qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 22 hours ago

Having lived without a dishwasher for many years, I'm never complaining about loading/unloading the dishwasher. From starting the kettle to finishing a pour over is more than enough time to unload.

And never again having to schlep clothes to the laundromat because we have laundry in our home? Likewise, I'm not going to complain. The only reason laundry takes real effort is when we opt to use the clothesline instead of the dryer.

Not everyone has a dishwasher, washing machine, and clothes dryer, so I absolutely recognize that I'm very fortunate here. And the crazy thing is, these devices aren't even particularly expensive, especially since they can be had used


I think a big reason folks don't have them is the installation+room required. Which probably says something about landlords and the general cost per area of housing.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans had "unity" after 9/11

Uh, no we didn't. Source: am American, lived through that period.

Yes we had a brief period of unity (and solidarity with NYC) following 9/11, but as soon as the American War Machine woke up, my country was intensely divided.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 12 points 2 days ago

When the son of the deposed King of Nigeria emails you directly asking for help, you help. His father ran the freaking country, okay?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

I used Photoprism years ago, so my knowledge is probably pretty outdated.

My experience of Photoprism was that mobile was not tightly integrated. At the time I used Syncthing to sync photos


it worked ok for me, but I wasn't going to set it up on my partner's phone, for example.

Immich Just Works on both mobile and desktop. Multi user is great, sharing is great, and the local ML and face detection work remarkably well.

Whatever works for you is the best of course! Immich fits the bill for me, and it was very much worth it for me to "buy" it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 5 days ago

That's how I start my refried beans. After pressure cooker add oil (lots...), salt, and a little vinegar. Sauteed onions, cumin, chili powder also good.

I think it's way better than any vegetarian refried beans that you get in a can. Probably because they have more salt and oil...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Flagship Nvidia is around $10k. Easy to spend at least another $5k on the rest of the computer+setup (monitors, peripherasls...).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Alt text from memory: #4: Boston

Edit: it's actually Prank #11: Boston. I was close.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 1 week ago

Well, Bon Scott probably did, but that's a little different.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 84 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There's a joke about whitespace here somewhere, I just know it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

Regarding DNS servers, what router do you have? Some routers have simple enough DNS capabilities


I have a MikroTik, and have it set up with DNS entries for internal services (including wildcard). Publicly accessible services just use my registrar's DNS (namecheap


no complaints).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oracle Free tier, amd64. Only use it because it's free---limited bandwidth, but given I have slow upload at home it's never really been a bottleneck. Hate to admit it given it's Oracle, but I've been completely happy with it.

If I switch to a paid VPS I will probably go with racknerd (suggestions welcome though if you have thoughts).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

filtered coffee has had much more time to steep in all the caffeine

True, but I think it's more complicated than that. Filtered coffee is typically a coarse grind, espresso is fine---and fine grind has a larger surface area to volume ratio, which helps with extraction.

I have also heard that caffeine leaches out fairly quickly, so it gets to be diminishing returns pretty quickly.

 

People often complain about San Francisco's public transit


and to be sure, it's not perfect by any means (multiple separate agencies doesn't help). But the historic streetcars are pretty neat!

They're painted with the livery of various historic streetcars from all over the country (and a few international, I think). Best of all, they run alongside the modern fleet


same route, same fare.

 

Noticed a few days ago that Sutro Tower's red blinking lights are now white. Just asked them on their website form, but wondered if anyone else knows the story with this.

Personally, I miss the red ones!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
 

Howdy!

I got my Technician in early 2000s, and last year finally upgraded to Extra. Looking to set up a very basic shack.

I'm looking for an HF setup, with most of my use probably using digital modes, but would like the ability to use voice.

Current transceiver is on loan from girlfriend's dad, a Ten-Tec Scout 555


50W HF unit with separate modules for each band. One limitation of this is that the modules set the mode, so it's LSB on 40m, making e.g. FT8 not possible (without some hacking of code or perhaps hacking the module).

Antenna is end-fed with an off-the-shelf 49:1. Currently only have 20m half-wave, but have just enough room for a 40m half-wave in the attic, which is the ultimate goal.

For digital modes, it looks like there are sort of 3 classes of radio:

  • "full digital" where the radio has e.g. a USB port and handles audio, transmit, and frequency set.
  • Some computer-control with RS232, but uses computer audio+adapter to transmit.
  • No digital, use adapter to transmit. This is what the current setup uses (and it works great!)

I'm leaning towards a conventional transceiver, e.g., something from ICOM, Kenwood, Yaesu, (or others) rather than an SDR unit. I'd like the ability to go up to 50-100W if possible.

I don't have a hard-and-fast budget; would like to keep it <$1000 if possible; mostly just looking at used transceivers. Something like a Kenwood TS-590 looks pretty amazing and very "plug-and-play" (but pushing up against price). Something like a Yaesu FT-920 looks pretty feature-rich too; and even something more affordable like an ICOM 706 or even a 725 is probably more radio than I need. Or just grab a new 7300 and call it a day!

Anyway...clearly, I don't know exactly what I want, but figured I'd ask folks with more experience if they have any wisdom. Thanks!

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