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@siracusa …and how much faster than a 2019 Intel Mac Pro?
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@marcoarment@mastodon.social @caseyliss@mastodon.social @siracusa@mastodon.social Holy cow, @atpfm@mastodon.social 691 made me try using Claude Code.
Not a dev, but I now have a totally playable, functional RC flight simulator running in my Vision Pro. Still tweaking the (physics-based) flight model, but it feels totally legit to play < 2 hrs from starting.
Motor and wind noise comes from the aircraft and is speed/throttle/position dependent.
Xbox controller for now; actual RC transmitter next, via USB to Mac helper app -> Bonjour data to the VP.
@marcoarment@mastodon.social @siracusa@mastodon.social oh look, someone is from the mainland
@imyke@myke.social @jsnell@zeppelin.flights My random suggestion for a Ternus acquisition: Blackmagic Design. Can you imagine the confidence that would give the Pro market? Make it the Apple Studio Division, use the hardware ecosystem and Davinci Resolve to reclaim momentum lost to Avid/Premiere.
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@tvaziri Thanks — a nice refresher / sanity check. Yep, my decade+ old “IMAX vs LieMAX retrofit/RPX” knowledge still seems relevant, and it seems it’s gotten even worse since.
I’m lucky to have a real IMAX with 70mm film capability nearby (Nashville Opry Mills) when the film really calls for it, but lately I’ve had a far more consistently-great experience with Dolby screens… and several of those are even closer to home.
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@snazzyq Brilliant!
Also, lukewarm take: I hate that they’ve buried so many core OS app settings (Phone, Mail, Safari, etc) with all the rest. I get why they did it, under antitrust pressure etc, but it is maddening.
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@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Neat. I should build one into my fun design here:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1516432-1984-macintosh-display-for-trmnl-e-ink-dashboard
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Your 10” rack page on GitHub is great. Does anyone have a similar set of links to accessories/modules for the RackMate TT (~7” ish) size? Or is this such a niche that you’re basically on your own?
I suspect the latter, but it’s okay — my use case is super unconventional anyway. It’ll be my frame for a modular system of electronics for a full-size astromech droid. Batteries, power conversion, RC, servo controls, motor ESCs, a few ESP32s, a Teensy, etc. Probably all custom 3D prints.
@marcoarment@mastodon.social keeps calling out my shameful addiction to [fruit stacking game]. (I blame @imyke@myke.social, but that’s beside the point…)
The real reason I’m ashamed, though, is that I keep playing despite the fact that every implementation I’ve tried is just a shitty app.
What I really want is a @jamesthomson@mastodon.social version: 3D-rendered in full-physics glory, with an absurd number of falling bananas.
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@timo@social.hetzel.net @geerlingguy@mastodon.social Cool idea, thanks. Yes, backplane power distribution (and maybe some analog/digital I/O lines) would be neat.
I use NI’s PXIe system at work — another philosophical match but too pricey for a hobby project.
@caseyliss@mastodon.social watching the race on AVP?
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Apple-verse podcast editors… Copy this trick please 😉
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/12/apple-cut-frequencies-to-prevent-siri-activations/