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At this point, I don't think I could come out of the broom closet at work if I tried. Literally just asked for Samhain off at the end of the month, since we might need to be available overnight and my boss just went "yep, okay".

Good news? He's cool with it. Bad news? He asks how my Christmas was every year.

@j3s so tragic 💔

@mxm@rage.love "Disability and Progress" (https://www.kfai.org/program/disabilityandprogress/) is hosted by a blind woman. It's a weekly radio show with an archive available via podcasts. I'm not sure how often she talks about her vision, but it occasionally comes up. A while back (a year or two ago?) there was a wonderful interview with a blind therapist and a discussion of how her service dog and practice work.

It's broadcast locally for me and I enjoy listening whenever it's on. The quality is some of the best I've heard. Highly recommended. Good luck on your search!

Aaand version 0.4, I guess? 0.3.5? Anyways, I made a vest to hold the sound processor and battery pack and wow, did it make a difference. Shoulder-mounted hearing aid-- who knew? Directionality isn't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better, and wow, did it make a difference.

Anyways, I put in an order for a small 3.5 mm mic-- hopefully it shows up and basically 'just works' once I switch the audio input in the code. I suspect I might need to do some faaancy stuff to compensate for the mic's sensitivity range, but I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.

So far, this whole thing (aside from the Tympan board) has been really inexpensive-- maybe $30 in electronics-- for a functioning hearing device. Programming the prescription is still kind of a beast, involving some spreadsheets and a little guesswork. If we can get the board cost down, though, and improve the documentation/build process this thing might actually be accessible! I imagine I'll see some cost increases once I add nicer microphones, but it's hard to say. Feeling pretty excited. :)

Today I made version 0.3 of my hearing device using one of the examples in the Tympan library (https://github.com/Tympan/Tympan_Library/tree/master/examples/05-FullSystems/WDRC_3BandIIR_wAFC). I'm still getting a lot of artifacts, but I think I'm learning how to use and understand audio charts.

Aesthetically, I'm beginning to suspect I'll want to build my prototype into epaulets.

@ky0ko depending on your priorities, you might like web-based onshape, too, though it's not open.

@lunch @thufie gotta cut them a little *slack* there. :P

@lunch @thufie if they made a good UI for it and then marketed it to corporations, though, people would complain that they were just reselling what was basically IRC and pretend the years of UI/UX work was meaningless.

Cyberia's first #hope2020 is a little different from what we'd expected, but we're slowly coming online and tuning in. Our online home is over at https://cyberia.club-- feel free to stop by our matrix and chat! :)

@ItsMorgan

Hi, I'm new, so sorry if this is rude, but Pluto is super small. In order to see it, even with fancy tools, stuff needs to be outside the Earth's atmosphere. You wouldn't be seeing it from Earth with the naked eye.

It was probably Jupiter you saw, since that'd be brighter than Saturn, but you're in a better position to figure that out than me. Regardless of which planet you saw, though, enjoy your witchy vibes. :)

Hi. Have another #art. It's part of the same triptych as the moon I posted earlier.

Hi hello have more smol #art.

OK, that's enough capitalism. Have some art.

I didn't have any real watercolor paper, so this is on a little 4x6" note card. The paper is not happy, but I like it anyways.

Crooked River (US, black-woman-owned and run) is busy, but sooo cool.

Instagram sensation Crooked River has sharp, futuristic, crisp, neon street-style vibes. If you're in a rush, check their instagram to make sure they're actively shipping orders-- this is a one-woman-run shop, and she gets *busy*.

I ordered a bathing suit ($50 USD) from this shop and although it took a while to arrive (there was a substantial backlog when I placed my order), the workmanship looks good and the reflective patterning on it is crisp and bright. Despite being a pretty risky cut, my suit still fit my body well and stayed street legal.

Note that the sizes in this shop only range from small (US) to large.