I dunno if VLC can do "Pipewire output", but I think it does a lot of the other stuff you mentioned. I use it on my desktop (Mint) and my phone (Android) and it suits my needs at least.
A $1 backscratcher from a local pharmacy. Makes scratching my own back effortless. 10/10 investment. And way more affordable than the full-time backscratching assistant I was paying all those years.
I'm not a fan of going to the gym, either. Though I understand why others prefer it.
I've always liked having a home gym. I inherited a bunch of equipment from my parents when I was about 22, but had to sell it all when I moved into a much smaller living space when I was 25. I was only able recently, at 33, to invest in a new set of equipment and it's been nice to get to do proper weightlifting at home again.
I'm decently familiar with deepfakes and I totally didn't notice Tarkin being off when I saw Rogue One in theaters. I was like, "Wow, that actor has barely aged a day since the original trilogy. Good for him." I later learned about it being special effects and was like "Damn, they did a good job. Totally fooled me."
Like, I can see it when I look at it now, only after being told. But the first time, on the big screen? Didn't notice at all.
I've seen some really neat deepfakes over the years. One of my favorites replaces Jack Nicholson with Jim Carrey in "The Shining", so the creepiness kinda helps, lol
I miss Doritos Blaze. Those mfs were spicier than your run-of-the-mill grocery store potato chip. I don't think they make them any more; haven't seen them in years.
The downside of loving spicy food is that there isn't a huge market for those who enjoy superhots. Many of the spicier products I've enjoyed over the years are discontinued cause they (presumably) didn't sell enough.
I love Hank. I'm 33 and have started doing something similar to this when I have the time and want some peace and quiet. Just sitting on my back porch with an FM radio playing dadrock while staring at the trees and the clouds rolling by.
Sorry to hear about all the negative experiences. It's so cool you've contacted the ISS, though. I wanna do it at some point as well!
I'm also in rural, southern USA (North Carolina. Only gotta drive about 2 minutes up the road to see a house with a confederate flag flying!) and similar experiences to yours have driven me away from most local nets. Some of the wild stuff I've heard these boomers (and older) say has made it unpalatable to say the least. I recall when studying for the Technician's exam, the study guide I was reading said "There's really no specific list of things you can't say on the radio, but basically don't say it if you wouldn't say it in front of your mother." Unfortunately a lot of these guys would clearly say a whole lot of casually racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, etc stuff in front of their mothers without a second thought.
One local net I was frequenting about 2 years ago had a woman show up and all the guys were just super weird about it. Like a video game lobby voice chat, but older and creepier. 🤦♂️
I agree we gotta start handing out cheap handsets and licenses to zoomers ASAP, lol. I'm a millennial (33) and would very much like for HAM radio to be more inclusive.
rudyharrelson
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I really enjoyed watching this series a while back by Ben Eater:
"Building an 8-bit Breadboard Computer"
It explains a lot of the steps in the rocks-to-computer pipeline in detail. It assumes decent familiarity with electronics fundamentals, though. So maybe not the best starting point.