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wa7iut

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Licensed since 1967. Boise, Idaho, USA. Doing a lot of wireless IoT professionally (mainly BLE). Working on getting back on the air, with a magnetic loop this time. Like SWL'ing and CW.

Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy book:
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/getting-started-with/9781491900550/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdavidson

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jeffjarvis, to random
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It wasn't the safety team. It was the doom team. AI is a h all of mirrors....
OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team
https://gizmodo.com/openai-reportedly-dissolves-its-existential-ai-risk-tea-1851484827

wa7iut,
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@jeffjarvis
It was more exciting when possibly the Terminator would emerge from some Silicon Valley datacenter and not just another tech bro scam to privatize profits off the public commons and externalize losses and social and environmental damage, all based on fancy autocomplete.

It’s similar to the way Elon sold going to Mars when really SpaceX is just vandalizing the sky for private gain.

stux, to random
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Feeds are rebuilding, search database is indexing and sidekiq is working away the backlog

Currently just a little over half a million :sidekiq:

I'm gonna get some coffee first

wa7iut,
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@stux

Got sleep?

futurebird, to random
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I will NOT let Pica bully me! I'm bigger than her and she can't "make" me do things!!

wa7iut,
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@futurebird @pdkoenig

That's because they always show up!!

AbandonedAmerica, to random
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The remains of a gorgeous abandoned theater that was hidden for years above the roof of a grocery store built into the lower level

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/girard-theatre

wa7iut,
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@AbandonedAmerica

Boise is lucky they were able to preserve their old Egyptian Theater. It’s a shame others haven’t been as lucky.

https://egyptiantheatre.net/about/

ai6yr, to food

Avocado shortages likely due to climate change https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/avocado-shortage-climate-change-water-b2543950.html

wa7iut,
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@ai6yr @burritojustice

I guess I’ll be stuck with $7 cinnamon toast now 😭

azonenberg, to random
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New toy just showed up in the mail... It's my beta ThunderScope!

Will start playing with it after work but here's some quick unboxing pics.

Black Pelican case labeled "ThunderScope" with "made in Canada" "OSHW", and "EEVengers" logos on it
Black instrument case in foam cutout with four BNCs on one side and two on the other, labeled "ThunderScope Beta 2"

wa7iut,
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@azonenberg

sounds a little scary, tbh! 😱

azonenberg, to random
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Anybody else ever look at a distributed-memory architecture diagram and start humming "Dragostea Din Tei" to yourself?

wa7iut,
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@azonenberg

and then break into an uninhibited Numa Numa dance

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random

Bibimbap!

wa7iut,
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@atomicpoet

looks good!

Shanitoba, to random
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Dîner! Moules Marinières. 😋

wa7iut,
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@Shanitoba

prairie oysters!

wa7iut,
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@Shanitoba

same here, annually we raise $’s for the Eagle, Idaho volunteer fire dept with the nut feed 😱😂

mekkaokereke, to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

wa7iut,
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@kinsale42 @tojiro @mekkaokereke

I agree

https://www.fiatusa.com/500e.html?sid=1037056&KWNM=fiat+500E+mileage&KWID=43700079466973292&TR=1&channel=paidsearch&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrvyxBhAbEiwAEg_Kgvb5Oh7p_oo3Xz5_ChtJ7ujXpjRJaLVD2WB-hiuwn233cVRJKAatIhoCIY4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

wa7iut, to random
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waiting for the magnetic poles to flip! 😱

https://undark.org/2018/01/26/books-alanna-mitchell-spinning-magnet/

NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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An article on my latest stamp.

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/nunavuts-50-metre-tall-pants-rock-formation-honoured-with-stamp/

wa7iut,
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@NunavutBirder

reminds me a little of Ilanaaq the Inukshuk

N4JAW, to amateurradio
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Heading out for some early morning #pota #parksontheair fun. Did I read something about a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch? ☹️ #solarcycle25 #geomagneticstorm #solarflares #AmateurRado #hamradio

wa7iut,
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@N4JAW

yep!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental

sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

wa7iut,
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@sundogplanets

back in the late 70s my dad got involved in the recovery of nuclear material spread around northern Canada by a failed Russian satellite.

wa7iut,
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@sundogplanets

yes, he was involved in understanding nuclear proliferation on the technical level. He was at the U.S. DOE Pacific Northwest Lab at the time, later at Los Alamos. I'm sure there was an interest in collecting nuclear signatures (nuclear intelligence), cleaning up, and security issues since it probably was plutonium.

