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VE2UWY

@VE2UWY@mastodon.radio

:: Recently repatriated Canadian - no longer "dual-nat, ex-pat" ::

:: "UNIX, Radio, Trains (not necessarily in that order)" ::

:: 30-year sysadmin :: “Don't look back, you can never look back” ::

:: 🇨🇦VE[23]UWY: TBD ::
:: 🇺🇸N5UWY : WAC 8BWAS+ DXCCx5 VUCC-50 WPXx3 WAZ ::

:: IRCA/LWCA/CIDX/WTFDA/NASWA :: Live Listener ::

:: Railfan :: Transit fan ::

:: 3rd Gen Wagon Man ::

:: #CHOWG :: Born in 1900s ::

:: I post wayyy too much nonsense ::

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MLE_online, to random
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I'm thinking again about making a folding bike by cutting a bike in half and welding hinges in

VE2UWY,
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@MLE_online That would be fun. Probably a lot of engineering to keep the strength/stability through the hinge. I look forward to your video series on the work. 😄

Alon, to random
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I wrote this in Vital City, on how to spend New York congestion pricing revenue to improve subways and buses: https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/invest-in-transit-the-right-way

VE2UWY,
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@Alon

Without commenting on a single thing in the post, I have to say I was immediately drawn to the New Look buses in the image. Looking at the cars, I'm going to guess 1975 +/- 2.

Of to RTFA ...

VE2UWY,
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@Alon

Still a great image AND a good piece on the MTA and the congestion fee.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via BlackKnight10K on Twitter:

Has there ever been someone who has been so totally disconnected from everything they just said in the previous sentence.

Trump: he's rushing this case

Also Trump: they've never sat in court so long

Acyn:

: You have a judge who is totally conflicted and he's rushing this case through. Some people somebody just told me they never sat for such a long period of time in a court house before. It’s ridiculous.

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff He's Lucy and the Conveyor belt. Only the belt is his talking and he scrambles to keep putting words on the talking stream. Sometimes they make sense, sometimes he stuffs them in his pockets. All we hear is what's left. As "Elias" says, he suffers from dementia. Or more accurately, WE suffer from HIS dementia.

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff

If I had any skills, I'd superimpose His Orangeness' face on this ...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/05/5e/53055ead1da5b2d79db9af2f98b8ebf8.gif

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff She was an absolute legend.

sundogplanets, to random
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No new baby goats this morning (just the 4 from the last few days). The mama who's been gigantic for the last month is due today, so hopefully she'll have lots of healthy babies! I predict 4 (and I predict she'll have them at the most obnoxious time...I have lots of meetings today, but I have even more meetings tomorrow that are way less flexible, so today would be great!)

VE2UWY,
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@sundogplanets So what's the total crop?

MLE_online, to random
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Just seen a woman carrying what I fear was a Ziploc bag of feces and urine across a parking lot

VE2UWY,
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@MLE_online Is … is this related to the "spring has sprung" post?

VE2UWY, to random
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And you think you have problems with the SMPS at your station …

https://wx.social/@tornatrix/112332089590553745

MLE_online, to random
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I found a piece of junk (a smashed dog kennel) and I'm going to make it into something useful

VE2UWY,
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@MLE_online

Late to the party … but … bungies and nano-tape!

Mary625, to random
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It's like it's 1970 again. Protests on campuses against an unjust war, a genocide, cops raiding and rioting on campuses, students fighting power, investigations into the leading republican, for dirty tricks and illegal acts, women fighting for the right to control their own bodies and the state governments saying NO - DIE BITCH!

Yep, it's 1970 all over again.

VE2UWY,
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@Mary625

At the risk of opening a generational front in the war, I'm not sure the music is as good this time around …

VE2UWY,
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@Mary625

Only a matter of time. The corporate control yokes for musicians weren't as finely tuned then as they are now, so a song like this wouldn't be heard on the radio within a month of the killings … and not just because radio is dead.

https://youtu.be/JCS-g3HwXdc

VE2UWY,
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@Mary625 @qurlyjoe I didn't realize that even 38 y/os rememberd that. I'm 60, so, sure, but assumed no one under 40 would remember.

textfiles, to random
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OK, the big experiment has begun. A ham radio group has funded the scanning of 4,000 manuals from the Great Manuals Plus Haul. Now, the experiment is - will people kick on a special link in the blog entry to help fund the other 20 PALLETS of manuals?

https://blog.archive.org/2024/04/24/a-happy-ending-for-some-manual-labor-and-a-call-for-support/

VE2UWY,
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@textfiles DLARC got ARDC cash. They should apply for more!

