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I think Speed Freeks is still free. Orks vs Orks combat racing game. I haven’t played in a couple months so IDK what direction its taking but last time I dropped into a game it was fun as fuck.
Seeker is still around, and available via Izzy on Droid f-droid repo if you don’t want to go the gplay route.
Strictly speaking this is a subset of what the food industry calls reformulation. They’ll also reformulate a product for other reasons (eg to reduce sugar/fat/salt or add a vitamin so they can make a health claim, tweak the flavour if it isn’t performing well, etc) but reducing materials and manufacturing costs is a big part of it. Maybe we can coin the term “deformulation”.
It was done at a reputable local piercing studio, by a well-known body mod expert who happened to be on tour at the time. No medical degree that I’m aware of, but a ton of experience and more than a little self-experimentation.
What compelled you do get this and what’s the procedure for getting it put in?
CW: Surgery
I got it done back in 2010 or so. At the time I was working in I.T., and spent a lot of time in underground electronic music circles. Goth / cybergoth / cyberpunk and underground rave culture, and I grew up on the internet in the '90s with a lot of transhumanist influence before it got co-opted by tech bros. I’d heard of the procedure a few years before and somehow the opportunity to get it done crossed one of my social feeds. It felt like something that would be useful and also fun to have. Me and a couple of friends were really interested in it so we all went and did it together. I’m not sure I’d have done it just on my own. The procedure itself is actually pretty brutal so the CW applies from here. There are a couple different ways to do it depending on the shape of magnet. For a flat one (like a coin cell battery) they cut a flap of skin, stick the magnet in and stitch it back up. For the long ones they basically stab a deep slit in your fingertip alongside the bone with a long scalpel blade, jam the magnet in there and stitch it closed. I have a long one, it’s a little bit shorter and fatter than a grain of rice. I got it done under local anaesthetic, which isn’t strictly legal here, but I’m sure glad they did it.
Has it ever caused any problems?
Yes. I got it in my left ring finger because I’m right handed, but it’s decreased the grip strength in that hand a bit. Too much pressure on that fingertip just hurts. I couldn’t really do rock climbing if I wanted to, and I can’t play a steel string guitar any more for the same reason. Nylon strings I can just about get away with but it takes a lot of practice to get the finger positions right that I just haven’t put in. 99% of the time in daily life I just work around it though. Other things that people mentioned to me like setting off metal detectors or killing hard drives haven’t happened to me. Never had to get an MRI, but I suspect that would be an issue too. It also sometimes aches in the cold.
Was it difficult to get used to?
Sort of? The first six months were definitely a learning experience. I found myself sticking to metal stair rails, accidentally picking up spoons with it, generally getting it caught on things. I suppose that’s not -that- different from a new piercing in a prominent location though. I also found myself getting surprised by magnetic fields, but now I’m just kind of used to it. I suspect the sensation has dulled a bit over time, too.
What does it feel like when you feel the magnetic fields?
A lot of people have said things along the lines of “oh, like a sixth sense?” But it’s not. It’s more like being able to see in infrared; it’s not an extra sense, just an extension of an existing one. Probably the best way to explain it is; if you ever caught a fly or buzzing insect as a kid, and felt it buzzing against your hand. It’s kinda like that but from under the skin. Definitely a bit icky to feel something moving under your skin until you get used to it. The sensitivity is -really- variable because the implant procedure is pretty far from an exact science, or it was back then, anyway. The people I got it with had very different results; one was a lot more sensitive and could feel fields from much further away, one was much less sensitive. It’s probably to do with how deep the implant is, the sensitive one couldn’t pick up much more than a paperclip, whereas the less sensitive one could pick up an entire dessert spoon. I feel like a person might be able to train themselves to recognise different types and strengths of fields depending on their sensitivity, but I never bothered trying.
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Yeah, for sure. I don’t mind answering questions about it.
Not an electrician but I have one of these. While I have used it to troubleshoot electrical problems on occasion (eg- this thing doesn’t have a power LED but I can tell it’s getting power), it’s far more useful for locating and holding small screws. The field sensing bit is somewhat hit and miss. Mine works on microwave ovens, most transformers, some models of anti-theft gate, an electric tram once or twice, and on one occasion, a laptop WiFi card.
Batch cooking my breakfast for the next four days, hugging my cat and going to bed early because I work weekends. Might get some gaming in if I have the time and concentration.
This is impressive, what software / hardware are you using?
Soulseek. I’ll search a band I like, then browse the directories of other people with similar taste.
Your description made me think of The Golden Palominos.
Because Bethesda can’t stop making it.
Maybe Pixel Starships? You can actively do missions or PvP, but resources accrue automatically. Crew training, building modules and ships is time gated so you can just wait it out. The PvP piece is interesting too, you can only be attacked when you’re offline so you have to use the built-in scripting to manage your ship unattended.
Just waiting for Elon offer to fight her
Because they had no budget and used z-list actors or whatever staff were in the office that day.
.mod files for music. 3-5mins+ of music a piece with a storage footprint in the KB range. Mostly free, tons available online. Check out Mod archive for an easy web interface or ZXTune if you’re on android.
I don’t know how to feel about this.
I have had this happen. Mostly with weird, old, or cheap (or some combination thereof) hardware. Like sometimes the connection will hitch for a moment then three or four letters will come out backwards. Couldn’t say for sure what the cause is but I suspect either the controller in the board itself is jank, or there’s some kind of protocol / buffer mismatch. I have no solution, but it’s not just you.
Too late