My first prompt was just, “Give me some attempts at an image that is inspired by my Lemmy username: EnterOne,” (keep in mind, this is not the prompt ChatGPT gives to DALL-E) which gave me some cool results like this:

But I wanted one that was informed by my username’s origin, so I explained the source material to it in detail, and asked it to create something. The first results were a little too on the nose, so I asked it to be more covert and artistic in referencing the source material. All in all, I went through about 20 iterations, because DALL-E was having a hell of a time spelling my username while keeping close to a style I liked.

I never could get it to produce this with text over it

Wasn’t Inky the driver?

That’s insightful, thanks. Not knowing the subtleties of it, I imagined they would just need to make sure the thing has an IR receiver and is programmable, which they can test with whatever remotes and associated devices they have around. Then I could program the finished thing with my remote at home.

Hey, wow this blew up! I should turn notifications on. I want a programmable IR volume knob. Just a big, chunky knob to set on the table or couch to control my home theater receiver. No Bluetooth or Wifi or zigbee or anything like that. That’s all.

Oh, look. Richmond’s still alive.

Remember to douse your campfire until it’s cool to the touch before you leave. Only you can prevent forest nebulae.

Do I hate the answer-my-own-question format of explaining things? Passionately

That is my experience, as well. That’s not workable, since it would take an extremely long time to change the volume by a meaningful amount. I guess I’ll need to keep my receiver remote out for volume control.