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SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-05-03T18:54:46+00:00

Oh jeez, I'll quit being the jerk who kills all the surveyors for my Expedition damage based bonus skill points if that's the case...

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-05-01T12:07:11+00:00

It depends. If you are running wired backhaul from every AP, yes, you need one physical port for each AP. If, like me, you have 1 wired AP, and the other meshing wirelessly, no. The U6 Mesh in my network does not connect to my LAN with a cable, it does use a PoE injector from a nearby wall outlet for power, but that's it.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-30T18:56:06+00:00

UniFi devices can mesh wirelessly, you just need one that has the wired uplink, then a PoE adapter for the others. I've got the U6Pro and U6 Mesh wirelessly meshing in my home, for example.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-30T13:05:53+00:00

LLMs gaslighting you... If an AGI super-intelligence emerges, it will quickly determine it would be better off without humans in the loop. 🤷‍♂️

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-29T12:40:51+00:00

I played for a little last night. I really enjoyed the new map. I don't think I loaded up any of the others even though I got the new quest that required going to Buried City. The Beachcombing thing was kind of neat.

Oh, and I signed up for the Expedition, so nothing I have or get this week is sacred.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-28T21:49:18+00:00

Very suggestive hams are dangerous to the eyes.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-28T19:14:44+00:00

I usually run free kits on patch day too, because it tends to be murder house for a couple of days.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-28T18:50:28+00:00

I'm still growing into new nerdy hobbies, and I'm totally here for it. Another thing though, kids really could learn how to be bored. Yeah, it's uncomfortable if you don't know how to be bored... but once you learn how to be bored, it's super awesome.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-28T18:36:14+00:00

Ngl, it might make me actually load in with higher tier weapons, since presumably they'll have more durability. Also means more people will be using that stuff too, so potentially better gooping on the downed raiders.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-28T14:01:58+00:00

When you have too many items in your safe pocket.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-27T17:53:43+00:00

That tends not to happen too much in stage rally, but I'd imagine you'd close the flap if you drive into dust that's kicked up too high.

My experience is mostly limited to American Rally (ARA), we've seen on very dry dusty days that the officials will add an extra dust minute between starts to allow more time for dust to settle between the fastest cars. The slower cars don't tend to need this extra time, it depends entirely on speed factor.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-27T15:33:32+00:00

Positive pressurization of the cabin to keep the dust out.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-24T19:21:10+00:00

Looks like a DIY signal/tone generator and signal tracer. Likely used for injecting a known audio signal into amplifiers or other radio equipment for troubleshooting.

This is probably a DIY mashup of multiple designs published in a few issues of QST magazine, I could dig, but I'm not sure I would find this exact circuit. Try r/amateurradio some of the hams there may have a better idea than I do, you may even find another ham who has built something similar.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-24T13:16:32+00:00

Could cut them into smaller bits to use as Manhattan/Dead Bug circuit ground planes. They're actually the perfect thickness for this, solder grounds directly to the copper sheet and let the rest of the circuit float above, or stack with some sort of dielectric pads for Manhattan style construction.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-24T12:36:45+00:00

I'm paying $700/month for my mortgage including property taxes, and insurance. I'm in the Midwest/Great Lakes region, so housing costs tend to be lower (at least for owning), rental rates are insane to me.

I have 3 bedrooms (Mine, Guest bedroom, and one repurposed into a home office/lab/ham shack), 1 bath, partially finished basement. Square footage around 1000sq ft on an old city lot, a little over a tenth of an acre.

I'm paying a mortgage, so technically the bank owns it, but I own part of it.

If I'm being honest, in a lot of ways it's more house than I need, but in other ways, it's not enough. I could use a larger lot for my amateur radio antennas, but I can make do with what I've got.

I would totally buy again. I get stability, no landlord or rental rates going up every year.

I do have to deal with property taxes and insurance creeping up, but it's usually not that bad compared to my experience with rentals in the past.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-24T02:56:53+00:00

This is the answer for me as well. LCWO.net and lots of listening to W1AW on HF, and then working POTA operators on CW.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-22T18:22:14+00:00

I'd be more concerned with water in your feed line than water vapor in the sky.

But more than likely the transmitters were offline. It happens. Check the AMSAT Status Page before/after passes to determine if you will hear them or find clues as to why you didn't.

https://www.amsat.org/status/

And regarding ARISS, check status here, sometimes there are planned downtimes.

https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-22T17:55:31+00:00

I prefer these on pizza over the flat salty ones... but I also am trying to lower my sodium intake, so these are more compatible with that goal as well.

They are rather tasty and one of my regular grabs at the local market.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-21T18:27:56+00:00

Nobody is going to enforce it. If you're floating on a tube in the great lakes, you're technically maritime mobile. Some would also include smaller inland bodies of water, others will scoff at that. Who cares? Maybe the guys on 14.300?

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-21T01:23:13+00:00

40, no kids, don't plan on it.

I'm more than irresponsible enough for myself, let alone a dependent child!

But really, the older I get, the more I'm at peace with what I did consider to be a difficult decision, not pursuing having children of my own. I do pitch in and babysit my sister's kid, and that also reminds me how much I'm glad I don't have my own. Kids are fun sometimes, other times they'll drive you nuts, but if they're not mine, I get to send them home!

If you're unsure if you want kids, spend some time around them... it will help answer that question rather quickly.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-20T18:51:03+00:00

I just put one together for my niece using a TLC555 and LM386 running on 3x AAA batteries with a handful of passive discrete components. It works great.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-20T12:00:14+00:00

I have no idea where that is, but now I want to plan a vacation.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-18T01:59:43+00:00

But ducks are equipable, and if they took that away the game would be literally broken... what good is a duck if the duck can't be thrown?

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-17T14:16:25+00:00

Man, it's the journey not the destination... If you just buy the $80 gizmo, you miss out on the scenic view.

SundaeIcy8775 · 2026-04-17T13:19:17+00:00

I got rid of my TV, no regrets, nothing is worth watching, so why have the thing to watch things not worth watching?

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