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Got my "rig", which seems like an excessive word for this handheld device. First up: let's scan some frequencies and see if I can hear anything. #ham #radio #AmateurRadio
in reply to Peter Drake

Glad to have helped! I assumed that it must be possible and went looking. 😀

(I have the really inexpensive TD-H3 HTs and the manual is so completely useless. The replacement nicsure firmware is not only so much better than stock, but the nicsure documentation is way better than stock. But I would have hoped a higher-end radio would have a better manual...)

If you haven't yet found repeaterbook.com it should help you find local repeaters.

If you haven't yet found chirp, it can be used to program your radio with an adapter cable and integrates with repeaterbook.com to help you get your local repeaters programmed.

Then you can scan in channel mode instead of VFO mode, which will really help for not stopping to visit random bits of static junk. I scanned in VFO mode in the first day or two of owning my HTs to sample the local environment, and then got channels programmed in and scanned channels instead.



With Hyundai adding support today, nine non-Tesla brands can now charge at Superchargers, with more to follow. Here's how we got here. pcmag.com/news/electric-vehicl…


Netflix aims to support HDR10+ in all HDR titles “by the end of this year”
Before, Netflix users could only stream HDR titles in Dolby Vision or HDR10.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
in reply to Ars Technica

Well, most users cant even stream 4k because they don't fulfil the esoteric requirements for it. So, I don't know how big the win here is 😂


We're thrilled to be back in Las Vegas at Black Hat in August! Interested in submitting a talk to the CFP? There's only a few days left, with a deadline of April 2, 2025: eff.org/event/eff-black-hat-us…


Violence and sexist harassment against female MPs ‘rife across Asia-Pacific’

Report reveals scale of abuse faced by women in politics from countries such as Australia, India and Micronesia

theguardian.com/global-develop…

#news #politics #international #asia #sexism #harassment




Whenever I have a cold
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this is the third revision of the MNT Reform Next motherboard, assembled today by @theawesomerandomness. the biggest notable changes from the second rev: upgrade from RP2040 to RP2350A as the main system controller chip, and a different main charger/dc-dc chip+layout. will work on bringup tomorrow.
in reply to Luke Wren

@wren6991 hehe so firstly, there's the idea to try to drive the laptop display directly by the rp2350a HSTX -> HDMI (i mean DVI ofc) -> STDP2600 (unfortunately EOL but lets see) -> DP so we could do things like make an instant-on bios-like environment/serial debug console etc. this will only work if i manage to get it to produce sth like 1920x1080@50Hz @1bpp at least (maybe less Hz possible).

and yes, running on the hazard3 cores would be extra neat!

in reply to lucie lukas "minute" hartmann

@wren6991 the whole console thing is possible because there's an existing UART connection to the keyboard (needed for power stuff) and optional UART to the main SoC.


When "The Twilight Zone" Imagined Fascism in America in a 1963 Episode Starring Dennis Hopper

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in reply to Open Culture (Official)

METV shows a Twlight Zone episode Monday-Friday 12:30EST. But not this episode. Why not?
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

It won’t matter that it’s a f-up if it goes unanswered. And remember, these are the f-ups we know about.



Tolle Nachrichten! Damit wir mal ein wenig auf den heimischen Markt achten, gibt es jetzt 2% Rabatt bei Zahlung per Vorkasse.

Hintergrund: #Paypal kostet enorme Gebühren (die dann in die USA wandern), die gesparten Gebühren möchten wir an euch weitergeben.

#Paypal komplett rauswerfen geht nicht da 95% der Zahlungen darüber abgewickelt werden. Kaum jemand nutzt Vorkasse.

shop.blinkyparts.com

Was nutzt ihr sonst für Zahlungsmethoden?

in reply to Timo

Vorkasse würde ich höchstens bei Shops machen, die ich schon sehr gut kenne und vertraue. Bei neuen Shops mache ich eigentlich tatsächlich nur PayPal (wegen Käuferschutz) oder alternativ SEPA-Lastschrift (kann bei Ärger zurückgeholt werden).


A somewhat delayed review of 1000xResist, the best game I played last year and one of the best games I've ever played:

exple.tive.org/blarg/2025/03/2…

in reply to mhoye

An element of your thesis, to me, is AAA publishers' deliberate embrace and cultivation of games-as-identity-props, which in turn leads to the most vocal customers also being heavily motivated to take developers' stated intentions at face value and to dismiss critique that runs contrary to it (because it also runs contrary to the identity statement they're making).

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in reply to Owen

Exempla gratia: _is_ Spec Ops: The Line's white phosphorous scene an effective and caustic critique of Gaming As Usual (as you put it) and the player's moral complicity, or is it a heavy-handed and frankly hokey plot device designed to trigger a cheap emotional thrill?

