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by wcfields 5y ago
So they’re trying to kill it before it even gets off the ground.
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by wcfields 5y ago
I don't except for Ham Radio related things (Ham forums, Twitter that's only for Ham, etc..), so I'm fairly silo'd on my social media presence with regards to that. I'd be more free with putting it in my Github, HN
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by wcfields 5y ago
Reposting from a previous Ham Radio comment thread [1] One factor that I bring up whenever the “ham radio is dying” discussion happen is the FCC public database and safety/doxxing, specifically for marginalized communities such as Tran
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by wcfields 5y ago
At my polling place (an elementary school gymnasium) the officer was in the entrance/hallway on his phone the entire time. Probably some easy OT for a day of more or less basically being a hall monitor.
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by wcfields 5y ago
Aluminum smelting and concrete production both take an immense amount of energy.
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Starbucks, Flush with Customers, Is Running Low on Ingredients(nytimes.com)
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by wcfields 5y ago
I just saw this in real-time this past month with cat food. A 24pk of Rx Renal cat food went from 5.8oz to 5.1oz[1]. I buy two packs at a time and what used to cost $113.76 is now $114.72 Effectively they're charging me an extra buck t
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by wcfields 5y ago
If the property is to park money and with US real estate you can liquidate it very quickly for a cash sale, a tenant will throw a huge wrench in that. A tenant in a single unit/house will easily drop the price by 10% or more from my ex
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by wcfields 5y ago
One quirky hack that no one asked for that I figured out in 1997: You can take the assistant files Rover, Skuz, Shelly, etc... and copy them into MS Office's assistant directory to get Bob assistants in Office!
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by wcfields 5y ago
I just saw this in real-time this past month with cat food. A 24pk of Rx Renal cat food went from 5.8oz to 5.1oz[1]. I buy two packs at a time and what used to cost $113.76 is now $114.72 Effectively they're charging me an extra buck t
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by wcfields 6y ago
I ran into issues with firmware on a ZoneDirector 1200 and some R610's that were out of support contract. Totally functional and all, but couldn't bring them current. Though, After using Ruckus in Corp/Enterprise they've
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by wcfields 6y ago
Love to play my Yamaha trombone on my Yamaha motorcycle
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by wcfields 6y ago
A 1920's stucco bungalow with chicken-wire in the walls pretty much acts like a faraday cage in every single room.
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by wcfields 6y ago
And trade policy and inferior products didn't play a role, it's all labors fault?
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by wcfields 6y ago
From doing agency/marketing work for numerous large corps, I can tell you that many have a straight up block on corpname on any email name or domain to prevent phishing.
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by wcfields 6y ago
I may get downvoted for this, but genuinely curious if there's vaccine tourism (not that I'm in a position to get on a jet to get a shot). Eg, if the wait time is long for my group in the US/UK/Wherever, can I book a fli
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by wcfields 6y ago
Outdoor sun-light readable signage. A comparable high-brightness 1080p display is about the same price [1], but uses a lot more electricity and from my experience with them, they have definite lifespan (2-4yrs, despite the 100k hours light
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by wcfields 6y ago
From my perspective as a streamer using OBS and Vmix: Nvidia was the obvious choice for NVENC.
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by wcfields 6y ago
The "high-end" stuff is just rebadged Supermirco 1U servers.
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by wcfields 6y ago
Things like this can sink entire companies. I'm at a livestreaming service / production company that uses Vimeo as our primary. An outage like this when (as an example) "Procter & Gamble" is giving their yearly sales
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by wcfields 6y ago
Ugh, on pins and needles over here. We have a handful of Vimeo livestreams going on right now.
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by wcfields 6y ago
Triangle Shirtwaist workers <i>want</i> fewer unlocked doors! Let them work!
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by wcfields 6y ago
For US users, chances are your local public library has a free day-pass for NY Times through their website. LA Public Library as an example: https://www.lapl.org/books-emedia/e-media
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by wcfields 6y ago
One factor that I bring up whenever the “ham radio is dying” discussion happen is the FCC public database and safety/doxxing, specifically for marginalized communities such as Trans individuals and Black folks. It, itself, is creating
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by wcfields 6y ago
I see that raised a lot as a concern but I can’t imagine it has any legs nowadays. Previously, in the 1980’s, yes I could see a Taxi/Plumber/etc using amateur radio equipment as a cheaper workaround for their business, but now it’
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by wcfields 6y ago
As the comment above got downvoted for pointing out the 75 year pension pre-funding requirement, the other framing is to even ASK the USPS to be profitable. It's a common attack on public goods: Amtrak & USPS, but would never be as
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by wcfields 6y ago
> Nightlife is horrible, bars pretty much close at 1am, hardly any live music, gender imbalance, and not much density so it often just feels "dead" in a lot of places As a southern Californian, I can attest to this. It's p
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by wcfields 6y ago
Tl;dr from my memory. Numbers are estimates. Van Halen, at the time, were doing the largest stadium stage show ever. Most tours were 2 semi-trucks of speakers and lighting, VH were ~10+. Due to the never before done scale of the show riggin
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by wcfields 6y ago
r/amateurradio & Han Radio Crash Course on YouTube are about the only thing that keeps me interested in HAM; everything else is octogenarians with Angelfire-esq websites. For myself, late 30’s IT profesional, I’ve found the Europea
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by wcfields 6y ago
I have a friend who is an editor on a topical semi-daily current-affairs show on Quibi. It's all done manually and they now have a semi-established style now, however a lot of it is cropping or shrink-to-fit with a background. The fict

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