I doubt anything would work for me (even for just friendships) with where and how I exist.

Then again I’ve never had much luck with connection (my brain isn’t built for that).

I would say call it “ion pasteurization” or something like that, but considering some people want raw milk that wouldn’t matter.

I’m not sure if these will help, when I listen to instrumental stuff it’s usually just a (personal) productivity thing.

David Bergeaud (Ratchet and Clank (1) OST) (some of the other games too, but for me less so the newer stuff games that have more action-movie orchestral music) (listen also: Spyro OST, different type of groove)

On the other hand, Journey for Tuba - II. Ballad has that mystery/free-roaming sound at the start (listen also: Bully OST)

I also like radio.garden with my local NPR stations (2 channels, often classical and jazz, so if you want to skip news… not always instrumental though) also ouch. There once was Radio Riel (in Detroit, MI), but it doesn’t currently work on garden, they seem to have changed names. You might want folk or reverie, depending on what’s playing. (though is non-english voice an instrument?)

The Over The Garden Wall OST is good, but not all instrumental. I did find an instrumental version, so maybe? Also, this is an autumn vibe.

For more game OST stuff, maybe something from Oddworld (if you can appreciate the atmospheric without it seeming too dreary), or Tomba is more cheery. Maybe even the Sims (Sims 2 is cheery and complex, Sims 1 is simpler, also there seems to be diff music for PC and consoles).

You probably could also go even simpler than instrumental, for instance searching ‘piano solo music’.

I was going to say something like this (that it could combine in interesting ways) though if we assume that it was part of society’s past it’s more likely it was never created due to lack of need (being deaf would no longer be a hindrance to communication).

Though being blind would be even worse and I’m not sure what (simple) system* could be created to overcome that. It would be like being deaf now but without sign-language existing, at least when it comes to receiving communication.

* I guess maybe some implant like a modified cochlear implant, but that’s not exactly simple

Pretty much anything will be legal if you don’t release it, though in any case it’s also good to distance yourself from IP (Intellectual Property) as much as you can.

Make everything from scratch (not just code), use different names, don’t look at their version after you started (no side-by-side), and add your own ideas/changes. Don’t even reference terms (particularly on a release page) related to the original, and don’t release/announce/tease anything until it’s done (a DMCA can stop your project in its tracks, but if 100+ people already downloaded it likely cannot be stopped).

I would roll the dice on “unethical” (/underground?) brain preservation testing in hopes that maybe in 200+ years things (if it doesn’t fully melt down) would suck less. Which honestly would likely be the same as what you’ve said.

If not? I could probably live in VR if it weren’t about digital real-estate. Ideally, flexible living with some purpose, more organics for life support (symbiotic+robust microbiomes) even though I definitely would be mistaken for a robot especially as I could see myself doing rather robotic-seeming things (like tapping into a mycorrhizal network to trade nutrients with trees to get pollutants like nickel).

Can we love as neither

Speaking for myself, outlook not so good. (typo, I know)

Honestly, as an outsider it seems like an institution (breaking their own oath by) covering things up for decades makes it obvious why people don’t trust (or even respect) them.

I’ve used OLED on phones (my current, free because cracked screen) and like the idea* but considering I have a super-budget desktop (old stuff, unlikely to upgrade) and keeping it mostly to free/old content I’ll stick to whatever low-tier 1080p displays are already in my home.

Maybe OLED multi-touch if it wasn’t an upsell and niche market, so realistically when you add in burn-in fear it’s either I get some second-hand laptop/tablet that has it (with a bad/no battery) or some new manufacturing tech solves it (either way, probably not for me in the next 10 years).

It might make more sense for VR immersion, though again between cost and specs (cost again) plus whatever lock-in nonsense (which I already saw of the oculus stuff with a family member who likely won’t ever unlock dev mode) probably not for me.

* particularly for the contrast ratio (off pixels), though unless you’re into horror stuff this seems like a bit of a gimmick (even space content is not a guaranteed fit). It’s either that or making my own OLED edits of movies, which I find unlikely to work well via a blind edit (as I don’t expect a script to be perfect).

