Robb Sherwin

I have reached the point in the exploration of Eurorack modules that this link to a uranium-based CV generator seems like a good idea.

The cost is more than I can justify, but my searches indicate that it takes a lot more uranium to make you sick than I would have guessed.

https://www.nervoussquirrel.com/ore-some_volts.html

Apr 10 at 10:14pmWeb
Show threadDeka Black1d ago
@icecreamjonsey 0_0
Show threadRobb Sherwin1d ago
@DekaBlack Right??? Eurorack is in the "licking radium on the brushes to make the glow in the dark watches" phase of creation. I'm going to be using "smoothskin" as an insult for the next 200 years after I eventually get this can of poison racked!
Show threadDeka Black1d ago
@icecreamjonsey Yeah.Must admit i also thought "So, that's what happened with Mechagodzilla's scrap metal!"
Show threadaeva1d ago
@icecreamjonsey amazing
Show threadChris Green1d ago
@icecreamjonsey Uranium is only slightly more radioactive than dirt, go for it!
Show threadRobb Sherwin1d ago
@aachrisg Seriously, it's all hype! What a PR team uranium has. 😀
Show threadChris Green1d ago
@icecreamjonsey Overhyped for billions of years. Get over yourself uranium. Oklo was a long time ago and those days are never coming back.
Show threadMcMartin1d ago
@icecreamjonsey @aachrisg Now, the heavy metal poisoning...
Show threadChris Green23h ago
@mcmartin uranium is so lame that its stable decay product is at least as toxic. it's so lame that when Marie Curie chemically removed it from uranium ore, it got _more_ radioactive.
https://youtu.be/9vQaVIoEjOM?si=T88uu9EO0A9lnNIJ
Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype (Official Music Video)

YouTube
Show threadRobb Sherwin12h ago
@mcmartin Yeah, the storefront page advises potential customers to not open the glued-shut container for presumably that reason. Honestly, my goal if I do this will to become the "Geoff Downes of Not Tongue-Bathing His Synth Before the Show" which, upon reflection, might just already be Geoff Downes.
Show threadEmber in the Pattern Buffer12h ago

@icecreamjonsey @mcmartin

The only thing stopping me from making a uranotype print is the idea of handling powdered uranium / uranyl nitrate

https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/miscellaneous/uranotype.html

Uranotype of Atomic Test Able

Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
Show threadRobb Sherwin12h ago
@maddiefuzz @mcmartin Whoa, this is cool and fascinating. Thanks for sharing this!
Show threadRusty Shackleford14h ago

@icecreamjonsey

This is RAD(io active)! ☢

Show threadforestine12h ago
@icecreamjonsey it's so funny, i've seen a few like this in various modular formats. it's like how eventually everything turns into a crab.
Show threadA cool crab wearing shades12h ago
@icecreamjonsey unenriched uranium ore is not that dangerous as long as you're not inhaling the dust. Probably not great for the person assembling these but hopefully they're using appropriate PPE.
Show threadArch 12h ago

@icecreamjonsey cool, and kind of terrifying

want

Show threadLight The Unicorn!11h ago
@icecreamjonsey Absolutely wild!