CameronDev
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- Comment on “Is anyone out There?” - HamRadio 22 hours ago:
I agree thats how it should be, but the licencing here in Aus doesnt line up with that.
The knowledge involved in the actual licencing isnt actually that useful for actually operating the radio. It was mostly tailored to designing radios from the ground up, and it was basically late highschool electronics.
The knowledge you need to operate the radios properly is all available online.
In my case, I am using handheld radios on the CB bands. I have limited the power correctly, but because they are capable of more power than allowed, that makes them require a licence, even when used in normal CB bands. It doesnt make sense for me to waste multiple Sundays to get a licence I am not actually going to take advantage of.
So here in Aus, it is just beaurocratic bullshit. And like I said, if it were online, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
- Comment on On 9/11 what was the internet like after it happened? Did people quit being dicks or trolls and showed some decency? Or was it like we have today and nothing changed? 1 day ago:
I don’t count forums the same as modern social media. The are social places of course, but much more tight-knit, much less algorithmically ratfucked. Even 2003 Myspace and 2004 FB were much better places than what they have metastasized into.
- Comment on On 9/11 what was the internet like after it happened? Did people quit being dicks or trolls and showed some decency? Or was it like we have today and nothing changed? 1 day ago:
Maybe around, but I don’t think it was ubiquitous? Even then, ADSL was pretty bad, and I wouldn’t call it broadband by today’s standards. But that could just be Australia lagging the world :)
- Comment on On 9/11 what was the internet like after it happened? Did people quit being dicks or trolls and showed some decency? Or was it like we have today and nothing changed? 1 day ago:
I believe the internet was much smaller then. It existed, but most social hadn’t really begun yet.
9/11 was 2001, Facebook was 2004. So definitely a different place.
- Comment on “Is anyone out There?” - HamRadio 1 day ago:
I agree in general, but not every country has a simple and easy licencing system. And if your just acquiring radios for shit-hits-the-fan scenarios, rather than regular use, expending the effort for a licence doesnt make sense to me.
In Aus, its a multiday in person class, with exams at fixed times during the year. And I’ve seen the course work, its mindnumbingly easy, it should be an online multiple choice. I would do it in a heartbeat if it were online.
- Comment on “Is anyone out There?” - HamRadio 1 day ago:
Plenty of people do are still doing ham radio.
There isnt much risk being unlicenced, enforcement seems sporadic and unreliable. I own a bunch of handheld radios that ideally I should have a licence for, but for road trips it hardly matters.
But at the same time, getting licenced isnt expensive or difficult, so you may as well just do it. The only reason I haven’t is that I don’t want to waste a bunch of Sundays going to a class to listen to year 10 electronics.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Most tax systems will tax on the dollar value of the compensation. It can lead to very awkward situations if the value of the compensation is variable.
Some people have been paid in stock, only for the stock to lose its value, yet the tax man only considers the original value. So I you get paid 1M in stock, and it craters, you still owe the tax man 300k (assuming 30% tax rate).
- Comment on Could you make a maglev marimba that would resonate for longer than ordinary models? 1 week ago:
Not a scientist, but I am guessing the magnets themselves will dampen the sound. When the magnet gap is compressed, the magnet will be pushing back, which dampens the motion, and when the magnet gap is uncompressed gravity will be pushing back. Also air resistance. Eventually those effects would dampen the system until it got back to equilibrium. The tone might last longer though, but depends on the tuning of the system.
- Comment on International blind spot 1 week ago:
Kompromat only works if your embarrassed about it ;)
- Comment on International blind spot 1 week ago:
Cool story, how’s that related to what’s being discussed here?
- Comment on International blind spot 1 week ago:
Lights off, clothes on, missionary for the sole purpose of procreation?
- Comment on International blind spot 1 week ago:
The targeted ads a bit on the nose there.
- Comment on How would you safely and privately child-proof a PC? 2 weeks ago:
Be a parent, and be present when they are using it. You don’t have to watch constantly, but at least be nearby. Teach them basic digital safety, literacy, and privacy.
You cant control all the devices they have access to, so you have to give them to knowledge and tools to be safe.
- Comment on Shame it's walmart brand. 2 weeks ago:
We are going bowling? Awesome!
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Perfect for zoom meetings
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Spellibg, grammar and literacy are feminine
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Oh, my mistake, very metal, not feminine.
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Semicolons are feminine
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Chandelier is a bit feminine
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
I bet you’re manly as fuck
- Comment on "feminine" 2 weeks ago:
Bed frames are feminine, put that mattress on the floor. While your at it, get rid of the sheets, bare mattress it up.
Lighting is too fancy, fancy is feminine. Plain flickering bulb is what you want for ambiance.
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 3 weeks ago:
At least in the node.js native TS implementation, they strip the types and don’t do checks, so you don’t get runtime type checks:
Node.js does not type check your code when it runs TypeScript files. Use the TypeScript compiler separately if you want to catch type-related errors:
nodejs.org/learn/typescript/run-natively
I think, but I’m no expert, but in order to have type checking you need to have some kind of compilation check? You cant just start interpreting and hope to work things out on the fly?
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think I understand. Native TS does the type checking at compile time right? Not run time? Or would the compile happen in the browser?
- Comment on All aboard the Pythagorean Express 3 weeks ago:
Missed opportunity to paint it like a toblerone.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Wish I could get a refund for kerbal 2 :(
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 3 weeks ago:
Can you even get runtime type assertions in TS? Isnt it all at compile time?
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 3 weeks ago:
I dunno, I don’t see the benefit to native TS in the browser. For compatibility, all sites will continue to serve JS, so what does TS gain anyone? And there is no performance benefit, maybe a performance hit given none of the type validation can happen until all of the scripts have downloaded, so execution can’t begin until that has happened?
I could be way off on this though, I’m not a webdev :/
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Much shorter term, the point of the census is to know where people are and what they need, so government spending can be done effectively. No point building hospitals/centrelink/etc in areas that don’t need them.
Australian census records are (opt-in) deanonymised after 100 years, so there is some historical value.
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 3 weeks ago:
Arguably typescript fits, it is converted to JS for runtime, but the developer writes TS. You theoretically could transpile python or lua to JS, no idea if it exists yet though.
Otherwise WASM would be the main contender, dunno if lua or python can compile to wasm, but lots of languages can.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
So the government has a rough idea of how many non citizens are in Australia, and roughly where. So any services that non-citizens may need (tourism centres, consulates, etc) get put in the right place.