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kelvin0mql

@kelvin0mql@mastodon.hams.social

Grumpy ol' codger. Ham since '92 or somethin'.

I'm not the Elephant Man; also not an elephant, man.

It's not that I don't WANT you to follow me. It's that I didn't know that feature existed, until I bumped into it on someone else's profile. So now you know.

#HamsOverIP: 100163
#HamshackHotline: (closed, B.L. is an alpha-hotel)
#AntiFascist
#CamelCaseYourHashTags
#AmateurRadio
#Photography
#Music
#Comedy
#Satire
#DevOps
#LoveIsLove
#BlackLivesMatter
#HeHimHis
#CisHet

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kelvin0mql, to Discord
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Hey tech/SM companies: when you send an email out summarizing changes to your ToS/Policies, don't just tell us what SORT of things were changed, summarize WHAT YOU CHANGED. FROM WHAT, TO WHAT.

Making me read the entire policy and also somehow have access to the previous policy is OBTUSE BULLSHIT.

Looking at you,

Fucking dorks.

futurebird, to random
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"None of the people who believe in the Toss Kids In A Lava Lake philosophy will come on our program... they have so much contempt for us because we keep saying lava lakes are bad for kids... So, in order to be balanced let's pay one 300k to show up. We can't have people thinking we aren't open minded enough to listen to both sides!"

kelvin0mql,
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@phaedral @futurebird
I switched from Spotify to Tidal for all those reasons. Then I realized I was listening to public radio more than Tidal anyway, so I quit Tidal & send monthly support to MPR.

We’re kinda spoiled with really good public radio choices here in the Twin Cities.

Geojoek, to random
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(1/2)

Obstacles in homebrewing ladder line: I foolishly thought 14" zip ties would be long enough, doubled over, to use in a 6" fin tube insulator & have enough extra to loop around the antenna wire and engage the the teeth. Nope!

And it turns out 16" zip ties are too wide to fit through the insulator.

The simplest solution would be to purchase 4" insulators to use with the 14" zip ties. It would add $15 and another two weeks to the project with waiting for them to come in the post.

But...

kelvin0mql,
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@Geojoek
Frustrating conundrum.

LeftistLawyer, to random
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    kelvin0mql,
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    @neonsnake @LeftistLawyer
    This is a good point.

    So I have to nominate our Breville Express Impress espresso machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mms3yKAdQcg

    Prior to this, I was making our daily coffees using a pair of Bialetti Moka pots. The Breville is giving us better coffee, less work, less messy, & a truly enjoyable morning routine.

    Now - if someone made the same thing but with a grinder that was as quiet as our Bosch dishwasher, I'd be able to make coffee while she's still asleep. That would be nice.

    kfury, to random
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    Now I understand why it’s mHz and kWh!

    kelvin0mql,
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    @revk @kfury
    Truth.

    I get misused a LOT.

    Dianora, to martialartsmemes
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    kelvin0mql,
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    @Dianora
    They're just trying to prove or disprove the old legend that the green M&Ms make people horny.

    kelvin0mql, to random
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    Sexism In The Age Of Cholera… or is it Covid?

    Anytime I’m going to be within 10 feet of people other than my wife, I wear a 3m 8210 N95 mask. It has two real straps that go around my head, holding it tightly to my face all the way around. Does it mess up my hair? Sure. I don’t fucking care. I need to not get Covid…

    https://n0mql.com/sexism-in-the-age-of-cholera-or-is-it-covid/

    RickiTarr, to random
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    I wish I could truly make people understand how much of a cult Conservative Fundamentalism is, and how much it truly brainwashes you. It is easy to say, "How can those people be so stupid, how can they not see?", but unless you've been inside it, you cannot understand how much effort is put into making sure that people cannot understand or see.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @RickiTarr
    Coincidentally, I watched this YT vid during lunch:
    https://youtu.be/v8QJ4CLQlRo

    LeftistLawyer, to random
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    kelvin0mql,
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    @Mungencakes @LeftistLawyer
    The goal is the device they use to wrap nylon netting around Xmas trees. You have to dive through it, & then you’re wrapped in it tightly with the MiseryBall.

    hotdogsladies, to random
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    I printed a big white box for taking fancy photos.

    But it's not very interesting to photograph a big white box, so I also printed a tiny version of the big white box so I could photograph it in the big white box.

    And, yes: for obvious reasons, future versions will get increasingly smaller.

    And, no: the rabbit is not shown to scale.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @hotdogsladies

    But is the rabbit shown to scale of that particular rabbit?

    jeffowski, to atheism
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    kelvin0mql,
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    @LeftistLawyer @jeffowski
    Paraphrased to modern terms: Indoctrinate them early, & they’ll believe that shit their whole lives.

    Then of course, “Thou shall not test the Lord thy God.”

    Oh yeah? Why not? Pics, or it didn’t happen.

    LeftistLawyer, to random
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    kelvin0mql,
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    @aburtch @LeftistLawyer
    I mean… the crescent moon WOULD look cool with a Pepsi logo laser projected on it. Briefly.

    kelvin0mql, to random
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    So… I see this on JS8Call on 40m.

    Tempted to send this SMS.

    Dare me?

    Picture of JS8Call screen where KE0DHO has sent an APRSIS test SMS message. It includes the phone number he's trying to send the test to.

    revk, (edited ) to random
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    It is Tue 30th Jan

    When is “next Friday”?

    [boost boost boost]

    kelvin0mql,
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    @KJ7OFH @revk

    After reading the comments herein, I'd say 100% are confused.

    It must be regional, which took me aback.

