Nire Bryce

@NireBryce

reality is the battlefield

she/they (pl)
breadthcharge.net/

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🐥 I am not embroiled in any legal battle
🐦 other than battles that are legal 🎮

I speak to the universe and it speaks back, in it's own way.

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email: contact at breadthcharge dot net

I live on the northeast coast of the US.

'non-functional programmer'. 'far left'.

conceptual midwife.

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Nire Bryce @NireBryce11/23/2022, 3:33 AM

Jenny-Realia @MxMetaphor

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 3:03 AM

we have developed a habit

of watching videos about how to do absurd things that we are never going to have time, resources, or a physical work space for, not because we couldn't afford those things if we wanted them but because our interest is actually only a passing one and we wouldn't actually want to put that much into it

anyway guess will watch this one about do-it-yourself physical vapor deposition for home-fabricating your high-precision mirrors

Jenny-Realia @MxMetaphor11/23/2022, 3:32 AM

And here I felt weird watching hours of "plan with me" vids.

Nire Bryce @NireBryce11/23/2022, 3:33 AM

i watch those kinda videos for the problem solving process tbh. same with mario maker troll levels.

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colin @vogon11/23/2022, 3:11 AM

ooh is it the Breaking Taps video about this, by any chance? I've been watching a lot of his stuff recently

Nire Bryce @NireBryce11/23/2022, 3:39 AM

if you want more in-depth into the absurd science videos, there's, in order of presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience
https://www.youtube.com/@TechIngredients https://www.youtube.com/@thethoughtemporium

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 4:00 AM

thanks for asking! it was actually Huygens Optics, which overall we love for how deeply it digs into the theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81jJsDixO70

V(ee?)@atonal44011/23/2022, 4:04 AM

Yes this guy has a real way with his explanations of optics stuff, a truly enjoyable channel.

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 5:23 AM

definitely. we particularly enjoyed all his explanations about pitch and how to set it up.

nortti OH1CAU @nortti11/23/2022, 3:25 AM

I've realized a lot of my watching of retro tech videos is this. for example I do have a pretty sizable collection of old macs and I like the concept of squeezing the maximum possible performance out of them, but I do not actually have the interest to start hunting down rare upgrades, so watching a channel like ActionRetro scratches that itch for me

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 3:58 AM

haha yeah absolutely. that makes sense :)

Elizabeth @woebetide11/23/2022, 3:37 AM

I was obsessed a lot of years with the idea of building a plane, its an impractically expensive, large, and long term project, but I read a lot of blogs and watched a lot of videos about it

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 3:58 AM

it does sound fun!

Michaela Sue @beige-alert11/23/2022, 3:53 AM

This is good too https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 3:58 AM

the very channel we were watching! well spotted :D their stuff is great

Michaela Sue @beige-alert11/23/2022, 12:59 PM

Oh cool! I was watching the monolithic telescope videos and thought, well, here's precision optics!

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 7:37 PM

yeah, definitely!

Fallible Algebra @fallible-algebra11/23/2022, 9:17 AM

I simply convince myself I'll definitely do them one day, like a fool.

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/23/2022, 7:37 PM

yeah we have somehow managed to become honest with ourselves about that

Just like a human being @UhhhClem11/26/2022, 2:42 AM

I find Julian Baumgartner's videos exceptionally fulfilling. It's fitting that someone whose job is all about attention to detail makes extremely clear, meticulous videos. He's also surprisingly calm about things that would just terrify me (don't worry, there's nothing more [or less] at risk in these videos than the ruination of a 300-year-old work of art).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Mjc4zNfY4

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/27/2022, 3:43 AM

ooooh, thanks very much for the recommendation

Just like a human being @UhhhClem11/29/2022, 12:02 AM

Another thing that fascinates me about Baumgartner's work is that, unlike the predecessors whose work he is often compelled to undo, his work is specifically designed so that a future restorer can obliterate it, leaving no trace that it was ever there.

Also: he'll restore every last bit of a painting except the signature. He never touches the signature, because restoring the signature calls the credibility of the artwork into question.

Irenes (many)@ireneista11/29/2022, 12:03 AM

oh how fascinating

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