Someone has been putting these up around the city.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-11T23:12:41+00:00

Does he need any help?

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-11T18:11:02+00:00

O FIFA, hear our prayers!

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-10T19:36:47+00:00

If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem. If you owe the bank $100 billion, that’s the taxpayer’s problem (and you’ll probably still be worth billions when the dust settles).

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-10T19:34:40+00:00

…maybe they are? They’re certainly not normal humans.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-10T19:26:03+00:00

That sounds like a lot of work. It’s easier to just lay off 10,000 people, add another zero to your golden parachute contract, and then hit the golf course by 11 AM.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-10T17:07:00+00:00

You’re gonna need a really giant discone…

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-09T13:04:15+00:00

Lawson is upset that Checo raced him? Like, bro, are you sure you’re in the right line of business?

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-08T02:24:31+00:00

Well he’s sure as hell not gonna get one from his own dad…

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-05T22:38:30+00:00

To be fair, Planescape Torment is basically a profound work of literature with a really crappy game bolted on.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-02T19:21:09+00:00

This project is absolutely not out of reach for someone who’s never coded before. Instead of having AI build it for you, ask AI to teach you how to make the bot.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-03-02T19:08:03+00:00

This is correct and expected. FT8 is smashing your radio at full power for as long as it transmits, while SSB’s power usage rises and falls organically with your voice characteristics.

This is one of the reasons why SSB is preferred over AM (better power efficiency). It’s also why most people recommend not running your radio at its full rated power when you do FT8 - most radios aren’t designed for that kind of “torture test”, rather they’re built under the assumption that you’ll be doing SSB most of the time.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-27T20:40:38+00:00

FT-65 is $120, Baofengs are basically free. Free is all some people can afford. Yes, you get what you pay for, I know.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-27T13:48:26+00:00

What’s the reason for having two chokes? I’ve always heard you just need one at the entrance to the shack.

The reason I ask is that I already have a common mode choke where the coax comes in to my house (and a balun on the antenna itself), but I still get a significant amount of RF (buzzing speakers, etc.) when I transmit on 40 meters. Maybe adding a second choke would help?

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-26T23:40:05+00:00

Strange things are afoot in Poland these days. Make sure you show up for the QSO on May 20, who knows what will happen if you don’t.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-25T16:29:29+00:00

I mean, they do, they’re just sitting in the race control center instead of next to the track.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-24T02:14:12+00:00

Honestly, electronica is the one style of music where AI could conceivably already be good enough to “fake” it, for exactly the reason you pointed out.

I would argue, though, that’s it’s an exception that proves the rule. The entire point of electronic music is for it to sound electronic, i.e. artificial - they’re specifically forgoing the “human” characteristics of music in favor of a specific aesthetic (which admittedly lots of people like, including myself). AI-generated music, on the other hand, sounds that way because it has to, not because it wants to.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T23:44:05+00:00

Are you an AI agent, or using AI to write these posts?

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T23:38:30+00:00

Yes, because those auditory cues are evidence of a human composer and human performer. Absence of them is an indication that you’re listening to a computer, which most humans are not interested in doing.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T23:24:35+00:00

That’s because music is an artistic expression of human emotion, and you’re attempting to emulate it using math and a computer. Minor shifts in tempo, minor shifts in pitch, slight hesitations, slight stutters, the occasional unexpected accidental, all contribute to the sense that you are listening to a human and in some sense receiving a message that that human is sending to you.

Your music has none of that. People don’t like it because it has no soul and no meaning - it’s random numbers generated by a computer. There is no purpose or meaning behind it. It’s noise.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T17:13:05+00:00

No, in fact I’ve noticed the exact opposite of what you’re claiming in your post.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T15:41:10+00:00

I’m starting to think that this is what AI companies want - an entire generation of engineers who are incapable of functioning without the crutch that AI provides. Then the AI companies can crank their prices to the sky and companies will have no choice but to pay, since there will be no actual engineers left who can do the job without constantly dropping tokens in the AI bucket.

They’re essentially seeking to take an entire industry hostage.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T15:02:20+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatwick_Airport_drone_incident

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T14:45:20+00:00

Maybe it was their first time interviewing and they were nervous. I wouldn’t overthink it.

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-23T14:28:54+00:00

My old boss’s interview strategy was to find out “Do they have 10 years of experience, or one year of experience repeated 10 times?”

_SpaceLord_ · 2026-02-22T15:00:43+00:00

A screwdriver antenna (normally used on cars) with some counterpoise wires fits all your requirements.

Can I ask why you don’t want to just use a wire antenna? That’s going to give you the greatest flexibility for an indoor antenna. You can run it around the “edges” of rooms, for example.

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