“I’ve done… questionable things.”
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Last Notes npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Someone wants to get into HF #AmateurRadio and asks you to recommend their very first antenna. npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 I feel like I am cooping in my Spinner falling asleep listening to SF 10-33 on @npub1x08…469m npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 [AUDIO MISSING] Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Still have a little ringing in my ears from the realization that joke telling is a dead art form. npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 The sky was the color of television, tuned to Apocalypse Now (1979) npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 this does not look like what you would do if you think the strait will open up again soon npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Normally I would be annoyed that the cops feel entitled to interrupt this guy’s day for their own amusement npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 News chopper pilots: hold my grease pencil npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 loudest rotorcraftover my house npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Harry Potter and the my dude if Hogwarts were real there would be a court order banning you from residing within 500 feet of it npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 “Blurry” by Puddle of Mudd is the “More Than a Feeling” of the 2000s npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 There is a pretty convincing argument that the book was a roman -a-clef of the 1898 US presidential election. If memory serves, Cowardly Lion was William Jennings Bryan, hot off the “Cross of Gold” speech, and the titular wizard was William McKinnley npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 I am starting to wonder if Nixon ended the gold standard because they showed him Goldfinger in the White House movie theater npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 lemon-lime is the “tastes like chicken” of beverages, kind of how like what most people think is olive oil actually tastes like sunflower seed oil (because of the mafia) and if they tasted real olive oil they would think it was a fugazi npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 7-Up and Sprite taste green because of the can, even though they are clear. Gatorade doesn’t taste orange, so it must be green, as long as you only see the jug. If you see it in the bottle, it’s yellow npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Mountain Dew is as yellow as Mello Yello, yet we think it’s green because that’s the color of the can. For me, the pint buckets were lemon yellow, which fo me means that green Gatorade is the Green Apple version. It’s all framing npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 a long, long time ago, at a tool room far, far away, I would buy a packet of the only kind of Gatorade (lemon lime) and a small painter’s plastic pint bucket. I would empty the packet into the bucket, fill the bucket with water from a water fountain, and then chug the whole thing. What the hell is green normal npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 “Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.” —Fran Leibowitz npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Asimov, 1951: we need an encyclopedia of all human knowledge so we can survive the dark ages ahead npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 i want to hear more about how this would play out npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 I was going to go with the telephone network, but the landlines are all spam and scam calls and the cellphones are all VoLTE npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Plausible internet doomsday scenario: npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 This captures the feel of peak Y2K Aesthetics, like the Designer’s Republic designed Mac OS System 10. Flat but not featureless npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 that a a good one, I’m always sympathetic to language speed bumps: they force you to stop and think about what you’re trying to do and won’t let you use the one size fits one defaults npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Has nobody done a “Falsehoods Programmers Believe About False”? Because it’s right there, and there are a lot of them, like: npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Is… is that a Liquon chair? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Hot take: What if the reason clubs are dying is simply because it is innately shitty to demand people show up for meetings outside of work hours every single week? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 ME: the hell? Is that an aftermarket centerboard? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 🎵 she’s trading her M3 for a 3A6000 npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 systemd is the HOA of Linux npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 that makes it a Nightmare Before Christmas, no wait npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 #hamradio #amateurradio folks, related question: is there any tool between a cheap utility knife and a $150 cable preparation tool that works well for stripping LMR400 without cutting into the braided shielding? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 #hamradio #amateurradio folks, how do you do cable management? Your shacks? Just attach the feed line right to the radio? Bulkhead connectors on a box on the wall? BNC patch cables? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 The idea’s been there since at least the Motorola LapDock npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Remember when Chromebooks could have been this? Back when they were somewhat competent and at least pretended to be friendly npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 If you want to get straight to the heart of Philip K. Dick, and have a beautiful physical object, I recommend the Library of America anthologies, three hardcover volumes in one box set, curated and prefaced by Jonathan Lethem, a great author in his own right npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 A long time ago I learned that the correct way to apologize is to”I fucked up, now I know, it will never happen again” npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Forgiveness requires remorse. npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 which one played Oberon Martell? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 2.4 GHz too hot. Set to half of 5GHz. I usuallly run 7 dB 2.4 / 10 dB 5 to match the client transmit power npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Every time the fucking news puts the impact of a natural or man made disaster in terms of lost revenue and not human lives and suffering: npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 waiting for the dub npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Speaking only for myself, but te the difference between having a boat/RV/cottage as a home vs. as a Thing npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Takes: npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 uConsole with RP CM4 and Wine via Pi-Apps seems to be good enough to run the random CPS or other random bit of Windows software to administer hobby radio/electronics in the field npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 aside: I love the paleo-LCARS colors on that screenshot npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 It’s the iron law of the playground: the bullies never get punished, it’s the kids that fight back npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 I love those 60W troffers especially because you can throw a couple LED retrofit tubes in them npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 Has nobody done this? npub18zrlgsxl57ecqnd3q99duvpyhxy4teep4vzx4sely983ydljqfrsj706uc AN/CRM-114 I’m filled with the irrational urge to check my car’s hatchback / trunk lid
