chociej

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by chociej 6y ago
Same. The whole interface is god awful. And it almost always dishonors my OS audio input/output preferences by default. The web client always downgrades my camera resolution for some reason, and messes up its aspect ratio. Plus the sec
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by chociej 6y ago
I don't think it's oversimplified at all. The concepts are pretty simple, just rarely explained nicely.
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by chociej 6y ago
systemctl does nothing more or less than `echo disk > /sys/power/state`, it's a kernel feature after all
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by chociej 6y ago
That's a great point. I get a lot of additional value from FOSS because it's not dead set on roping me into some proprietary lock-in scenario. It far outweighs any inconvenience I experience.
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by chociej 6y ago
Well, I don't think it's reflective of the vast majority of FOSS, at least measured by # of installs. Every time someone does a system-wide update with their package manager, an experience which is probably often best described as
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by chociej 6y ago
Have not ever noticed any performance problems using FF for Google products, personally. Works great.
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by chociej 6y ago
Probably duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25917798
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by chociej 6y ago
That was a very interesting read and described a lot of interesting, very valid, and very realistic challenges that I could see myself running into in a similar situation. However I don't agree with the conclusion that React shouldn&#x
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by chociej 6y ago
WiFi is in the ISM (Industral, Scientific, and Medical) and certain "unlicensed" radio bands and, while there is spectrum shared between those bands and other services including ham, WiFi usage is regulated differently. This advis
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by chociej 6y ago
The meaning is clear in context. Anything you transmit should be done so with the intent that anyone could receive and easily decode it to understand its meaning. That's fundamental to the purpose of the amateur service. And it's
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by chociej 6y ago
Concealing the meaning of transmissions is contrary to the purposes of the amateur radio service. There are perfectly serviceable radio bands, modes, and services for those wanting to transmit encoded messages, just like there are for those
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by chociej 6y ago
Hams routinely monitor and triangulate noncompliant stations, and also do staged "fox hunting" games for fun & prestige. But, I don't think it's routine or widespread to monitor the ham bands at scale for illegal or
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by chociej 6y ago
I thought I read on Twitter a few days ago that it almost certainly was. Someone also linked to an article that I now can't find about extremists setting up an IP link on the amateur bands. All I could think was the instant they initia