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@ret@furry.engineer

🔞 Half-fox, half-wolf, half-engineer. Into electronics, radio & software. (Very) amateur radio operator. Talks about NSFW stuff sometimes. Runs (NSFW) https://isthisyiff.net

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astrid, to random
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i bought a lenovo thinkpad t480 to replace the annoyingly big chungus gaming laptop i lug around. but i am speccing it out with a bunch of things

  • ssd, from old laptop
  • 32gb ram, from old laptop
  • good wifi card, from old laptop

then i will replace the old gaming laptops lid with a fresh one that doesn't have stickers, keep the old one with stickers as a keepsake, and sell it to recoup most of costs.

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@astrid @lunareclipse you can find decent size cheap SSDs that fit in the WWAN/Cellular slot too. Just some extra bonus storage space :blobfox_w: Love my T480

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@astrid @lunareclipse it’s a dorky size though unfortunately. And obviously not the normal key for SSDs. I got a BC501:

ret, to random
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strtoupper(str) → “STR”
strtopupper(str) → “🐺”

peter, to random
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They should be sanitising their database inputs rather than change the input data!

"A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems."

North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

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@peter @revk just rename them all like St. Mary\’s Walk and be done with it.

gsuberland, to random
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thank fuck JLC's depanelling service for standard PCBA is cheap. I was not looking forward to manually snapping rails off a hundred boards.

ret,
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@gsuberland if they break one or more of your boards while they’re doing that, is that on them or you to cover? Or is there like a “we may break up to some %” thing? I know when you’re producing very small boards they say there’s some acceptable loss/damage %

RobertJackson58585858, to random
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Feels like everyone in knows I've got the decorator in the house.

Just had friendly conversation in the café with a couple who hitherto we'd only exchanged smiles.

First Q: "How's the decorator getting on?"

It started a few weeks ago when I shared it in the street with someone who occasionally joins the coffee table after which it's become the opening line with more folk than I thought I knew.

(Am somewhat flattered, in truth.)

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@RobertJackson58585858 very "Hot Fuzz" :blobfox3c:​

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@RobertJackson58585858 I HEAR YOU’VE GOT THE DECORATORS IN FATHER?

ret, to random
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Looking for an appropriate way to sign off a letter to the superior landlord informing them that I have begrudgingly paid their “ground rent”. Thinking “Cordially,” or “Unhappily Acquainted,”

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Also genuinely evaluated whether it was acceptable to pay in hundreds of small cheques or bags of coppers...

ret, to random
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People being unkind to hybrid sonas :blobfoxworried: please stop

ret, to random
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Stop me buying more radios. Please.

ret, to random
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This weekend's bonus project - make a probe mount for the MTP3000-series Tetra mobile's RF service port. Took a good few iterations of the "print → test → edit" cycle but I strangely enjoy that process. I should be able to connect these mobiles to the IFR 2968 now :blobfoxcofe:​

The mount on the back of a mobile.
Another shot of the mount in place but from the top.
A shot showing how the mount holds the RF probe in place. The probe is attached to the mount with two screws. The mount clips into rails on the back of the mobile.

kiwa, to random
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No I'm not AI ready Cisco, stop spamming me bs

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@kiwa I’m not even I ready let alone AI ready

ret, to random
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the work equivalent of bankstanding

ret, to random
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Is it weird to email someone you sold something to on eBay 10 years ago asking if they still have it and would be willing to sell it again? :blobfoxthonking:

ret, to random
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Want. Definitely one of the best versions of this I’ve seen.

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Only available from the US :blobfoxdisapprove:

gsuberland, to random
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I had somehow missed or forgotten that Oracle was in the running for operating TikTok in the US and I completely creased over laughing. It's hard to imagine a more ridiculously mismatched company to run a social media site primarily used by teenagers.

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@gsuberland (not actually true) Fujitsu have tendered in the UK

svmetasearch, to random
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Oh, the irony.

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@svmetasearch @rail_ cringe. Why do they feel the need to do this stuff?

ret, to random
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we are so back

ret, to random
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Bought my first pair of pants from Screwfix. That’s it. I’m now old.

And I love it.

revk, to random
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New level!
https://github.com/revk/ESP32-Faikin/issues/277

Not sure how else to reply.

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@revk “PRs welcome!” :blobfoxmlem:

M0CUV, to random
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Been thinking about FT8, SSB and CW recently- with my compromise low power station, I can make many contacts with FT8, but I find it much harder with CW or SSB. I started thinking of these as “pre-information theory” modes, now I don’t feel so guilty that I’m augmenting my station with channel-noise-surmounting enhancements.

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@M0CUV BS (Before Shannon) and AC (After Claude) modes.

ret, to random
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arn:aws:furry:eu-west-2:362142069:folf/retsplines

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Don’t mind if I do :blobfoxeyes:

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