Mastodawn

TIL (at 4:30am) about the album Switched On Bach by Wendy Carlos. Released in 1968 and working closely with Moog it went platinum and seems to be regarded as one of the first introductions people would have had to synthesizers.

https://archive.org/details/wendy-carlos-witched-on-bach/01+Sinfonia+To+Cantata+No.+29.mp3

Switched On Bach : Wendy Carlos : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Switched-On Bach is the debut album by the American composer Wendy Carlos, released in October/??/1968 by Columbia Records. Produced by Carlos and Rachel...

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tahnok Feb 19

blinry Feb 19

Remember the "One Laptop Per Child" project, that developed a low-cost computer for children in developing countries? I was always amazed by a certain feature: The "View Source" button.

When you pressed it, the source code for the currently running application would open. This was supposed to encourage tinkering with the software on your device! <3

I've been pondering what it would take to build that button on modern machines. Has anyone seen something like that?

(Prototype in next toot.)

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tahnok Feb 18

@joeycastillo @pho4cexa agreed, we're past the stage where you can dismiss AI the grounds that it produces garbage output. Still have qualms and concerns but... Yeah

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tahnok Feb 15

@joeycastillo have you seen https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/14/from-pdf-to-lbr-using-deep-think-to-write-custom-cad-parts/

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tahnok Feb 15

@joeycastillo this matches my experience though, opus 4.6 produces pretty good code across a wide range of languages

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tahnok Feb 15

@joeycastillo that seems like a very hard bug to find but c/embedded isn't my main expertise so I'm not a perfect judge

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tahnok Feb 9

@eljojo cool

tahnok Feb 8

RE: https://tiny.tilde.website/@colocataires/116036259984515720

These are cool peeps and I host my stuff there

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tahnok Feb 5

@joeycastillo I hear they do great spreads and sample platters

tahnok Jan 30

@eljojo really enjoying your paint the music set this morning, Ty for sharing it 👍👍

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