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Pepsi, its the choice of a new generation (that is now staring down the barrel of retirement). But we’ll be taking our C64 with us. Retirement home Jumpman tournaments are gonna be awesome.

Where do you think the (the majority of the) latency is being introduced?

So you suspect the latency (enough of it anyway) is introduced in your translation code? I absolutely understand not wanting to go to the nth degree for optimization when this is a hobby project. Could you throw hardware at it? Not all ESP32 run at the same speed. Perhaps buy an oversized one that will execute your underperforming code faster?

How much are you doing with “rolling your own” vs using off the shelf solutions? For example if you are deep into rolling your own which Bluetooth profile are you using?

given the lack of longevity of every nickel battery I’ve tried on the past couple of decades

Early Ni-CADs and NIMHs I agree with that assessment. However for low duty cycle applications the 3rd and 4th gen Eneloop type technology NIMHs perform very well for me. I’ve got about 20 operational cells I purchased in 2011 from an original batch of 30.

This isn’t my data, but my anecdotal experience matches this:

My local public libraries offer use of their 3D printers for just the cost of filament and the prices are pretty reasonable for filament. You might be able to simply buy the small quantities of raw filament from them.

We want to go back to the time when companies were doing business without fleecing the fuck out of you.

[Citation needed] When was that time in history?

Make a fridge or a washer, …that lasts a decade without paying for repairs to impress me.

They exist, but they’re brands you’ve possibly never heard of and are typically sold as “Commercial grade” appliances. They are significantly more expensive, look much more plain/utilitarian and usually far fewer features. If thats what you’re looking for you can buy them, just be prepared to pay 5 to 10 times more than your normal big box store choices.

or a car that lasts a decade without paying for repairs to impress me.

There are cars available that are more reliable today than any other time in history. There was a time just a few decades ago when having 100,000 miles on the car would mean its time for the scrappers. Now those same mileage cars are still selling for 5 figures.

“You don’t worry about ‘blank’. Let me worry about ‘blank’.”