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- Comment on halal paintball 41 minutes ago:
A touch of nutritional yeast does wonders
- Comment on 2 North American 4 you has been created 2 hours ago:
Beans on toast is prime 🤌 Toast with butter and marmite. Glug of Worcestershire. Grate some parmesan. Cracked pepper.
It especially hits on a cold snowy day
- Comment on Taste the flavor 2 hours ago:
If our assholes had taste buds, you better believe there would be a whole category of dietary supplements aimed at making our shit taste good. Then there would be a backlash movement consisting of people who are proud to shit naturally and taste it.
- Comment on They wonder why nobody wants kids anymore. 9 hours ago:
My company just transitioned to a system where we get 30 days of paid leave annually. Sounds good for an American company, right? But that 30 days includes every category of leave (except parental, which is at least something.)
So in addition to maybe you want to take a vacation, this “bank” of leave also includes sick days, anything related to your kids after they’re born, jury duty (you’re required by federal law to attend if selected) and everything else. This is completely legal where I live btw.
- Comment on Hamburglar, meet Hat Man 10 hours ago:
It really hits with the addition of a couple small rocks
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Nice! I misread you not txing to mean you weren’t licensed yet, my bad!
- Comment on Name of this private road in Colorado cracks me up 1 day ago:
I’d go straight for the head: FUCK YOU CAROL, HOA PRESIDENT RD
- Comment on Get that silicussy 1 day ago:
Would you prefer clankussy? robussy?
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Honestly, just go take the test. I found hamradioprep.com useful as it has actual test material from past tests to practice with, and a nice mobile interface.
If I were to do it again I’d study for at least up to General. Most clubs will let you test for General for free immediately after passing Technician. I ended up passing Technician, but not General. It’s been a few years so I’ll have to re-study and go back.
General unlocks a lot of the fun HF privileges.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Everything they mentioned checks out, but keep in mind that every ham within line of sight to the station will be trying to get into the repeater as the ISS passes overhead. The number of people trying to talk could realistically be in the thousands when it passes over a large populated country. A full pass at a good angle takes ~5 mins.
People take turns, but it’s usually just a rapid-fire of IDing and maybe some very short pleasantries, then you get out. Anything more is could be considered bad etiquette, and calling the ISS is kind of a big deal! It’s not possible to have a full conversation unless you’re extremely lucky with timing and/or geography, or there’s an astronaut working the radio who wants to chat. I have heard astronauts operating. Sometimes directing and acknowledging contacts sometimes they will have longer form chats, but they’re not at the radio all the time.
It is really fucking cool, though, to be in say, New England and hear someone in Texas or Puerto Rico or Canadian Maritimes coming through on your dinky Chinese handheld! That is a big part of the appeal.
- Comment on New Objective: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space 1 day ago:
Hi
- Comment on YSK that men who smoke cigarettes are 30% to 50% more likely to suffer from erection problems that men who don't 2 days ago:
Why don’t you try it and report back?
- Comment on A lot of the laid-off staff from the Washington Post should start a news cooperative. Seriously! 2 days ago:
Cooperative, decentralized, atomized journalism that starts small, stays small, spreads liability and is not for profit.
Alternatively, money. Lots and lots of money.
- Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well 4 days ago:
Your wife do any squirting? Runs away
- Comment on my daily reality of 'old man screaming at the clouds' is far different than i expected as a youth 4 days ago:
weCloud
- Comment on If Bill Gates get involved in a scandal, is it now called a Billgate? 5 days ago:
Under there
- Comment on Wrong number... hopefully 1 week ago:
Cₒₘfₒᵣₜₐbₗₑ ₙₒₜ dᵣᵢₙₖᵢₙg ₜₒₒ ₘᵤcₕ ᵣₑgᵤₗₐᵣ ₑₓₑᵣcᵢₛₑ ₐₜ ₜₕₑ gyₘ ₍₃ dₐyₛ ₐ wₑₑₖ₎ Gₑₜₜᵢₙg ₒₙ bₑₜₜₑᵣ wᵢₜₕ yₒᵤᵣ ₐₛₛₒcᵢₐₜₑ ₑₘₚₗₒyₑₑ cₒₙₜₑₘₚₒᵣₐᵣᵢₑₛ ₐₜ ₑₐₛₑ ₑₐₜᵢₙg wₑₗₗ ₍ₙₒ ₘₒᵣₑ ₘᵢcᵣₒwₐᵥₑ dᵢₙₙₑᵣₛ ₐₙd ₛₐₜᵤᵣₐₜₑd fₐₜₛ₎ ₐ ₚₐₜᵢₑₙₜ, bₑₜₜₑᵣ dᵣᵢᵥₑᵣ ₐ ₛₐfₑᵣ cₐᵣ ₍bₐby ₛₘᵢₗᵢₙg ᵢₙ bₐcₖ ₛₑₐₜ₎ ₛₗₑₑₚᵢₙg wₑₗₗ ₍ₙₒ bₐd dᵣₑₐₘₛ₎ ₙₒ ₚₐᵣₐₙₒᵢₐ Cₐᵣₑfᵤₗ ₜₒ ₐₗₗ ₐₙᵢₘₐₗₛ ₍ₙₑᵥₑᵣ wₐₛₕᵢₙg ₛₚᵢdₑᵣₛ dₒwₙ ₜₕₑ ₚₗᵤgₕₒₗₑ₎ ₖₑₑₚ ᵢₙ cₒₙₜₐcₜ wᵢₜₕ ₒₗd fᵣᵢₑₙdₛ ₍ₑₙⱼₒy ₐ dᵣᵢₙₖ ₙₒw ₐₙd ₜₕₑₙ₎ Wᵢₗₗ fᵣₑqᵤₑₙₜₗy cₕₑcₖ cᵣₑdᵢₜ ₐₜ ₍ₘₒᵣₐₗ₎ bₐₙₖ ₍ₕₒₗₑ ᵢₙ ₜₕₑ wₐₗₗ₎ Fₐᵥₒᵤᵣₛ fₒᵣ fₐᵥₒᵤᵣₛ Fₒₙd bᵤₜ ₙₒₜ ᵢₙ ₗₒᵥₑ Cₕₐᵣᵢₜy ₛₜₐₙdᵢₙg ₒᵣdₑᵣₛ ₒₙ ₛᵤₙdₐyₛ ᵣᵢₙg ᵣₒₐd ₛᵤₚₑᵣₘₐᵣₖₑₜ ₍ₙₒ ₖᵢₗₗᵢₙg ₘₒₜₕₛ ₒᵣ ₚᵤₜₜᵢₙg bₒᵢₗᵢₙg wₐₜₑᵣ ₒₙ ₜₕₑ ₐₙₜₛ₎ Cₐᵣ wₐₛₕ ₍ₐₗₛₒ ₒₙ ₛᵤₙdₐyₛ₎ ₙₒ ₗₒₙgₑᵣ ₐfᵣₐᵢd ₒf ₜₕₑ dₐᵣₖ ₒᵣ ₘᵢddₐy ₛₕₐdₒwₛ ₙₒₜₕᵢₙg ₛₒ ᵣᵢdᵢcᵤₗₒᵤₛₗy ₜₑₑₙₐgₑ ₐₙd dₑₛₚₑᵣₐₜₑ ₙₒₜₕᵢₙg ₛₒ cₕᵢₗdᵢₛₕ ₐₜ ₐ bₑₜₜₑᵣ ₚₐcₑ ₛₗₒwₑᵣ ₐₙd ₘₒᵣₑ cₐₗcᵤₗₐₜₑd ₙₒ cₕₐₙcₑ ₒf ₑₛcₐₚₑ ₙₒw ₛₑₗf₋ₑₘₚₗₒyₑd Cₒₙcₑᵣₙₑd ₍bᵤₜ ₚₒwₑᵣₗₑₛₛ₎ ₐₙ ₑₘₚₒwₑᵣₑd ₐₙd ᵢₙfₒᵣₘₑd ₘₑₘbₑᵣ ₒf ₛₒcᵢₑₜy ₍ₚᵣₐgₘₐₜᵢₛₘ ₙₒₜ ᵢdₑₐₗᵢₛₘ₎ Wᵢₗₗ ₙₒₜ cᵣy ᵢₙ ₚᵤbₗᵢc ₗₑₛₛ cₕₐₙcₑ ₒf ᵢₗₗₙₑₛₛ ₜyᵣₑₛ ₜₕₐₜ gᵣᵢₚ ᵢₙ ₜₕₑ wₑₜ ₍ₛₕₒₜ ₒf bₐby ₛₜᵣₐₚₚₑd ᵢₙ bₐcₖ ₛₑₐₜ₎ ₐ gₒₒd ₘₑₘₒᵣy ₛₜᵢₗₗ cᵣᵢₑₛ ₐₜ ₐ gₒₒd fᵢₗₘ ₛₜᵢₗₗ ₖᵢₛₛₑₛ wᵢₜₕ ₛₐₗᵢᵥₐ ₙₒ ₗₒₙgₑᵣ ₑₘₚₜy ₐₙd fᵣₐₙₜᵢc ₗᵢₖₑ ₐ cₐₜ ₜᵢₑd ₜₒ ₐ ₛₜᵢcₖ ₜₕₐₜ’ₛ dᵣᵢᵥₑₙ ᵢₙₜₒ Fᵣₒzₑₙ wᵢₙₜₑᵣ ₛₕᵢₜ ₍ₜₕₑ ₐbᵢₗᵢₜy ₜₒ ₗₐᵤgₕ ₐₜ wₑₐₖₙₑₛₛ₎ Cₐₗₘ Fᵢₜₜₑᵣ, ₕₑₐₗₜₕᵢₑᵣ ₐₙd ₘₒᵣₑ ₚᵣₒdᵤcₜᵢᵥₑ ₐ ₚᵢg ᵢₙ ₐ cₐgₑ ₒₙ ₐₙₜᵢbᵢₒₜᵢcₛ
