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State of the Climate – Summer 2023(judithcurry.com)
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by 7402 3y ago
Oops. Mistyped. I meant, "General Radiotelegraph Operator License."
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by 7402 3y ago
I used to work with a physics postdoc who would sometime leave a sign on an equipment setup that read, "Do not touch. There are hidden dangers." The lab was full of smart people who were used to looking at things and making their
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by 7402 3y ago
You need the General Radiotelephone Operator License ( https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-divis... ). Yes, they are still issued. 20 WPM plain language code test, 16 wpm code group test, plus wri
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by 7402 3y ago
KPH is licensed as a commercial coastal radiotelegraph station. (It may be the last one in the US; it is operated by volunteers in the Pt. Reyes National Seashore, part of the US National Park Service.) Encrypted communications are just fin
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Enigma Crypto Transmission from KPH at 426 KHz and Shortwave(radiomarine.org)
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by 7402 3y ago
First $100 = A shareware "Desk Accessory" for the Mac. (Early 1990s) It wasn't 100% online: some of the distribution was via BBS, but they still had to send me a paper check if they wanted to pay for it. First $1,000 = A data
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Snowden: Whistleblower; traitor; none of the above? (2016)(budiansky.blogspot.com)
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Licensee Hit with $24,000 Fine for Jamming Net, Failure to ID(arrl.org)
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by 7402 3y ago
Correction: you believe that having a bucket of paid time off that covers anything is much better. Your opinion, that's fine, people are different. When a place I worked changed from sick leave to a Personal Time Off system, I didn
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Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries(nytimes.com)
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by 7402 3y ago
As I recall, it was pretty bad in 1982, too. [0] https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1988/4236/report.pdf
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by 7402 3y ago
> Global sea surface temperature for all of 2023 have been above 2 standard deviations of the 1982-2011 mean I'm not arguing about the consequences of this, but it doesn't mean much to say that a normal distribution exceeds the
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by 7402 3y ago
I thought this statement in the article was particularly worth celebrating: > So this is a good academic debate between well-intentioned participants. It is being carried out in a cordial way, in public, in long-form essays rather than o
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Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools(nytimes.com)
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by 7402 4y ago
W1AW, various frequencies. They still do it: http://www3.arrl.org/w1aw-operating-schedule
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Man uses drone to get help while stranded in snow(denver7.com)
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Billions for wind and solar. Good luck plugging them in(nytimes.com)
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by 7402 4y ago
Um, a post-doc is not "mid-career." A post-doc is a beginning researcher. Just like having a black-belt does not mean you are an "expert," it means you have achieved satisfactory competence in the basics of the art and c
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by 7402 4y ago
Does the MVP require high quality TTS? I wonder how good the numerous free TTS packages are, at least for getting started. (eSpeak, Festival, Mozilla TTS, etc.)
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by 7402 4y ago
My life is better because I see the results it gives and then I feel good that the professional writers I know are, for now, pretty safe.
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Green energy: Don’t stick Granny with the bill(judithcurry.com)
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by 7402 4y ago
> In summary, this is just another anti renewables "I know better than all the experts" blog post. The author of the post is Russell Schussler. I believe this is him, and that he knows what he is talking about: "Russell Sc
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Academics and the grid. Are they studying the right things?(judithcurry.com)
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ARkStorm Scenario(usgs.gov)
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by 7402 4y ago
Because I view them via an AppleTV, I subscribe to Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and AppleTV at various different times all through my iTunes account. It's easy to turn them on and off all through one account interface. The Account Settings
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by 7402 4y ago
It's not easy for me to figure out. I'd guess it's at around 25 wpm. (Anybody know?) At that speed with an absolutely clear signal and when I'm totally relaxed I can copy maybe 50% of what I hear. I can barely get a lett
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by 7402 4y ago
I'm happy with Enpass ( https://www.enpass.io ) from the usability standpoint. The OP didn't mention it as a candidate. Not able to judge the cryptographic effectiveness, but this is what their website says: "encryp
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by 7402 4y ago
This wouldn't apply to everyone's circumstances, but I found it helpful to go for a walk away from the office in the middle of every day, weather permitting. (I worked in a city with interesting scenery; I'd eat lunch in 15 m
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by 7402 4y ago
I wished the person had picked a different name. It doesn't seem like they have any connection with actual Amish. I understand the attempt at humor behind it. ("Whimsical" is the term the website's author uses.) I just w

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