vk6flab
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio
Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.
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- Comment on Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands 4 hours ago:
Fairy sure that you’re seeing a bicycle only intersection. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but zero cars is not plausible, not even in Holland.
Source: I lived there for a decade and I’ve also been watching Not Just Bikes on YouTube: YouTube.com/@NotJustBikes
- Comment on [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - How to make our hobby and community resilient? #podcast 2 days ago:
I understand the sentiment and have experienced the science version of it, even said so out loud in a forum once.
I’m not sure if amateur radio is cut from the same cloth.
Whilst I acknowledge that there are some who’s biggest life achievement was passing their amateur licence exam, it’s not true for the majority of wonderful amateurs.
I’m wondering about how we can harness the changes that the regulator and technology inevitably introduces and find a way to make that change part of the mindset that comes with the hobby.
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - How to make our hobby and community resilient? #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 4 days ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 2 comments
- Comment on 3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated 5 days ago:
Oops
- Comment on Gaming Laptop with Linux Preinstalled and 32GB+ RAM? 1 week ago:
What is your budget?
What size do you want?
What screen resolution?
Which GPU?
And if you want warranty, which country are you in?
- Comment on Screw your zodiac sign, tell me.. 1 week ago:
Yup.
- Comment on Screw your zodiac sign, tell me.. 1 week ago:
None of the above.
ARABIA POTTERY, Finland. 1960s RUSKA
Absolutely indestructible. Drop it on the tiles, cracks the tiles.
You can have it in any colour, as long as it’s Brown.
- Comment on [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - A new year with new services to the public .. in 1905 #podcast 1 week ago:
Wanna see the documents?
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - A new year with new services to the public .. in 1905 #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 1 week ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 3 comments
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- Comment on CQ: Getting an international radiogram out. 2 weeks ago:
You raise an important question, one that I don’t have a good answer for, despite having been part of the amateur radio community for 15 years.
Here’s how I’d approach this.
In the case of natural disasters, there’s often frequencies set aside for emergency traffic, which presumably is the way to get messages into a disaster zone.
If you’re describing that, then I suspect that the amateur radio emergency organisation in your country is the place to start, which raises the questions, which one and how?
If you’re describing something less than a natural disaster, talking to your local amateur radio club might be a better way to go, with the same questions.
If I had HF access right now, I’d get on air and make noise for you, but I don’t.
Finally, what message are you trying to get where?
That seems odd to ask on a public forum, but anything we do on HF is going to be public, more so than here on Lemmy.
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - What do you call that .. radio? #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 1 comment
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 2 weeks ago:
That’s interesting, since my list of addresses contains numerous ones that don’t exist and nobody here has ever used.
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 2 weeks ago:
Interesting.
I see a list of email addresses.
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 2 weeks ago:
I am not sure what you are talking about.
I have a domain registered and can see exactly which addresses have been compromised by what, without payment.
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- Comment on [RANT] Why is so much coverage of "AI" devoted to this belief that we've never had automation before (and that management even really wants it)? 3 weeks ago:
Given the massive layoffs happening under the Assumed Intelligence banner, the answer has always been: “cheaper labour”
Apparently people who actually know how to do their ICT job are too expensive, right until the shit hits the fan, at which point it’s “drop everything and help me, now!”
Organisations are no longer run by Founders, instead they’re run by accountants and lawyers who only care about shareholder value, not the societal or environmental impact.
When the bubble finally explodes we’re going to be looking at an altered economic and technology landscape, if we don’t self ignite before that.
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - On the origins of the RF circulator #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on When washing, should I turn garments inside out? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been washing clothes for many decades and although I was also taught to turn some clothes inside out, I’ve never noticed any difference if I didn’t and these days I’ll often wash with them oriented normally, mainly because that’s how I prefer to hang them in the cupboard or fold them into drawers and turning them when wet or after taking them off the line or out of the drier makes the whole process even more tedious than it already is.
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Going around in circles, one-way. #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
The shoes I’ve seen look like an orthopaedic horror story.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
As a fully functional adult, I’ve been eyeing off light up shoes for years. So far, all I’ve seen is gimmick shoes you wouldn’t wear for more than an hour, so I make do with fluorescent shoelaces instead.
This seems like fun, though I’m not sure if I’d be game to walk up a set of stairs on them, perhaps I’m not keen on breaking something when I’d invariably trip and fall.
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 13, Monitoring the Sun .. small steps #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 1 comment
- Detection of Strong S-Band Emissions from the Starshield Constellation — Observations and Regulatory Contextzenodo.org ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 3 comments
- GitHub - vk6flab/pluto: Docker container containing the applications used to interact with an ADALM PlutoSDRgithub.com ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley 1 month ago:
It’s likely going to take down whole companies if not countries.
- Comment on The Sun Was Supposed to Enter a Deep Sleep. Instead, It’s Ominously Waking Up. 1 month ago:
Always!
- [FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - When your hobby revolves around electricity ... #podcastpodcasts.itmaze.com.au ↗Submitted 1 month ago to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio | 0 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It’s likely not about tennis, unless the CEO is a dick, it’s about an excuse to meet you and evaluate how you are as a human being.
Unless there’s a specific dress code requirement, I’d arrive in comfortable clothes, smart casual, clean and with a smile on my face.
When you’re asked about your lack of racket I’d point out that not only have you never played, you didn’t think it would be prudent to spend money on gear you know nothing about.
Remember, this is about people, not about hitting a tennis ball.
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