9v1rt.f.rolandturner.com.ap.brid.gy
FOSSASIA Organiser | Ham Radio Operator 9V1RT | Dancer.
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@pa3weg
How bad are you talking?
I was in need of an illustration for a blog post recently and was curious about image generation, so tried Gemini's, and found the result better than expected: fingers correct, cables not perfect but acceptable, appropriate background details, etc […]
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@ubik
There are separate local radio (Meshtastic) and electronics tinkering communities here, with some cross-promotion and substantial overlaps in membership, and SARTS has multiple outward-facing programs to ensure that every interaction is supportive of newcomers. The idea of a […]
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@ubik
Right.
SARTS does have a members-and-Singapore-licensees-only Telegram group, and there's a compelling local issue that led to that decision, but it's certainly not made available for the public to discover, join, and then be booted from. That's plain rude.
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@ubik
That is the [multi-]million dollar question. I can yet see a better path for Firefox.
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@ubik
(sigh) That's not an effective way to make newcomers feel welcome; it's sad that you experienced that.
As others point out, fediverse #hamradio folks are generally pretty friendly.
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@philpem
Identity politics in a nutshell...
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@mcdanlj
There's definitely some ...variability in phonetics, which really isn't helpful in poor conditions.
I have mixed feelings about the digits though. I tend to use niner to avoid confusion with five, notably in my call sign, which is perhaps excessive in that there is so little amateur […]
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For clarity: Google pays **you** a modest stipend to work on real F/OSS projects. This was initially designed for students, but is now open to anyone who wishes to participate.
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@quantensalat
+1 on talking to local repeater co-ordination folks.
(You have the important benefit of the amateur services being co-primary in 430-440 MHz in R1 (alongside radiolocation) so can be a little assertive than in other regions, but some forethought is indeed warranted.)
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@quantensalat
Awesome! Our year 12 physics teacher permitted us to use "anything the school owns" for our experiments. Sadly we didn't do the electronics elective in class.
I was unaware of the Meißner oscillator, thanks, that's a beautifully simple thing.
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@ai6yr
Interesting. Did this move the resonant frequency down at all?
(Oxides on the surface will already have slowed propagation along the elements a little, and the antenna will have been cut for that; just wondering whether the paint changed it?)
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@bitsplusatoms
I am leaning towards USB-C PD for loads below 100 W (controlled reversibility and load variability, plus broadband comms), but am happy with Powerpoles for larger loads.
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@bitsplusatoms
Several things:
- They facilitate the sorts of occasionally useful things that consumer safety rules prevent, notably reversibility and 15/30/45 connector compatibility.
- The mating is particularly good (springy contact with a long travel) and likely to remain reliable far […]
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@a
It's worth noting that the license on DeepSeek v3's model **isn't** open source; in particular it imposes a range of use restrictions. (But, sure, they're going further than any of the other LLM developers, which is excellent!)
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@ai6yr
> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
- Douglas Adams
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
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@mcdanlj
(I'd suggest that ARRL should not be investing much effort in smoothing out edges like this at present anyway. It should be investing heavily in a fit-for-purpose information security program before it addresses *any* other IT-related concerns.)
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@mcdanlj
This may not be quite as stupid as it looks. When I set up Google Analytics and AWS CloudFront on my personal site years ago, I ran into some weird corner case like this. I was able to resolve it (a real 404 response, no redirect), but I recall that there's still some very rough edge […]
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[Bluesky, sorry]
@ChrisWere
Doctorow points out a far more serious problem.
The problem isn't that they'll turn off federation, it's that they won't. Unlike Mastodon, moderation happens independently of hosting, so self-hosting federation doesn't threaten loss of control.
What does concern […]