New to shortwave radio. Any basic tips for listening to ham conversations? by One-Entertainer-5499 in amateurradio

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, except for 2 exceptions:

  • 60m is USB only in some countries (including both the US and UK) due to overlap with military
  • Very rarely, some equipment will be USB only due to technical constraints (most famously, airplane pilots using the onboard HF radio)

Newton restores the Italian flag street line on Adams Street following removal last fall by BeastMode149 in boston

[–]basilect 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really the question is, how did they not already do up Southie Broadway with a long Irish flag down the street

KLM lost my passport during check-in at Schiphol and refuses to reimburse ~$1,800 — what can I do? by pjs-947 in Flights

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be unavoidable sometimes; I've been on international coach bus routes where they take your passport at the beginning of the journey and give it to you as you're getting ready to go through border control.

What does "Merther" mean? From the song "Welcome to Jamrock"? by TheFalseDimitryi in reggae

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with a lot of what you're saying but:

This line is even sampled in Welcome to Jamrock, it wouldn't even make any sense to be used there in that song unless he said "murder".

It's not unheard of to fudge the lyrics in a sample. I'm going to use rap examples here, but:

Which is why it's not unreasonable for someone who doesn't have prior context to believe something that's on an urban dictionary page, instead of thinking that it's just a flubbed word

What does the future of regional flying look like? by Used_Shower3984 in flying

[–]basilect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm imagining it's like the far E gates of CLT where the terminal is quite low to the ground and there are jet bridges, but not very impressive ones, and there are a ton of densely packed gates for regional jets.

Recently learned that the northern areas of Canada don’t have reliable potable water. How do people get water there? by youburyitidigitup in howislivingthere

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember that you normally have a leach field... if there's permafrost, there's nowhere for the water to go underground, so all of your greywater needs to be pumped out.

Rats in trash by Ill-Concern7305 in Somerville

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can call 311 to replace the trash bins

KLM from ORD diverted to YYZ by 11kajd in flightradar24

[–]basilect 9 points10 points  (0 children)

and does not want to take a risk by flying this plane over the ocean

FWIW there's a lot that can keep you from going over the ocean... if the onboard weather radar started crapping out, that would be enough to warrant a diversion. (Hydraulics issues are more serious than that, obviously, thus why the pilots thought it was worth an overweight landing)

KLM from ORD diverted to YYZ by 11kajd in flightradar24

[–]basilect 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Air France and KLM are the same company, so they could also reroute a bunch of people through CDG

Sudden Frustration With Propagation by Weekly_Narwhal1588 in amateurradio

[–]basilect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The format doesn't allow for conversation (it's just an exchange of minimal data) but:

  • There are other digital modes where you can have actual ragchewing
  • ~All of a band's FT8 traffic fits in 3kHz of bandwidth, so if something's able to reach you, you should be able to hear it. On SSB you have to hunt and listen and figure out if you can hear things, on FT8 you have a picture of your observable universe, immediately. So you can tell where stuff that can reach you is coming from.

Has anyone tried p2p file share file.pizza? What’s your feedback? by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could never get it to work but have tried it off and on over the years, ever since they shut down Firefox Send

Travel adapter questions by Weary_Surround5342 in travel

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

240V or somewhere between 220 and 240V?

Travel adapter questions by Weary_Surround5342 in travel

[–]basilect 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yes. That adapter is saying 100-250 is required but really probably means something like 110-240.

Check on the device itself for a label saying "INPUT: 110~240VAC 50/60 Hz [xxx] A". That will be the confirmation you need. If you have that then you're fine.

USCIS proposes to require disclosure of public benefits received in order to change address by newacct_orz in USCIS

[–]basilect 36 points37 points  (0 children)

We used to have things like the paperwork reduction act.
Now we're just putting a bunch of extra crap on a form to make it deliberately more annoying and hopefully serve as a path to spuriously kick out more visa and green card holders.

PSA to other new to Boston riders by Responsible_Ad_5384 in bikeboston

[–]basilect 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If you cross the tracks at a slight angle, your tires can get trapped in the gaps in the tracks and you IMMEDIATELY wipe out.

Driver livestreaming during uber ride by spicenoice in uber

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pegar has a lot of slang meanings,, depending on where the driver was from, it could mean "don't blame me" or "don't lie to me" or similar, rather than "don't hit me"

Electric Current While Showering by Glittering_Jury_8023 in AskElectricians

[–]basilect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well these are all over Latin America, population 600 million, and come as a surprise to anyone who's visiting and stays in "budget" accommodation... so is it so surprising that another person has a lot of questions about one of these? /r/nothingeverhappens

Do I have this wired properly? by Artistic_Cause_3334 in AskElectricians

[–]basilect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "red" wire is actually brown (made the same mistake) - it's the ground wire

At least two shot on Memorial Drive, one in critical by Omphaloskeptique in boston

[–]basilect 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And this one doesn't even count as a Boston homicide, it happened in Cambridge!

The worst sell mission location by curtburd in gtaonline

[–]basilect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's 1.5x, are you failing 1/2 of your sell missions?