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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
what attracts me to #AmateurRadio more than anything else is having conversations with random strangers in random far-off places.,
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
2197 miles (~3535.72 km) on maybe 15w into the antenna ain't bad... had a short QSO w a station in Puyallup WA using JS8 on the 20m "consensus meeting freq"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
lots of 20m JS8 HB (automated) responses, so maybe I'll push out a few CQs here
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
pushing out HBs & an occasional CQ on 10m band JS8... pskreporter says I'm hitting EU, but no responses so far. may be time to try 20m instead
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
an interesting idea, particularly with the addition of the "training" concept at the end.
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coloradosun@mstdn.social ("The Colorado Sun ☀️") wrote:
Infusing slash and wood chips on vast forest floors with mycelium could dampen fuel and improve soil quality, enthusiastic researchers say.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I used to love Ilford papers and TMax film (I used a bulk-loader to help keep it affordable)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
if people are the problem, not firearms, then stop giving people firearms... seems simple enough.
I Support The Right To Arm Bears
(if they cannot shoot back then it is not a sport)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
#BBC [World] Israeli hostages' families anxious over military's Gaza plans https://w.st/n7BP5
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
truth!
h/t @georgetakei
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georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽") wrote:
Listen to JoJo for she speaks great wisdom:
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
8 and 9 years old:
"On October 28, 1958, a mob of white men in Monroe, North Carolina, stormed the home of a nine-year-old Black boy named James Hanover Thompson, threatening to lynch him after a white girl told her parents that she kissed him on the cheek when they were playing together earlier that day. James and another Black boy named David “Fuzzy” Simpson, eight years old, who the girl had also kissed on the cheek, were arrested by police, beaten, held in jail without contact with their families for days, denied an attorney, and sentenced to indefinite terms, ultimately serving over three months."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
'Before entering elected office, Mike Johnson, the new Republican speaker of the US House, praised “18th-century values” and told an audience that Americans should live by them when it came to morality and religion.'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-value-moral-conservative-republican
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unlofl@mstdn.social ("unlofl [Promoted Toot]") wrote:
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
What a deeply fascinating conversation about software and capturing and distributing value…
Thanks @bcantrill, @ahl, @ag_dubs, and @adamhjk for making my brain go brrr. 😋
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JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange ("Jess👾") wrote:
Most of the time, no it doesn't make sense for businesses to run like a government.
Part of government services is that in order to actually cover 100% of people, it's going to require massively overbuilding the infrastructure to ensure that there's enough resources to handle even the edge cases - despite the fact that those edge cases oftentimes aren't "profitable" to serve.
Take, for example, USPS vs FedEx. The remit of USPS is to deliver mail to EVERY SINGLE ADDRESS IN THE COUNTRY. Yes, even the ones that require taking a sea plane 500 miles into rural Alaska to serve a village of a dozen customers. FedEx, on the other hand, will only serve the addresses that it finds profitable to do so.
When conservatives want to "run government like a business", part of what they're saying is that they simply want to not serve the parts of the population that aren't "profitable". But profit should never be the point of government services. It's defining what services are worth providing to every single citizen, and ensuring that they're delivered to them - yes, even the ones that are far more difficult to provide.
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jakub@jirutka.cz ("Jakub Jirutka") wrote:
The reality behind #Microsoft 🖤 #OpenSource is nasty. They follow the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish strategy and we are already in the extinguish phase. Microsoft has never really changed at the core, it was just well planned long-term trap, as always. The same as Google and other big corps. It’s not surprising though. #VSCode
Mastodon FeedReblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
Here's (part of) why I do #retrocomputing ..
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- Chart comparing old and new computers based on these criteria: - Integrated MIDI synthesis - Integrated FM synthesis - Compact Disc digital audio - Zip drive for large sample libraries - Serial port for direct connection to desktop MIDI modules - Floppy drive for MIDI file transfer Old computer wins, obviously. (remote)
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
So many deserving nominees…
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/28/the-golden-crocoduck/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's pretty weird that the internet is throwing shade at "server actions" and not the obvious trashfire that is RSC. The new thing isn't the problem; it's the old thing that *still* doesn't work.*
*: if this sounds like a parable for all of React...well, you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
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SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange wrote:
Here’s my tip on influencing companies online:
You do not need to _default_ to outrage-clicks. Especially for smaller firms, don’t do it. That’s not how they work and they will resent it. Be honest and direct. Say ~publicly innocuously in earnest, then transition to privately.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
traffic light #PixelArt
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- In this pixel art image, we see a snowy outdoor scene with a large building in the background. The dominant colors are blue and white, giving off a cold and wintry feel. A street light stands prominently in the foreground, illuminating the otherwise dark surroundings. Despite the snow falling from the sky, there is still some light visible in the distance. (remote)
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gwagner@fediscience.org ("Gernot Wagner") wrote:
For the mathematicians in the room, that's the second derivative pointing in the right direction at last.
For the rest of us: bathtub overflowing, and we are no longer turning up the spigot even further.
Good news. Now, to get CO₂ emissions down, to zero.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-could-peak-as-soon-as-2023-iea-data-reveals/
#climate
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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Only a few more days until the end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Personally, I think it’s smarter to wait until November when they always have big end of year sales on leftover cybersecurities.
Mastodon Feednikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:
ĉu vi volas vidi foton de citrono kiun mi trovis ĉe duckduckgo
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Mastodon FeedSometimes I wonder how my #dog ends up like this; he’s not the most dexterous #corgi in the world
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fivetonsflax@tilde.zone ("Ben Rosengart") wrote:
I could while away the day-o
Conversing with the mayo
If aïoli had a brain
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
PSA to datetime library authors!
"Local" time zone should never be assumed implicitly! If you must support something like naked "2023-10-27", create a naive date object and either require a time zone along with it when you need one, or if you have to assume, assume UTC. There's only one UTC, and there are 38 local ones. See the problem?
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
But then a library comes along and just declares that "startOfMonth" will always be in a local time zone. Like, even if you give it a tz-aware date object, it would first forcefully *move* it to a local tz, and only then will start thinking of where in the calendar it is. And now we get a whole month worth of a difference depending on whether you live west or east of London. Who thought it could be a correct behavior? Like, ever?