Volume Controller Rejects Skeumorphism, Embraces the Physical
The volume slider on our virtual desktops is a skeuomorphic callback to the volume sliders on professional audio equipment on actual, physical desktops. [Maker Vibe] decided that this skeuomorphism was so last century, and made himself a physical audio control box for his PC.
Since he has three audio outputs he needs to consider, the peripheral he creates could conceivably be called a fader. It certainly has that look, anyway: each output is controlled by a volume slider — connected to a linear potentiometer — and a mute button. Seeing a linear potentiometer used for volume control threw us for a second, until we remembered this was for the computer’s volume control, not an actual volume control circuit. The computer’s volume slider already does the logarithmic conversion. A Seeed Studio Xiao ESP32S3 lives at the heart of this thing, emulating a Bluetooth gamepad using a library by LemmingDev. A trio of LEDs round out the electronics to provide an indicator for which audio channels are muted or active.
Those Bluetooth signals are interpreted by a Python script feeding a software called Voicmeeter Banana, because [Maker Vibe] uses Windows, and Redmond’s finest operating system doesn’t expose audio controls in an easily-accessible way. Voicmeeter Banana (and its attendant Python script) takes care of telling Windows what to do.
The whole setup lives on [Maker Vibe]’s desk in a handsome 3D printed box. He used a Circuit vinyl cutter to cut out masks so he could airbrush different colours onto the print after sanding down the layer lines. That’s another one for the archive of how to make front panels.
If volume sliders aren’t doing it for you, perhaps you’d prefer tocontrol your audio with a conductor’s baton.
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Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window
Lightly tapping on her head, Jellybean the magpie roused her former caregiver enough to call her husband to helpAndy Corbley (Good News Network)
Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security
Dorsey admitted that his new messaging app had not been reviewed or tested for security issues prior to its launch.
Alice Weidel zwingt Friedrich Merz auch mental nach Deutschland
Die Generaldebatte zum Kanzleretat ist grundsätzlich die wichtigste Auseinandersetzung im Bundestag. Oppositionsführerin Alice Weidel nutzt sie für eine scharfe Attacke gegen Friedrich Merz.Sofia Taxidis (Tichys Einblick)
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'
"We have improved @Grok significantly," Elon Musk wrote on X last Friday about his platform's integrated artificial intelligence chatbot. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions."
The RBA Rate Cut That Didn’t Happen, And What Comes Next
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European court finds Russian responsible for international law violations. Here’s the key takeaways
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-european-human-rights-court-mh17-ed70016611c47ac6e40b79769b87d9e4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Sluggish Loan Growth Drags India Bank Bond Sales to 11-Year Low
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MCP-B: A Protocol for AI Browser Automation
Link: mcp-b.ai/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Universal Benefits Cost Less Than Means-Tested Benefits
The biggest welfare state controversy is driven by accounting games.People's Policy Project
Netanyahu vows to ‘achieve all war goals’ in Gaza after Trump meeting
The premier told the speaker of the US House of Representatives that Israel has to ‘finish the job’ in the Gaza Stripthecradle.co
From Algeria To Palestine: The Long, Hard Road To Freedom
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The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...
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#kids #children #equality #equity #humanrights #freedom #ageism #paternalims #philosophy #politics #freerangekids #letgrow
White House Fears Elon Musk Is Still Pulling the Strings at DOGE
Though Trump and Musk are on the outs, workers with longstanding ties to the Tesla billionaire remain embedded in the government.
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?
List of affected extensions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Nissan Poised to Offer Record-High Coupon in $4B Bond Sale
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/nissan-poised-to-offer-record-high-coupon-in-4b-bond-sale?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ferdinand Gaillard (1834 - 1887), French
1873
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#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds | US military
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Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds
Exclusive: Most of defense department’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 went to military contractorsAndrew Roth (The Guardian)
10 July 1921 | A Polish Jew, Gerson Rosenholz, was born in Kańczuga.
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24567
He perished in the camp on 26 March 1942.
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No, the name of prisoner number 24567 was not Gerson Rosenholz.
According to your own database (victims.auschwitz.org/victims/…) it was Moses Lampel.
The endless number of blunders made in toots like this one highlight that the current Auschwitz maintainers are not, at all, interested in individual Holocaust victims. They want viewers to believe that it are *always* Jews, today's Israeli's in particular, who are under attack - even if *they* are worse terrorists (murdering 17,000+ children) than the ones they claim te be "defending" themselves from.
Tip @auschwitzmuseum : to prevent Mastodon users from too easily noticing your hypocrisy, because too often you swap digits or make other mistakes: stop mentioning prisoner numbers in the toot (we can read such numbers in the prisoner's pictures ourselves). Or start using copy/paste from your database records (how hard can *that* be).