Did I mention the satellite I worked on in grad school at Johns Hopkins/Naval Research Labs got shot down? 😱

wa7iut,
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@sundogplanets

P78-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solwind

I worked on the X-MON sensors (used for X-ray astronomy, looking for X-ray burst sources)

Fitting end to my grad student career! 😂

sundogplanets, to random
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Got the electronet out and set up, and now all the 4 legged animals are out on grass for the first time this year! They are sooooo happy. (And the llama doesn't seem to have any thoughts of escape, so that's great).

A herd of over a dozen white goats with a couple of brown and black goats sprinkled in. They are 100% concentrating on eating. They are in a bright green grassy area, with a tall wooden fence, tall spruce trees, and a large old yellow barn in the background. There are lovely poofy clouds in a bright blue sky above.

wa7iut,
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@sundogplanets
that’s just what llamas like you to think

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random

Listen, if you’re a white person, and you think you’ve had Szechuan food, you probably haven’t.

Most of the Szechuan restaurants in the USA lack a basic component: spiciness.

I say this because a friend from out of town just went to a Szechuan restaurant in Vancouver, thought it was going to be business as usual, and now he’s doubled over because the spice is too much for him.

He tells me, it’s so bad, that he feels the spice eking out of his pores. 🤣

wa7iut,
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@atomicpoet
In the words of Fleetwood Mac
🎶Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow🎶

😂

SRDas, to Japan
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Kid1 uses their blue steel (aogami) (#1 😳*) that I picked up at a hardware store in Shimabara to make short work of some cabbage for knife practice.

*Wasn't on the cards (they have ok knives) - but couldn't pass up

wa7iut,
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@SRDas

parenting can be 😱at times but you have to let them take risks.

futurebird, to random
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The overhead for the AI on a minecraft ant is so great that the mod creators limit the colonies to just 20 ants to prevent lag. Fine for gameplay 20 feels like a lot.

Interesting the kind of things they do: remember the location of their nest, find a path back, collect leaves etc. are so taxing.

In the real world a colony of 1000+ is typical. Some colonies have millions of ants. And real ants have much more to "process" Kind of gives you a sense of the scale of the intelligence of a colony.

wa7iut,
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@futurebird

also, doesn’t take a nuclear reactor to run the colony!

imtheq, to random
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Today's Blog - 5.5.24

https://www.amandaquraishi.com/blog-5-5-24/

wa7iut,
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@imtheq

I think this is the answer Q. I’m working to get the local Presbyterians to rocket the local Mormon temple (and vice versa).

https://press.coop/@BBCWorld/112388714565814231

mattblaze, to photography
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nerdetry:

I have a pretty developed and deliberate approach to the photos I make, in that I generally have a fairly clear vision of the final result I want to achieve when I'm capturing something, even for details like contrast and tonality.

Except for color toning. I almost never have any idea whether I will add a sepia tint or whatever. I'm totally ad hoc and inconsistent about this, and I often go back and forth several times before settling on a final version.

wa7iut,
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@mattblaze

The person I know who used to critique colorizing B&W seemed mainly to object to people colorizing other’s work, especially historical photos. It seems like if you as the photographer decide to do that, it’s fair as you’re the creator.

evan, (edited ) to random
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Which of these body parts do you still have?

#EvanPoll #poll

wa7iut,
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@evan

how do you know? 😃

NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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My wife is home.

Video of snowmobiles pulling qamutiit on the sea ice. A cotton candy sky of pinks and blues. In front of the camera one snowmobile stops. Behind the sun shines on the top of the mountain despite it being almost midnight.

wa7iut,
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@NunavutBirder

hope you cleaned the kitchen before she got home😂

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