2022-01-24 15:13:24 <bluekelp_   > is our bridge to freenode not working?
2022-01-24 15:14:09 <azureus     > new here, but i think not .. just joined on both networks
2022-01-24 15:33:41 <crc         > I'm no longer connecting to freenode (my ability to do so ended in mid-June. (I was running the bridge prior to this)
2022-01-24 15:35:28 <f-a         > I think freenode as we knew it is kaputt
2022-01-24 15:38:54 <crc         > I'm not seeing any activity in the clog logs since the bridge shut down.
2022-01-24 15:46:51 <bluekelp_   > there is/was some recently. but it's pretty quiet. I only noticed because only one of my irc windows showed activity when I replied to someone
2022-01-24 16:09:09 <veltas      > It's got like half the activity of this channel
2022-01-24 16:11:41 <veltas      > I'm there because mark4's on there, it's like how I've got both Netflix and Amazon Prime TV
2022-01-24 16:16:36 <veltas      > azureus: Welcome
2022-01-24 16:17:00 <azureus     > @veltas
2022-01-24 16:17:05 <azureus     > thanks
2022-01-24 16:21:07 <veltas      > azureus: what brings you here
2022-01-24 16:28:01 <azureus     > im redoing a microfluidic control system in forth (ESP32 based), and i was getting very annoyed with how much the original (C++) firmware was getting bloated. Was time to throw it in the bin and start again, and we wanted a more REPL workflow this time
2022-01-24 16:29:03 <veltas      > awesome
2022-01-24 16:30:41 <veltas      > Should consider joining #mecrisp too, a good embedded forth project
2022-01-24 16:31:16 <a88         > azureus, are you using Brad Nelson's ESP32Forth ?
2022-01-24 16:32:54 <MrMobius    > #mecrisp is good and the #mecrisp on hackint is pretty active
2022-01-24 16:42:07 <azureus     > just joined both
2022-01-24 16:42:44 <azureus     > at the moment using Brad Nelsons ESP32 forth yes .. if this is what youre referring to: https://esp32forth.appspot.com/ESP32forth.html
2022-01-24 16:43:19 <veltas      > MrMobius: You've given away Terry's secret location to me now
2022-01-24 16:43:39 <MrMobius    > veltas, did he kick and ban you from his own channel too?
2022-01-24 16:43:49 <veltas      > Er no I don't think so
2022-01-24 16:44:11 <veltas      > But he disappeared from #forth on freenode ages ago and I hadn't seen him since I became active again
2022-01-24 16:44:31 <veltas      > I mentioned him on facebook actually and loads of people knew him because of the docs and projects he's got
2022-01-24 16:44:38 <azureus     > considering moving from the ESP32-WROOM to the new RISC-V architectures while we're at it
2022-01-24 16:45:14 <veltas      > Also new people, the forth2020 facebook group is worth joining, it's got chuck moore, elizabeth rather, leo brodie and tons of big names on it
2022-01-24 16:45:22 <veltas      > Leo Brodie seems active on there
2022-01-24 16:46:18 <MrMobius    > veltas, lol, he went to hide in #forth-hardware-projects. he gets really angry if you tell him he's wrong about anything then calls you a troll/liberal/windows-user
2022-01-24 16:46:40 <veltas      > MrMobius you are a troll though :P
2022-01-24 16:46:43 <MrMobius    > but he got angry there too and banned a bunch of people including me a week or two ago
2022-01-24 16:47:17 <veltas      > I like Terry he can do whatever he wants in his den
2022-01-24 16:47:25 <MrMobius    > im definitely not a troll but anyway it wasnt just me. tabemann had to leave too. all he ever does is talk about zeptoforth and be pleasant
2022-01-24 16:47:41 <veltas      > That sounds like the good stuff to me
2022-01-24 16:47:42 <MrMobius    > meh. he's a real asshole if you ask me
2022-01-24 16:48:05 <veltas      > I just want to be friends with everyone, that's my problem
2022-01-24 16:48:40 <MrMobius    > now that youre in hackint #mecrisp you can give it a try :)
2022-01-24 16:49:05 <veltas      > The first rule of being everyone's friend is lurking moar
2022-01-24 17:50:53 <lagash      > azureus: microfluidics eh? this something proprietary?
2022-01-24 18:35:31 <azureus     > @lagash not decided tbh .. dependent on whether we can continue to bootstrap beyond Q3 or need to raise some funds
2022-01-24 18:35:37 <azureus     > any thoughts?
2022-01-24 18:37:04 <azureus     > this is the best known open source project in the space of digital microfluidics .. http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenDrop/ .. our project goals are somewhat different, but we share the same underlying principle (electrowetting on dielectric)
2022-01-24 18:38:53 <azureus     > our goal is not to automate the liquid handling but to bring it under real time precision control .. ive seen automation fail far too many times in biochemistry, it tends to work a lot more like cooking than anything else
2022-01-24 18:39:46 <azureus     > a good analogy is analog synth (at the price point of a euro rack) but for real time precision control of droplets at micro to nano scale
2022-01-24 20:20:57 <a88         > I just notice the topic: do drop >in :) haha I would add do drop >in loop ;)
2022-01-24 21:04:27 <joe9        > is anyone aware of forth source code for the unix shell utilities?
2022-01-24 21:04:38 <joe9        > such as cat but in forth not c.
2022-01-24 21:06:56 <a88         > I haven't seen that, but others may have