    Here in MN, a day that is within the current week, you just say the day. The rest of the context of the sentence should already make it clear whether you're talking about the past or the future (i.e. "On Sunday we went".

    But if it's a day next week, then "Next Friday" means not "THIS Friday".

    Y'all might be right where you are, but here, I'm right. Odd.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @revk @KJ7OFH
    Right?!

    From a printed calendar perspective, the week starts Sunday morning.

    From an emotional/mental perspective, it starts Monday morning, for people who work mostly Mon-Fri.

    It’s called the weekend, not the weekend-and-beginning.

    ccook, to knitting
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    Second-ever sweater off the needles!

    Yarn: Some lion brand acrylic stuff, nice to work with honestly.

    Pattern: Literally just vibes and making shapes until the spirits of my ancestors tell 'stop my child'

    @knitting

    kelvin0mql,
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    @ccook @knitting
    Much of my belongings, and indeed my person, can be described as lumpy but serviceable.

    LeftistLawyer, to random
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    Caveat emptor.

    The only thing private ownership does better than public ownership is provide dividends to private shareholders.

    But through public ownership, YOU are the shareholder, and the dividend is better service for all instead of profit for the few.

    https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/01/hospitals-slash-staff-services-quality-of-care-when-private-equity-takes-over/

    kelvin0mql,
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    @jonahgibberish @LeftistLawyer

    I remember seeing/hearing someone say "Caveat venditor" in some TV-show context.

    It was such a refreshing turn that I still remember it a few decades later.

    kelvin0mql, to random
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    My APRS gateway would sometimes go offline.

    One time, one of the pi programs borked.

    Two times, I'd bumped the knob on the radio & it wasn't on 144.39 anymore.

    A friendly local ham informed me via email each time, I almost never have that screen up.

    Well, now I have a ProtonMail Bridge running, & using my api_key from aprs.fi, I have a python script run by cron hourly all day. It checks for both my gateway & another associated one, & if it's been silent for more than an hour, STUPID 500CHAR

    kelvin0mql,
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    THE 500CHAR LIMIT IS STUPID
    THE 500CHAR LIMIT IS DRACONIAN
    THE 500CHAR LIMIT IS OPPRESSIVE
    WE ARE HAMS, WE HAVE TECHNICAL SHIT TO EXPLAIN FFS
    SMITTY CAN YOU HEAR ME?!

    ...if it's been silent for more than an hour, my phone makes an alert noise.

    It emails my phone either way, whether the time comparison is more or less than an hour. But it only makes the noise if it's been more than an hour.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @LaNaehForaday
    In the voice of Tim Allen, playing Buzz Lightyear...

    "You're... mocking me, aren't you?"

    llorenzin, to ADHD

    brainweasel wrangling, edition!

    After figuring out years ago that I can listen better, especially over long periods of time, if I have something to keep my hands busy, I try to always have a project on hand heading into multi-day meetings or conferences.

    Ran out of time to prep for this one, so I started winding my skein into a yarn ball during opening remarks, got my sizing swatch done for a one-skein triangle shawl (Moogly Fortune's Shawlette) by the end of One Track Mind, and made a nice bit more progress during the firetalks...

    It's the perfect con project - a simple diagonal-box-stitch repeat, no complex counting required. Just add a box every row until I run out of yarn, and then frog back until I have enough yarn left for the edging. 😁

    @crochet

    Yarn ball wound from that skein, sitting on my Ghibli Museum susuwatari crochet bag
    Six-box sizing swatch of the Moogly Fortune's Shawlette, next to my ruler - exactly four inches! This never happens.
    WIP triangle on a white sheet next to my ruler. I frogged the sizing swatch (because I hadn't expected to get it right on the first try and thus wasn't paying as close attention as I would have liked!) and still managed to end up with 8 inches of progress at the end of the evening...

    kelvin0mql,
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    @crochet @llorenzin
    Love the color way. Reminds me of a Grackal’s head.

    sidereal, to random
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    Wow look it's exactly what happened when we got rid of the streetcars. Aged extremely well

    kelvin0mql,
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    @Dianora @sidereal
    And in Mpls/StPaul.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @Dianora
    Going to?

    No, I mean that we had a mature, robust streetcar system up through the '40s. Some mob-connected dorks got into government & it got torn out in 1954. 3 years before my oldest brother was born.

    Literally criminal.

    ai6yr, (edited ) to cycling
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    Paramedic in the family kiboshed my usual bicycling route to the auto repair shop (the one with the bicycle lane), and told me to take the lesser traveled road WITHOUT bicycle lanes (due to slower traffic speeds...the bike lane route is 50mph limit but people frequently at 60mph+). Probably good advice. Hope the upgrade to separated lanes on that road will mitigate that issue somewhat. (although, no spindly traffic barrier will stop a car going 65mph, but it will reduce probability of sideswiping)

    kelvin0mql,
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    @ai6yr @gretared @superdilettante

    My guess is that the EMT's remark was merely based on the fact that in many places, ALL the spots right up front are handicapped spots.

    Aside from that, from my experience, the 49.9% of drivers who are below average just barely manage when they're on a divided highway with only one sensible direction to go. In parking lots, where nearly any direction is viable, they display very poor skills with alarming frequency.

    The other 50.1% mess up sometimes, too.

    kelvin0mql,
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    @ai6yr @gretared @superdilettante

    They should just insist upon strong bollards everywhere, so we can shop and dine in relative safety.

    AND so we can have more YouTube compilations of drunk idiots trying to leap-frog over them and basically punching themselves in the nut-sack with THE EARTH... which is also fun.

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