I’m a shut-in and I’ll say it doesn’t help living in a sparse area with only a bike*. I usually just ride on the trail to a very close bridge, sometimes I go to the closest town over and buy a few things from the produce section from the local grocery store and that’s it.

Admittedly, I probably still wouldn’t be very social in a denser place (money, but also other issues).

* I don’t want to drive, though lots of ditches around here and there is no north/south trail. So it is a factor.

Some parts of those governments do have proportional representation (like Scottish Parliment where the SNP has the most representation).

Other than that, I would guess there are a lot of small reasons… like differences in structure/operation/rules, that recall elections are a thing, larger gov’t bodies, and election frequency. From the outside, I’d also guess that some of these parties do/have held power for a while until they mess things up and the voters switch it out.

Also a lot of the issue here is with US presidency, and the electoral college cements it even further. That is where it is the biggest inevitability as it’s a big race that largely decides the next 4 years (also a partisan senate and house can enable or stall legislature, also how the right stacked the supreme court).

This is also a long-term imbalance (as shown by the video I linked) that intensifies over time. Other systems having different factors may be what prevented it from being a huge issue there, and it probably helps that they are older/more-stable (and less individualistic) countries.

The two-party system is not fake, it’s a very real inevitability of FPtP voting.

For example: This 60-second animation shows how divided Congress has become over the last 60 years

Ignoring that also turns everything to the right (if not through actual voting, through lower turnout).

Maybe check out Nim-lang? It does have mm (I hear arc/orc are good) though it can be turned off allowing you to manage memory manually.

I didn’t even mention that aspect in my top-level comment because the check engine light is burned out. The systems and access to them were a mess before, and now I’m expecting medicaid cut headlines (and/or dropped people). Which personally, the idea of interrupted treatment makes me more wary than no treatment.

I do as well as I can in an enjoyable way to keep myself somewhat stable. Like I’ve been riding my bike on the trail lately* and I enjoy cooking** for myself. I’ll sometimes drink soda, but honestly I think if the sugar were halved I would probably enjoy it more (or just… some dessert is probably less sugar). Even though I guess subsidies make sugar cheaper than water.

I’ll sweep the floor because I don’t want to walk on dirt. Though yeah, I’m probably stuck here more than others.

* mostly to go outside (with not many good destinations I can viably reach), though I can make it to a local grocery store for a few things

** mostly sautéed vegetables, squash/celery/mushrooms/carrots/onions etc, spinach on sandwiches and recently have tried cooking chard

If something like USB doesn’t show your video, it may be too new of a codec (it may want mp4 or mpg or avi or wmv (mov or m4v?), not webm or mkv etc).

One thing to consider may be media-capable consoles (PS3/Xbox 360? and newer). Or an older computer, or maybe someone will be fine running it off of their laptop (or phone if you have a cord/casting).

You may want to use some sort of server (simple HTTP, perhaps even a media server) if you have a video-capable (+network-capable) device that does not have enough storage. You may need to do firewall/port stuff for that (fixed local address), though it might be more convenient in some cases.

OP, is this you?

BRAIN: “You are tasked to consider the evidence, and whether it proves BEYOND a reasonable doubt: whether my client is undateable. Is my client… a perfect man? No-”

ME: “She can kill me, yeah.”

Sure, but that doesn’t help me now.

It doesn’t install a better auto-level sensor or tool-changing on my printer. It doesn’t give me a good print bed (one I bought was damaged by prints) or even just a newer control board. I’m not even going to buy a slicer key, I don’t want to spend more money on this nor do I want to think about it.

I’ve already acknowledged that some of this was my hubris and I would likely still be printing had I just stuck with what I had. Maybe someone could even help me get back there in exchange for/using my spare parts, but I live in nowheresville w/no car and don’t know anybody so that is not happening.

3D printer (FFF).

Didn’t start out too bad. I knew I was having issues but tried an upgrade I shouldn’t have done (because complexity). Upgrade was mostly done too, issue was fan wiring/firmware. I stopped with it there many years ago, so now it’s all dusty.

On top of all the variables/tuning/test prints, equipment/material cost etc. I also just don’t want to sell anything like I once thought I might.

If everybody could get insulin (even if they stock shelves or got laid-off from a tech/gig company), that’s when it’s a Joseph Stalin.