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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Contributions for lemmy.radio (and more)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ben, this is great. Your labors of being an admin cover such a wide amount of work it would be hardly fair to be expected to also shoulder all of the consumption costs as well, especially as a user base grows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A lot less blue too... Hmmmm....⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This helps explain why days seem shorter as we age, the Earth is spinning faster due to the conservation of angular momentum. The days are literally shorter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FaKe LaNdInG 👁️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d have been more interested in the animations if they had used KSP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That infernal + C when doing differentials got me often. So simple, integral even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨S3 Buckets for Storing Files⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If your VPS’ S3 supports tokenized urls for object management, I’ve considered setting up a homebrew Dropbox-like solution using rsync and cron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨startless⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which side did it land on?

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people call Michael's house from GTA 5 a mansion?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish there was a way to aggregate communities across all instances, where the community name is identical, rather than having to go out and seek each and every community on a per-instance basis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.radio (un)scheduled downtime⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As always, thank you for shouldering the burdens of administering the instance. While I know you’ve said no before to financial contributions—I, and probably others—would still be happy to contribute, even if only to cover the amount equal to your hosting costs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do wealthy people know if the people they meet are wealthy or not?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the function of exclusive social or networking events. Often either an exclusive invite list or very high plate price. You’re either invited to the table, or pay to be there.

  Once you’re at the event, you’re either known, or engage in small talk where details are revealed. Here strategic partnerships form, or there are quid pro quo for access to secondary or tertiary networks.

  It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The horrors persist, but so do I.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hidden Innovations of Golf Video Games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I couldn’t pate the whole text in a single comment so here it’s on a pastebin: pastebin.com/nnhVS0DP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Shiddy Product⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not my favorite knickknack in the house, but it is a solid number 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could gunpowder be chemically addictive for humans ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The constituent parts of gunpowder is sulphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. None of these chemicals are psychoactive in humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deploy a satellite and what are the costs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Caveat to that, Amateur Extras can use their licenses in reciprocal countries. Details: www.arrl.org/us-amateurs-operating-overseas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Clockwise and anticounterclockwise

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its all over⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh, I don’t know that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CQ: Getting an international radiogram out.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for this suggestion. ARRL was my first stop, and then Radio Relay Int’l. As you mentioned, third-party traffic is the biggest limfac, which is exactly the second hurdle I bumped into.

  For all our hurrahs for amateur radio use in emcomm, it seems to have fallen wildly short in the instance I needed to use it.

  We have to find a better way, including the politics of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CQ: Getting an international radiogram out.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All fair points, and not an odd question.

  I’ll say I’m trying to get a radiogram from the US to the destination country affected by a natural disaster. I am confident they are fine, but public service can take some time to get restored and I’d like to get a simple message to them so we can establish a very basic two-way via radiogram. The first message from me to them is a “this is a radiogram and for as long as public utilities are unavailable, you can contact the ham who delivered this message to let me know how you are doing.”

  I’m in a similar way that I can’t get on HF :/

• CQ: Getting an international radiogram out.
  Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨amateur_radio@lemmy.radio⁩ | ⁨5⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't people harassing marketers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard there is a browser extension which does this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ADHD crew skips days all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If snap benefits are paid for where are the funds going?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the era before the average net worth of a Congress person was in the tens of millions, it made sense because it prevented them from their wages being held hostage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ridiculous⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice try. I’m not falling for yet another hidden Saddam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I finally get a long term career and become financially independent?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re facing an extra tough time right now because computing has optimized the hiring process so much, it’s difficult to get your foot in the door, and geopolitics are complicating things.

  You’ll need to keep in mind that 21 is still quite early in your life, and the world and pop culture really pushes an “instant success” mindset that sets all the wrong expectations.

  You’ll need to do several things, unfortunately all at once. First, deeply understand personal finances. Understand that you need to “pay yourself first” (savings/investments) and then what’s left over is what you have to manage expenses and debts. If you keep yourself out of debt you’re better off. Bogleheads Wiki changed the way I viewed my money: www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page

  You’re going to have to continue school. You need an Associate’s at a minimum. Go to a public community or municipal college. With an AA from here, most states will grant you automatic admission to public state universities. Research this. Regardless of what your views are on the utility of college degrees, you have to play the game. A college degree is a clearing house to larger companies. Trade school, is another option.

  You’re going to have to work, to finance your costs of living plus your education investments, unless you’ve got someone or some financial instruments which let you focus on school.

  With respect to college specifically, you’ll get out of it what you put in. Many folks will say it’s a waste, that “they didn’t learn anything new” while they went through. Well, that just signals to me they phoned it in; maybe they got lucky and got a break on their job, too.

  From there, you’ll have your personal finances on lock, and one or two degrees (AA and a BA, and maybe a certificate or two) and you’ll be much more competitive.

  The real game changer after all this is networking. The saying goes: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. The best jobs don’t get posted to corporate websites, or if they do, they’re posted for labor law compliance and they already have a candidate in mind. Become a master at socializing (≠ partying), hint: it’s mostly just listening to other people.

  It takes time. Be patient. Stay focused. You’ll get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a lot to be said for the differences here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the US at least, the constitutional requirements for being elected to the presidency do not prevent felons from being elected, and there are good arguments for this. A weaponized judicial system can be used to oust or prevent political opponents from gaining the presidency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Purrfect Diagram⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a Neutron Cat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hue hue hue⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And 10m Amateur Techs!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public List of programs that manage activations, the act of setting up an amateur radio station for the purpose of making contact with other amateurs.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Brilliant timing tbh because I am east coast US. I’d have to join EchoLink owing to a rediculous noise floor where I’m at and, well, I can’t touch VK land from Maryland in the US with my 100W.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public List of programs that manage activations, the act of setting up an amateur radio station for the purpose of making contact with other amateurs.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair point and I hate that you’re right

  I’d love to have some hamshack beers with folks and work out some of the mechanics. POTA and SOTA work so well because it mostly relies on the activators. I’d need some ideas on how to make a similar mechanic for ROTA.