threeio

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31.
by threeio 2y ago
god explaining how much I racked up with CompuServe to my parents was hard as a kid... and then long distance later on when I found a free unix shell I could connect into.. ahhhh those were the days :)
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by threeio 2y ago
I mean... they did (basically) give access to their entire catalog to radio stations for even less than that.. but I almost sound like a troll mentioning it.
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by threeio 2y ago
Mmm… power meters mesh in that freq range as I recall as well…
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by threeio 2y ago
You are literally one day away from the who's hiring and who wants to get hired threads. Review and apply, be willing and honest to discuss strengths and weaknesses. Have interesting projects that you have worked on and can speak about
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by threeio 2y ago
"DATA CENTERS and Virginia have been hand in glove for almost three decades, since companies like MAE-East, Equinix and AOL built some of the earliest modern facilities" Companies like MAE-East triggers me so much...
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by threeio 2y ago
I’d debate that Martin likely went to work every day of his life enjoying what he did… for -decades- he got to invent, market and see an entire global ham radio market use his products… he’s one of the good guys, taking a corner of Mississi
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by threeio 2y ago
I've just got a normal DMR hotspot and I ended up with the GP2009 just because it was stupidly simple to work with.. my only issue is nigh rechargeable batteries don't last as long as I'd like.
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by threeio 2y ago
I remember having to get an exemption to have my alphanumeric pager in school because my job (pc support for a Fortune 500) required me to have it with me when I got to the office... it was ridiculous but eventually worked out. -- Alternati
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by threeio 3y ago
"messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning" https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/part-97#p-97.113(a)(4) It's intentionally broad, and gives exceptions for controlling satellites a
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by threeio 3y ago
I can't recommend this entire series enough, Hunkin's work is a masterpiece.
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by threeio 3y ago
Stopped going to the site/app completely... they were so far off base with the API war it wasn't worth it.
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by threeio 3y ago
I had one of those boxes, worked for a company that ran news and magazine publishing sites and we pushed all the data to them as opposed to rewriting our search on the sites.. they were pretty decent and seemed to also help our page ranking
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by threeio 3y ago
This reminds me of the mid 90s when we first started having servers in the colo and you'd need to give a Noc tech the root password to fix things.. our policy was to always have the most offensive root password so you'd never -wan
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by threeio 3y ago
I met Bob twice, he was a honestly nice guy who wanted to further the hobby any way he could.
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by threeio 3y ago
There is no shame... I remember one period where they hit my town three times in the same year... it was gluttonous and perfect.
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by threeio 3y ago
I loved that laptop/keyboard back when I was a lowly tech support guy. I can't tell you how many major hotel execs had it ;)
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by threeio 3y ago
He's got a clock at the exploratorium in San Francisco. https://www.exploratorium.edu/video/tim-hunkins-tinkerers-cl...
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by threeio 3y ago
One of the best shows. Between reruns of this and Connections on the old discovery/learning channel, I was a happy kid ;)
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by threeio 3y ago
10,000 times this. I've bought a handful of Nixplays for my family members, share pictures to them, etc... but an apple ecosystem solution would be great.
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by threeio 3y ago
You can read the plaque in this link https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/ohio-historical-mark...
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by threeio 3y ago
Yah, the merger between Sirius and XM was a dramatic difference in programming content. XM had spent most of their time getting quality PM and on air talent, Sirius was basically a glorified Winamp playlist. As the channels merged, you foun
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by threeio 3y ago
Currently doesn't work for the police, however 10,000% this.
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by threeio 3y ago
yah this is the part that most people who owned a 1st gen spinwheel 5 button iPod g1 are trying to figure out ;) the only logical spot I could think of is maybe the copyright/TOC item?
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by threeio 3y ago
Reminds me of the coke machine at the computer science house at RIT https://www.rit.edu/news/recognition-historic-hack-leads-cok...
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by threeio 3y ago
Isn't that mostly based on the fact that they share rail time? Its not like these tracks are unused in the other periods of time, they're just not Amtrak trains.
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by threeio 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac... is a start? Probably doesn't take into account contractor lives offsite or heart attacks offsite, etc.
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by threeio 3y ago
And just to bring back nostalgia -- https://archive.org/details/BYTE-MAGAZINE-COMPLETE
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by threeio 3y ago
DAK was the best... I remember buying my first CD rom drive from them
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by threeio 3y ago
There is so much truth to this statement -- all ham websites, even my own are straight HTML or at least 10-15 years behind modern web standards... and we like it that way.
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by threeio 3y ago
Teach them to be proper introverts who can entertain themselves with a book, etc. Toddler life is only for so long... the transition to weekend soccer games where people expect you to remember who they are because you were on a team three y

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