GottaLaff, to random
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Biden wins Pennsylvania Democratic primary

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff

UPSET!

GottaLaff, to Canada
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So we just made our usual reservations for our next trip up to BC, , but something was different this time.

We didn't have to make them for a return trip to California.

Shit's getting real. 🇨🇦

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff

Congratulations, eh?

N4JAW, to amateurradio
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An almost Back-to-the-Future activation. I just needed a DeLorean for 88mph, a Flux Capacitor & uranium to produce 1.21 gigawatts. But I did have a for @potaspots

VE2UWY,
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@N4JAW @potaspots

Really happy you are posting again, Jim. You were missed.

GottaLaff, to tesla
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“ has cut prices in a number of its major markets - including in China and Germany - after price cuts in the United States - as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs), especially against cheaper Chinese EVs.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cuts-prices-across-its-line-up-china-2024-04-21/

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff

When the first buzz about Tesla started, I assumed they'd found some new battery chemistry & that this was a big deal. Then I found out that, no, they just used "COTS" cells … lots & lots & lots of them to the point that some of their vehicles look like there is a huge slab of cells under the passengers … because there is a huge slab of cells under the passengers.

Downhill from there, of course, esp w/"FSD".

Now it turns out they don't even know how to make decent cars at all.

augieray, to random
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If you're an American who finds yourself saying both candidates are too old or Biden is disappointing, learn about the right-wing Project 2025. If you did, you might do less complaining about Biden and more to help him get re-elected.

Every election. Every race. Every democrat. #VoteBlue

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VE2UWY,
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@augieray

Both candidates are too old and Biden is disappointing in some areas coughgenocidecough ... but that doesn't mean I will vote for the .

We need to work on better candidates on the non-Fascist side.

GottaLaff, to Michigan
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🥳👏🏻

Via Kyle Griffin:

BREAKING:

#Democrats just won two special state House elections in #Michigan — Democrat Mai Xiong in the 13th District and Democrat Peter Herzberg in the 25th District — regaining their majority in the chamber with a 56-54 advantage and their trifecta across state government.

VE2UWY,
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@GottaLaff Pack the state courts as fast as possible, D-Michiganders!

sundogplanets, to random
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Time to run my horrifying python code that builds a bash script that I use to repeatedly call some fortran code and make output I pull back into python for calculating telescope pointings.

My deepest apologies to everyone here who actually has training in making good software. I'm doing science!

(And no, I'm not looking for advice. Hilariously, this dumpster fire of code works well enough, and I don't need to improve it right now.)

VE2UWY,
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@sundogplanets

I see no mention of Perl … what gives?

VE2UWY,
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@sundogplanets

YOU'RE RIGHT! That's why you're the astronomer and I'm just a dude on the internet. :-D

VE2UWY, to random
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In Canada? Want to earn your Amateur Radio Operator Certificate (Basic Qualification)?

Class starts this weekend.

https://www.rac.ca/rac-basic-qualification-amateur-radio-course-spring-2024/

MLE_online, to random
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An unusual thing to find in my driveway. A tiny rectangle of glass. Where did it come from? What purpose did it serve?

VE2UWY,
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@MLE_online

Part of a B-737-MAX windshield?

m1hax, to amateurradio
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⛰️ Dungavel Hill (510m).
📅 1st Apr 2024.
🏷️ GM/SS-165
🗺️ IO85dn.
📻 Yaesu FTM100D.
🧵 2m.
📞 4 QSOs.
#️⃣ #sota #summitsontheair #hamr #amateurradio

VE2UWY,
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@m1hax I wondered about the number of Qs. Very nice. I need to see how much local FM activity there is … now that I'm near actual summits again!

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