Very tired nerd who doesn’t know how to speak correctly
Ask me about floppa, Plan 9, or computer architecture or anything computers really (if you want)
The only zoomer qualified to operate an RBMK reactor
:cat-vibing:
If I don’t reply to you it’s probably cuz I’m too tired, sorry :(
Although thinking about all the nuclear takes I am constantly bombarded with online maybe giving folks another medium for self expression isn’t the best idea lol
Tune into Citizen’s Band sometime if your country has one lol, it’s a mess but is entertaining
As long as harmonics are properly filtered
So, those harmonics I mentioned, for the FM broadcast band between 88 MHz and 109 MHz, they’re between 176 MHz and 218 MHz.
Guess what?
They’re allocated to other services, specifically television and digital audio broadcasting.
but I’m not convinced that it would “get folks interested in radio”.
People are put off of amateur radio because so many hams are extremely cop-brained and expect everyone should have to comply to century old rules and norms about how to operate otherwise it’s assumed that you’re just blowing up the spectrum
I am a licensed amateur and the only thing that changed from when I was unlicensed is that the boomers on the FM voice repeaters around me won’t yell at me for interrupting their conversation about their ex-wives or whatever now
Good RF circuitry has never been easier to make/acquire now that we live in the era of semiconductors
low power isn’t a thing. My legal amateur radio beacon uses 10 milliwatts and has been heard 13,945 km (8,665 miles) away.
Yeah and my WiFi router blasting 10 times that barely makes it through a couple of walls
Completely dependent on conditions and equipment
I can guarantee if you power up a “low power FM transmission” that the FCC will come and find you and rain hellfire on you.
Also, lmao, there have been some high-profile cases and they have the PIRATE act now but there’s still lots of pirate FM stations out there lol
Pirate radio is cool and good
I am so tired haha
Okay but it was less , relatively to now
Ohh, I know, I was just making a joke cuz ed will print ?
when it doesn’t recognize a command and many people will see that over and over if they can’t figure out how to exit lol
I also got lost in vi and ed when I first used them lol
Tbh if I’m just making quick edits to config files or whatever I use nano lmao
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If you like Unixy editors, highly recommend also looking into acme
Russ Cox describes it in this video as more like an “integrating development environment” as in it works with your surrounding operating system rather than an “integrated development environment”
Doesn’t shine as much on Unix as in Plan 9 though. Also no linter or formatter built into or distributed with acme but you probably could get your language’s usual tools to work pretty well with it
Ed is the standard text editor.
I uhh wasn’t literally about to go do this or anything…
Why don’t they just move to El Salvador if they like Bitcoin so much
That’s really cool, especially people getting their licenses to help their community. Hoping you don’t have to encounter the kind of stuff I have, ever.
The bands are usually dead here too lol… except for the repeaters during the day
I’m hoping maybe the clubs and the hams in my city will be better
Would you lose your license for spreading leftist propaganda?
I’m not sure… as long as you aren’t broadcasting (something like a one-way signal, no communication, it has a specific legal definition but yeh) and are just talking to people it’s not explicitly illegal but you would probably get harassed and maybe have false complaints to government agencies made about you. Also in the US your callsign is associated with your legal name and address so people can come find you
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We are so back
OpenBSD, RISC-V, and 9front mentioned?
Haven’t listened to BSDNow in a while, but maybe I’ll listen to this episode
A better timeline?
Windows UI design peaked with Windows 98 and Unix UI design peaked with IRIX imo