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Parts of it remind me of Jean Michelle Jarre's Oxygene album.
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The synthwave genre was heavily influenced by 70's and 80's synth music, including Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis, so you heard correctly 
I don't know Oxygene that well, but I've listened to Equinoxe a lot.
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David O'Neil wrote: An oldie: Royksopp – Here She Comes Again
This is the "new" Röyksopp.
I haven't really listened to them since The Understanding from 2005.
So not that old 
Great track though 
David O'Neil wrote: And another fun one for good measure: Fever Ray 'Keep The Streets Empty For Me'
Listened to this album a lot when it came out!
David O'Neil wrote: add: another toe tapper until you listen to the words: Planet P Project: Work (Will Make You Free). Planet P Project is worth checking out.
Interesting, didn't know this one.
Sounds good
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peterkm wrote: Nice ... makes me also think about Harakiri For The Sky
Harakiri For The Sky - Fire, walk with me - YouTube
Listened to their latest album because a friend recommended it to me.
Good stuff, but somehow not really my cup of tea.
Can certainly listen to it though.
This track is nice as well.
peterkm wrote: Also Insomnium comes to mind ... 
Insomnium - Black Heart Rebellion (HQ) (LYRICS) - YouTube
Nice one! 
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Wordle 391 5/6
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 391 4/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 391 6/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 391 5/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 391 6/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
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Wordle 391 3/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
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Nice symmetry!
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 391 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 391 6/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Wordle 391 5/6*
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
After eliminating so many letters, the word becomes obvious 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 391 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟨🟩⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 391 5/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 391 6/6
Just made it! 
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⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Wordle 391 6/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Sheesh! I don't know why I didn't see this earlier. Fortunately I ran out of letters in time.
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Wordle 391 6/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Just made it
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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A few years ago I wanted to see if I could activate my garage door motor from my phone.
I knew if I could remotely just close the switch on the two wires of the garage door motor I could do it.
I knew nothing about Arduino but knew it might be an option.
I figured I could get it to activate a relay to close the switch.
Next I contemplated how to send a signal wirelessly.
I had a smart phone (Android) and I knew it supported a wireless protocol named Bluetooth.
>BOOM< Bluetooth was trending.
Enter "Classic" Bluetooth
These were the days before a thing called BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy -- which is a marketing ploy).
Anyways, I searched for a component which would allow me to send a signal from my Android phone to the component which would be connected to an Arduino.
Here's the Bluetooth module that hobbyists use: HC-05 Wireless Bluetooth RF Transceiver[^]
These BT components vary wildly by manufacturer are very cranky & often don't work to proper specs. But once you learn all that, you're on the inside. I got mine working.
Security Protocol
Since this would be opening my garage door I knew it would be important that no one else be able to connect to the device.
Here's the really cool thing. Bluetooth is a secure transmission type which includes pairing & bonding functionality.
The HC-05 allows you to set a 4-digit passcode and forces the user to enter the passcode to pair & bond (create a lifetime connection).
HC-05 Stores Secret
So, if you wanted to open my garage door you had to know the passcode to pair. Only once properly paired could you send the transmission which would activate the garage door motor.
The bonding causes the HC-05 to store a secret that only the newly paired phone knows.
For each phone that successfully enters passcode it would store a new secret for that new phone.
iPhone User: BLE Only
I have used an Android phone for 10 years, but I finally gave in and became a iPhone user (2 weeks ago).
iPhones do not support Classic Bluetooth*. They only support BLE.
I knew I needed to replace the HC-05 with one that supports BLE.
I had worked with a replacement component named a HM-10 (DSD TECH HM-10 Bluetooth 4.0 BLE iBeacon UART Module with 4PIN Base Board[^]).
Blithely I Roll On
I had great success using the component. Wrote a new iOS app (Swift) for my iPhone, tested and it sent the same data over BLE to the newly added HM-10 which activates the garage door motor.
It was a lot of work & I was glad it actually worked. Now my family members who had iPhones could get the (now 6-digit passcode) and use my app to open my garage door if I allowed it.
The Problem
I paired my wife's iphone and it worked great.
I went to open the garage door and discovered it didn't work on my phone. Hmmm???
I had to add all kinds of logging into the iOS app and was back and forth with her phone and mine.
1 Phone Only
Finally I discovered -- very painfully -- that the HM-10 will only store 1 Secret for one phone.
As soon as you pair a new phone, it removes the secret to the old phone and that phone will no longer work.
User has to go into Bluetooth settings and remove the device and repair it. !!!! 
Got So Lucky (but could'a been bad luck)
So all those years of having multiple Android phones paired to the HC-05 and it worked great and I never knew how lucky I was that it worked. It all depends upon this little device.
Tried Numerous Other BLE Devices
Arduino Nano 33 BLE -- doesn't support security protocol, anyone can connect & send data.
EMB1082 Seeed Studio cheap BLE module[^] - Won't pair with iPhone.
Another cheap knock off Arduino with BLE -- no security protocol.
It's amazing how difficult this very simple thing is to solve.
You can also read an extensive article here on codeproject about my garage door opener solution[^].
Just had to kind of get that out of my system.
I'll be receiving yet another BLE module today and I'll test it to see if it will work (uses security protocol and allows multiple connections).
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Have you tried posting this as a Tip/Trick instead? 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Maybe I should've marked it with the Rant icon??
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You didn't use an ESP32?
They have embedded bluetooth and BLE into the MCU SoC, and it's like half the price of an arduino board with way more power.
You can write your own pairing negotiation with it.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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