Previous toot in this series: infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat….
#Auschwitz #AuschwitzBlunders #NeverAgainJewsOnly #Hasbara #AuschwitzZionists #KlikVee #BoostCattle #ClickCattle #AvnerShalevIsWrong #FrancescaAlbaneseIsRight
US | Judge Slaps Down FCC Rule That Would've Made It Easy to Cancel Your Subscriptions
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Australia’s Beef Exports to the US Surge Despite Trump Tariffs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/australia-s-beef-exports-to-the-us-surge-despite-trump-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trash collectors and other workers with Republic Services went on strike in Thurston County on Wednesday, vowing to stay off the job until they receive better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
#strike #unions #union #strikes #workersrights #socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics
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Trash pickup disrupted in Thurston, King and Snohomish counties by Teamsters strike
If your trash didn't get picked up on Wednesday and you're a Republic Services customer, it's due to a work stoppagein Thurston, King, and Snohomish counties.IKOMO News Staff (KOMO)
UK World War II Military Communication
UK World War II Military Communications - The History of Information Security.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
The post Merz wollte „Wirtschaft entlasten“: Doch nur 15 Prozent der Unternehmen profitieren von
Nur 15 Prozent der Unternehmen profitieren von Stromsteuersenkung
Bundeskanzler Merz hatte versprochen, dass man mit einer Stromsteuersenkung die Wirtschaft entlasten wolle.Redaktion (Apollo News)
Cisl Toscana nord, Michele Folloni è il nuovo segretario generale
Eletti anche gli altri componenti della segreteria: Sabrina Paoletti e Lorenzo Sichei, che seguirà la provincia di Lucca
Die Klimamodelle sind nackt
Beim gegenwärtigen Hype um den schönen warmen Sommer wird so getan, als sei dies alles auf mehr CO2 zurückzuführen. Bei genauerem Hinsehen ist dessen Einfluss bei Weitem nicht dominierend. Die tatsächlichen Gründe sind durchaus überraschend.www.achgut.com
Charles Edward Brittan (British, 1837-1888)
Malayan #Tapir , n.d.
pencil & watercolor heightened with white on paper, 18¾ x 20in. (47.5 x 50.7cm.)
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Videos of a combined strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Lutsk have emerged
Several videos have appeared online showing nighttime combined attacks on military facilities in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk. The strikes were carried out by both Geran family attack drones and cruise missiles with cluster warheads.Max_Svetlyshev (Военное обозрение)
It's great for anyone who likes wearing jewelry and also wants their jewelry to read their biomarkers so it can predict what day they will die.
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I really don't feel good, between being and constant pain exhaustion from not being able to sleep and having a completely erratic and inconsistent diet along with having the inconsistent availability of having food actually eat and nobody really cares.
your help today raising money will feed me and help me maintain my blood sugar levels, $5-10-15 It All Helps This #disabled Man Living In #poverty, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
Portret van Diederik Johan, rijksgraaf van Hogendorp van Hofwegen, Cornelis Brouwer, 1741 - 1803
Gift of Mrs Brandt, Amsterdam and Mrs Brandt, Amsterdam
etching, h 237mm × w 172mm
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#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random
Darknet Market Maximalism with Anti Moonboy (AKA Xenu)
Exploring the possibilities that remain for peer-to-peer digital cashlibresolutions.network
An update on how well the International Energy Agency is doing at predicting solar generation growth.
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Live Updates: Israel's Gaza invasion - Day 643
Live Updates: Israel has been bombarding Gaza, killing thousands of Palestinians, since Hamas launched a deadly offensive on Oct 7, 2023.DAWN.COM
The definitive version of Cole’s Law. Peak Zero IMHO.
This would likely been #Kimock’s early 60s #stratocaster, strung 14-65, through the 50 watt #Dumble and blackface #bandmaster in stereo.
Probably the best example I know of of his signature style and tone.
#mastomusic #guitar #amps #gear
Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Schwere Luftangriffe auf Kiew ++
Die russische Armee hat Kiew erneut in mehreren Wellen mit Drohnen und Raketen angegriffen. Nach einer Pause haben die USA die Lieferung von Waffen an die Ukraine wieder aufgenommen.
Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
Red Hat this morning went public with RHEL for Business Developers, an expansion of their RHEL Developer Program to make it easier for business developers to make use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux at no-cost for their development efforts.lxer.com
Browser Extensions Turn Nearly 1 Million Browsers Into Website-Scraping Bots - Slashdot
Over 240 browser extensions with nearly a million total installs have been covertly turning users' browsers into web-scraping bots.tech.slashdot.org
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