They’re all amazing but my vote is for Campfire Headphase

Dayvan Cowboy by Boards of Canada is probably my favorite instrumental of all time (BoC is instrumental ambient electronic, mostly experimental).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2vTXxnD20 Original track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1TyX33PfwY And an most incredible remix

I mean, to be fair, none of those things are things I can tell from here.

Not so obscure, but very dark. This was a kids show on Nickelodeon after all. Have you watched it?

SlackerCats - obscure, ran for half a season

Clerks The Animated Series - obscure, ran for half a season

Carol and the end of the world (Mainstream but wildly serene, surreal, and overtly human)

Moral Oral - pretty dark adult show

Ren and Stimpy - pretty dark for a kids show

I’m sure I’ll think of a few more

So, what’s the scoop? No name or product link!

In 2001 my Uni’s entire campus network was shut down for 3 days to clean up a massive NIMDA infection. Wild times.

Cats are especially sensitive to the pheromones/sweat your foot produces. They typically love that scent. I’ve caught several of my cats with their faces buried in stanky shoes on multiple occasions.