ᶜᵒᵐᶠᵒʳᵗᵃᵇˡᵉ ᴺᵒᵗ ᵈʳⁱⁿᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᴿᵉᵍᵘˡᵃʳ ᵉˣᵉʳᶜⁱˢᵉ ᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵍʸᵐ ⁽³ ᵈᵃʸˢ ᵃ ʷᵉᵉᵏ⁾ ᴳᵉᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᵒⁿ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵃˢˢᵒᶜⁱᵃᵗᵉ ᵉᵐᵖˡᵒʸᵉᵉ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵉᵐᵖᵒʳᵃʳⁱᵉˢ ᴬᵗ ᵉᵃˢᵉ ᴱᵃᵗⁱⁿᵍ ʷᵉˡˡ ⁽ⁿᵒ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵐⁱᶜʳᵒʷᵃᵛᵉ ᵈⁱⁿⁿᵉʳˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵃᵗᵘʳᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᶠᵃᵗˢ⁾ ᴬ ᵖᵃᵗⁱᵉⁿᵗ, ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ᵈʳⁱᵛᵉʳ ᴬ ˢᵃᶠᵉʳ ᶜᵃʳ ⁽ᵇᵃᵇʸ ˢᵐⁱˡⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ˢᵉᵃᵗ⁾ ˢˡᵉᵉᵖⁱⁿᵍ ʷᵉˡˡ ⁽ⁿᵒ ᵇᵃᵈ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐˢ⁾ ᴺᵒ ᵖᵃʳᵃⁿᵒⁱᵃ ᶜᵃʳᵉᶠᵘˡ ᵗᵒ ᵃˡˡ ᵃⁿⁱᵐᵃˡˢ ⁽ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʷᵃˢʰⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵖⁱᵈᵉʳˢ ᵈᵒʷⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖˡᵘᵍʰᵒˡᵉ⁾ ᴷᵉᵉᵖ ⁱⁿ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵃᶜᵗ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵒˡᵈ ᶠʳⁱᵉⁿᵈˢ ⁽ᵉⁿʲᵒʸ ᵃ ᵈʳⁱⁿᵏ ⁿᵒʷ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉⁿ⁾ ᵂⁱˡˡ ᶠʳᵉqᵘᵉⁿᵗˡʸ ᶜʰᵉᶜᵏ ᶜʳᵉᵈⁱᵗ ᵃᵗ ⁽ᵐᵒʳᵃˡ⁾ ᵇᵃⁿᵏ ⁽ʰᵒˡᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃˡˡ⁾ ᶠᵃᵛᵒᵘʳˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᶠᵃᵛᵒᵘʳˢ ᶠᵒⁿᵈ ᵇᵘᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ⁱⁿ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ᶜʰᵃʳⁱᵗʸ ˢᵗᵃⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳˢ ᴼⁿ ˢᵘⁿᵈᵃʸˢ ʳⁱⁿᵍ ʳᵒᵃᵈ ˢᵘᵖᵉʳᵐᵃʳᵏᵉᵗ ⁽ᴺᵒ ᵏⁱˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵐᵒᵗʰˢ ᵒʳ ᵖᵘᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᵇᵒⁱˡⁱⁿᵍ ʷᵃᵗᵉʳ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃⁿᵗˢ⁾ ᶜᵃʳ ʷᵃˢʰ ⁽ᵃˡˢᵒ ᵒⁿ ˢᵘⁿᵈᵃʸˢ⁾ ᴺᵒ ˡᵒⁿᵍᵉʳ ᵃᶠʳᵃⁱᵈ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵏ ᵒʳ ᵐⁱᵈᵈᵃʸ ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷˢ ᴺᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵒ ʳⁱᵈⁱᶜᵘˡᵒᵘˢˡʸ ᵗᵉᵉⁿᵃᵍᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈᵉˢᵖᵉʳᵃᵗᵉ ᴺᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵒ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈⁱˢʰ ᴬᵗ ᵃ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ᵖᵃᶜᵉ ˢˡᵒʷᵉʳ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶜᵃˡᶜᵘˡᵃᵗᵉᵈ ᴺᵒ ᶜʰᵃⁿᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵉˢᶜᵃᵖᵉ ᴺᵒʷ ˢᵉˡᶠ⁻ᵉᵐᵖˡᵒʸᵉᵈ ᶜᵒⁿᶜᵉʳⁿᵉᵈ ⁽ᵇᵘᵗ ᵖᵒʷᵉʳˡᵉˢˢ⁾ ᴬⁿ ᵉᵐᵖᵒʷᵉʳᵉᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱⁿᶠᵒʳᵐᵉᵈ ᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵉᵗʸ ⁽ᵖʳᵃᵍᵐᵃᵗⁱˢᵐ ⁿᵒᵗ ⁱᵈᵉᵃˡⁱˢᵐ⁾ ᵂⁱˡˡ ⁿᵒᵗ ᶜʳʸ ⁱⁿ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱᶜ ᴸᵉˢˢ ᶜʰᵃⁿᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ⁱˡˡⁿᵉˢˢ ᵀʸʳᵉˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵍʳⁱᵖ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵉᵗ ⁽ˢʰᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵇᵃᵇʸ ˢᵗʳᵃᵖᵖᵉᵈ ⁱⁿ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ˢᵉᵃᵗ⁾ ᴬ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ ᵐᵉᵐᵒʳʸ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ᶜʳⁱᵉˢ ᵃᵗ ᵃ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ ᶠⁱˡᵐ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ᵏⁱˢˢᵉˢ ʷⁱᵗʰ ˢᵃˡⁱᵛᵃ ᴺᵒ ˡᵒⁿᵍᵉʳ ᵉᵐᵖᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶠʳᵃⁿᵗⁱᶜ ᴸⁱᵏᵉ ᵃ ᶜᵃᵗ ᵀⁱᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵃ ˢᵗⁱᶜᵏ ᵀʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ᵈʳⁱᵛᵉⁿ ⁱⁿᵗᵒ ᶠʳᵒᶻᵉⁿ ʷⁱⁿᵗᵉʳ ˢʰⁱᵗ ⁽ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵇⁱˡⁱᵗʸ ᵗᵒ ˡᵃᵘᵍʰ ᵃᵗ ʷᵉᵃᵏⁿᵉˢˢ⁾ ᶜᵃˡᵐ ᶠⁱᵗᵗᵉʳ, ʰᵉᵃˡᵗʰⁱᵉʳ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵈᵘᶜᵗⁱᵛᵉ ᴬ ᵖⁱᵍ ᴵⁿ ᵃ ᶜᵃᵍᵉ ᴼⁿ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᵇⁱᵒᵗⁱᶜˢ
- Comment on Anyone? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot 1 week ago:
It’s in fucking notepad
- Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App 1 week ago:
They could go on the offensive with messaging and get subscribers to apply pressure on Apple to keep things the same… Would it work? Probably not, but it might get some of the Apple users onside.
- Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App 1 week ago:
Right? You’d think Patreon could throw their weight against Apple, as this is clearly not in their best interest. Threaten to pull the app, and if Apple follows through, they get nothing. Alternatively, move payments entirely outside of the app and force Apple to either do something which is guaranteed to be extremely unpopular, or call their bluff.
Apple may appear to swing the biggest dick here, but I am so disgusted by these weak companies just immediately bending over without a fight.
Of course, it’s the creators who will be faced with hardship, but neither entity seems to give a shit.
- Comment on YSK how to protect yourself at a protest 1 week ago:
Be careful how you acquire the phone. Every phone has unique identifiers (IMEI). Even if it isn’t activated with service it is still talking to cell towers and can be tracked. If you used a card/bank account/most crypto to buy the phone, you’re already compromised. And, again, this is still true even if you never activated a service plan.
- Comment on YSK how to protect yourself at a protest 1 week ago:
Test your faraday bag. And test all the radios. (can you see your phone inside the bag via Bluetooth, WiFi, cellular [on 3,4,5g], NFC?).
I have one bag several years old that is leaky and stopped working. Some kind of hard case is probably more reliable. Real science-grade faraday boxes of all sizes and forms are available, but they are $$$.
Know that there are a ton of alternatives to carrying a smartphone when you need to maintain comms, but they all have their own pros and cons and most come with a monetary cost and a learning curve, depending on the tech.
- +1 to meshtastic. This seems like the gold standard right now of accessibility and function
- Alternatively, you could get a Ham license (or not, because not wanting to be in a federal db is completely understandable).
- CB is still a thing. It does not have any privacy features, but it’s accessible and basically unregulated if you’re not being egregious
- Learn how to set up 2-way encrypted DMR. (Note that encryption on Ham bands is technically not legal, but pretty much impossible to enforce unless you’re constantly using it from specific locations and end up being fox hunted.)
- Ham bands can be used in an emergency without a license.
- There is GMRS/FRS. FRS is your typical “walkie talkie” that you can just buy and start operating. GMRS is on the same frequencies, but more power, you can set up repeaters and it requires a license. You can just buy a gmrs radio and use it though and no one will notice or care
- Satellites unlock a whole different array of possibilities depending on where you are. (And they are actually more accessible then it initially sounds)
- SSTV (images transmitted over radio. There are some fascinating and fun opportunities for steganography here)
- Comment on wizard posting 1 week ago:
With a wizard it is both
- Comment on Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters - Linux Prepper episode 1 week ago:
Subbed in podcast addict. Good timing, having just spun up my first proxmox cluster.
- Comment on France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials 1 week ago:
Microsoft is American
- Comment on humour 2 weeks ago:
Was waiting for this one to turn up
- Comment on ai generated logo 2 weeks ago:
…and sons…and co.
- Comment on I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows 3 weeks ago:
Hey, just because I preach harm reduction, doesn’t mean I’m gonna kink shame
- Comment on I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows 3 weeks ago:
I would caution against fucking Windows - you’ll likely end up with a nasty virus
