kawfey

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by kawfey 5y ago
Same. I get lost in researching everyone else's file organization and other workflow methods. I always feel like mine is a dog's breakfast, scattered across many incongruent, un-coordinated drives, clouds, shares, etc.
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by kawfey 5y ago
If i was a programmer, I would be making this. a small alexa-like array of microphones on a RasPi for rough direction estimate, times a bunch of networked units microphones to get precise-ish TDoA, mounted on rooftops... I've always wa
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by kawfey 5y ago
Whether or not they're legal, they're a bad idea to use next to your head.
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by kawfey 5y ago
Well, that's just your opinion, man. To be fair, there are a lot of upstart youth clubs in ham radio, and a massive influx of very friendly and informative network YouTube elmers. Everyone involved is very inclusive and welcoming to ne
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by kawfey 5y ago
For disaster communications, you'll really need a multi-faceted plan that includes Cellular, Wifi, CB, MURS, FRS/GMRS, and Ham radio as well as ways to receive broadcast AM/FM and Weather band. If you want to get into CB radi
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by kawfey 5y ago
These exist for occupational use as PPE, not unlike ionizing radiation monitors, e.g. https://www.atecorp.com/category/personal-rf-monitors
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by kawfey 5y ago
I use a Dell KB813t. Standard company issue smartbadge keyboard. Can't get a different keyboard without two levels of management approval (and there aren't any available keyboards due to cost cutting), and I cannot bring in my own
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by kawfey 6y ago
Most are fuel/technical/food grade denatured ethyl alcohol (ethanol) with glycerin (glycerol) as a humectant/thickener. IPA is allowable but more expensive. A number of them have been made from the heads and tails of normal s
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by kawfey 6y ago
Individual contributor.
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by kawfey 6y ago
Why are you using 3 different readers?
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by kawfey 6y ago
I don't think that's a bug. The old man NEVER stops talking!
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by kawfey 6y ago
Correct link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/build-a-longdis...
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by kawfey 6y ago
You could also do one on the... Island obsessed world of Ham Radio - https://iota-world.org/ Park obsessed world of Ham Radio - https://pota.us/#/ National Park obsessed world of Ham Radio - https:&#x
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by kawfey 6y ago
As a ham, my thoughts exactly. Probably with a lot less talk about ailments, the weather, and antennas though.
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by kawfey 6y ago
Anecdata: I have a 2019 Subaru Forester with Eyesight (lane keeping and adaptive cruise) and Driver Monitoring System (beeps whenever you look away from the road and automatically adjusts seat and mirror settings based on facial recognition
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by kawfey 6y ago
related: https://m17project.org/
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by kawfey 6y ago
Another trick would be to take the average (excluding outliers) of as many guesses as possible since they're all on twitter. The Wisdom of the Crowd should get very close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_th
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by kawfey 6y ago
I also have quite a few clickbaity thoughts that look at ham radio in a much more optimistic light. https://n0ssc.com/posts/583-millennials-are-killing-ham-radi...
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by kawfey 6y ago
And essential oils. At least I can see that this website isn't feeding me personalized ads...
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by kawfey 6y ago
More people need to get into or at least learn about ham radio for this reason. Modern telecommunications is a gross abstraction, and is taken for granted.
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by kawfey 6y ago
I watched it this morning with the same kind of enthusiasm that i might have for the morning weather; seeing Falcon 9 land is just normal, even though they exceeded their landing envelope by landing in high winds.
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by kawfey 6y ago
Ducks eat bugs and poop fertilizer, it's a win-win.
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by kawfey 6y ago
I want to make my Signal (i.e. my personal cell phone number) public, but I don't want to put my cell phone number up to the internet to open up spam and MITM 2FA SMS attacks. What's the best way to do this? Burner SIM? Google Vo
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by kawfey 6y ago
I was going to mention tor, but it too isn't a very scalable service and can be (almost) just as easily taken down by disgruntled hosts or government sanctions.
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by kawfey 6y ago
I would reckon that if Signal were to take over these use cases, Signal itself would just turn into the next big tech baddie.
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by kawfey 6y ago
Nobody in my friends or family uses WhatsApp already, so it's pretty trivial for me I guess.
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by kawfey 6y ago
Whatsapp still hasn't made it to my US-based circles whatsoever, from ATL, Chicago, NY, STL, to Seattle. I downloaded it when I went on a Europe trip in 2016, and haven't used it since. I have a single group chat on Telegram full
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by kawfey 6y ago
Radio JOVE is a STEM project that explores the radio emission of our own Jupiter, which is very similar to what has been detected in Tau Boötes. It's a very fun backyard amateur radioastronomy project that's great for kids. https
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by kawfey 6y ago
why wire and not lockdown? why lockdown and not matrix? why matrix and not IRC on a self-hosted server? why IRC and not HF packet radio why HF packet radio and not OTP notes on flashpaper delivered by carr
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by kawfey 6y ago
...by walking.

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