btsax

@btsax@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is “remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas” a dogwhistle for “tolerates Nazis” or have I just become too cynical

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not OP but I bought a 45" LG UltraGear gaming “monitor” a while back that’s basically just a TV, no smart anything etc. Right now the only ones I see after a quick search are curved though, mine is flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Without a way of knowing which satellite passing overhead was the ISS, in the narrow windows each day where you could see them well enough to correctly point a Yagi at one, you’d quickly run out of battery before making a relevant contact. Also the people on the ISS rarely listen or respond, the most used ham equipment on the ISS is basically a glorified repeater so you’d also have to get above the pileup of all the satellite chasers just trying to log contacts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  JS8Call and FT8 are digital modes that don’t require talking. Plenty of other things to do as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun story, he was killed with a bomb which caused the car he was in to fly so far into the air that he’s often referred to as Spain’s first astronaut.