(Both, obviously, but you may recall some very tense arguing over that point...)

in reply to Owen

Spec Ops: The Line - and for that matter Nolan North's extensive fanbase - both exist in the context of the larger "shooter games are How You Be A Manly Gamer" identity product.
in reply to Owen

@owen
One thing about @grimalkina's work around "identity threat" - an incredibly important and underappreciated idea, IMO - is how easily it can be, and how often it is deliberately, weaponized.
in reply to mhoye

@owen this is a really sharp good observation Mike and I'd love to see you write more about it too (thinking of your posts here about symbols and semiotics), scientific papers can't always go to the level of industry/field commentary that we need as part of this picture. Gonna muse on this for a while.
@Owen
in reply to Dr. Cat Hicks

You've absolutely cursed me with this insight, because now I see it at the root of so much awful. Perfomative identity (masculinity, politics) plus the threat of perceived identity-inadequacy becoming the chain reaction of mass violence. "Hiring for passion" not because you're hiring for investment or caring but because you're after people who will shackle their identity to their jobs, signaling their identity as tool of manipulation, a managerial attack surface.
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in reply to mhoye

@grimalkina @owen

I've said before that I give every kid I teach the Simple Sabotage Field Manual so they have that language in hand when it's being done to them, and now I want to write something like it for the human mind, the Psychological Sabotage Field Manual, so people can recognize when they're under attack.

in reply to mhoye

@grimalkina @owen I mean, what is a cult if not an identity-threat hostage situation?
in reply to mhoye

@grimalkina @owen

I recall talking to someone once who called his company and his romantic relationship "we" and it stood out to me.

When I was younger I identified more with a programming language or framework. Much good came from this community but it also hurt more when I didn't like where it was going. I don't know whether I am immune to it now as fundamentally I care about what I am doing, but I am glad I am more aware of the risks at least.

And this was overall quite positive.

in reply to Owen

@owen I've probably spent too much time in my life thinking about this stuff, and standing on a streetcorner yelling "angry birds is actually guernica wake up people" has not been a successful self-promotion effort, but I was definitely on team "if that actually was intended as some sort of critique it was as ham-handed as it could possibly have been". "dot dot dot" had more to say.
@Owen

in reply to Low Quality Facts

It would require 49 folds, and a very large piece of paper. There would be other problems.


Finally feel like there's enough ducks in a row to say... I've got a new job!

I'm departing from civic tech and consulting for a number of reasons, some of which you all can probably guess.

I'm excited about the new role and looking forward to getting my career back on track.

Now it's just a couple weird weeks of limbo before I start.

Currently reading "Transitions" by William Bridges to help me navigate this bookshop.org/p/books/transitio…



Senator Michael Bennet rips the head off Trump’s CIA director John Ratcliffe over the Signal scandal, where a group chat thread was used to discuss classified war plans.


Coal companies want to dump toxic waste in the ground. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish

Advocates fear the EPA will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.

fastcompany.com/91304674/coal-…

#news #health #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption



Lace Making Class TODAY

Today's the day! I'm excited to meet everyone who registered! See y'all at 5!

gracemakeslace.com/2025/03/25/…



*Well, not to wax all jeremiad here, but if you elect a make-believe huckster "rot government" why WOULDN'T you want a make-believe huckster "rot economy"

prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-…



I realized the other day that normal people probably don't have giant bins full of SCSI cables in 2025.




#GitHub tip:

Don’t post “Any updates?” style comments on open source threads. Any updates would be there already. Open source is a gift; bugging maintainers acts like you're entitled to results. I just mark such comments as spam.

If you want to see something done, do something to help: research specifications, find an existing implementation, write a test case, draft the docs, write a draft implementation, do some code review, test the PR locally, or just anything to help the project.



Ancient Pocket Computer Gets a Serious Serial Upgrade

hackaday.com/2025/03/25/ancien…



The #Museum of Islamic #Art is one of the top attractions in #Doha in #Qatar . It houses #books, ceramics, glassware, #jewelry, metal work, textiles, and woodwork from three continents dating from the 7th - 20th century on three floors. backpackandsnorkel.com/Qatar/D…

in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

I officially no longer feel embarrassed about the time I was whining to my best friend about my now-ex via email, and the Sun was glaring so bad on my screen that I didn't realize when the mouse jumped on my screen and accidentally cc'd it to the now-ex.

No, that wasn't what ended it. His narcissism ultimately did, but yeah, that's a thing that definitely made things worse for me. In retrospect, I wish he'd just cut me loose back then. Instead, he yanked my chain for another 4 years. Then I finally wised up and made a clean break.

Anyway, I'm no longer embarrassed about that. Serves him right anyway!



Bauernpräsident Felßner zieht Minister-Bewerbung zurück br.de/nachrichten/bayern/bauer…



Welcome to the Trump economy, where US citizens can now pay for their food delivery in multiple installments — because paying interest on eggs and bread is just what you need, when you are down and out.

Update: As @maggiejk has helpfully mentioned below, these types of deferred payment schemes have been going on even before Trump’s presidency, so it is perhaps not entirely fair of me to attribute this to the Trump economy.

nbcnews.com/business/business-…

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in reply to Randahl Fink

I saw this on instacart at Aldi last year (or maybe even 2023-I was trying to buy a $20 wooden raised garden bed) in the US. This isn’t from trump’s economy. I am not mad at people who want to blame him for this, but this has been happening for a long time.


Today I learned #TIL: "How to automatically sync screenshots from the Steamdeck to Immich"

👉 foosel.net/til/how-to-automati…

#steamdeck #immich

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The Auschwitz Memorial covers nearly 200 hectares of land and includes about 300 ruins and 155 buildings, but also a huge number of historical objects, primary traces of Victims of Auschwitz.

In our podcast, Nel Jastrzębiowska and Andrzej Jastrzębiowski from the Conservation Laboratories explain how these priceless items are preserved and discuss the philosophy of conservation of the Memorial today.

Listen via

SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/5leWL…

APPLE PODCAST: podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/…



Forget usb C, I have the ideal USB connector.

Plugs in whichever way around, connecting into a plug or socket, and even if you don't have a plug or socket.

in reply to Extreme Electronics

Is that fast-charge compatible? My phone has a bent pin in the USB-C port. 😂


Things I miss from the UK: Flag Paints Rust Converter. Bought on recommendation from a fellow sailor. It's so good. Goes on dark grey, turns solid black as it does its thing and dries super fast. Then can be painted over (or left as is in nonexposed areas). Water based, so easy to clean tools and not very harmful.

It's way better than the usual phosphoric acid, not least of all because you can see what you have already painted.

Any smugglers? 😁

#Paint #RustConverter #DIY #Rust #Flag

in reply to Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Found this product from Latvia, which appears to be quite similar to the Flag stuff. Will give it a try!

youtube.com/watch?v=0gTF546piA…

#RustConverter #Paint



Nerd-sniped myself today by realising that the SmartPi touchscreen case I’ve got lying around will mount very nicely on the top of my printer. Time to rewire everything, and yay recycling! #3DPrinting
in reply to Robee? Na! 🌈

@RobeeShepherd nice, is that KlipperScreen? That's what I'm thinking of using. Are you using Spoolman with it as well?
in reply to James Smith 💾

Yes it’s so good! Really easy to use, no fat fingers. I keep meaning to use spoolman but never get around to it. I think it’s the admin of having so much filament to put in.
in reply to Robee? Na! 🌈

@RobeeShepherd excellent! Main reason I want to try Spoolman is that people want Manyfold integration with it, and I don't even know what that would mean, figure I should find out 😁
in reply to Robee? Na! 🌈

@RobeeShepherd love that box in the background labelled "3D Prints". Is there the word "Failed" above it, just out of shot? 😆
in reply to Robee? Na! 🌈

@RobeeShepherd hah - I have two similar boxes of *every bit of junk PLA I've ever discarded* waiting for the day I can actually recycle it.


I'm glad to see I didn't miss much with the new BL H2D and it's just a crapfest of just slightly larger proportions (edit: than an X1C)

Having a laser or a vinyl cutter addon is also...wtf.

I want a 3D printer that 3D prints, not a "machine to do all" that doesn't do the main function properly.

If I ever have this kind of money to get a specific 3D printer, i'll definitely go Prusa XL

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in reply to Nixie

This is interesting:

youtube.com/watch?v=BCmGoP0uNl…

in reply to Nixie

Waaaaaw, definitely know whatever my next printer is, it will have this tech in it.

youtube.com/watch?v=XRQGVSnzLP…


in reply to Frankie ✅

The image is a four-panel comic strip. In the first panel, a brain with a face is depicted with a speech bubble saying, "Are you awake?" The second panel shows a person lying in bed, covered with a blanket, with a speech bubble that reads, "No. Shut up." The third panel features the brain again, this time with a speech bubble that says, "That monster you ran had resistance to nonmagical damage." The final panel shows the person in bed with wide eyes, seemingly startled, with the brain still present. The comic humorously illustrates the brain's persistent thoughts interrupting sleep, referencing a detail from a fantasy game.

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Dell's Pro 14 Premium is a worthy new star in what used to be the Latitude constellation, scoring points for style and battery life but losing some for a funky keyboard. Here's our review: pcmag.com/reviews/dell-pro-14-…


naming my car the Insteroid EV because it's like another car "on steroids" and describing it as having a “funky, youthful, and muscular nature” but insisting i'm not doing anything with gender electrek.co/2025/03/25/hyundai…