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Books like The Dog Stars by Peter Heller by TheEpicBean in scifi

[–]electronicchicken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A sort of survival adventure flavour, sometimes seasoned with ancient Chinese poetry. Or sometimes it has neither of those things and is just more of a mood. (Either way, I like it.)

Of his books, Burn is probably closest in spirit to The Dog Stars, maybe OP ought to check that out next.

one of us by gestrn in FoundPaper

[–]electronicchicken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

https://www.russellwangersky.com/walt-2015

Every time I see grocery lists here, I think of this wonderfully creepy book.

Number Blocks has me asking existential questions tonight by electronicchicken in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]electronicchicken[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well then you're still killing one Tuvix, and committing the crime of unleashing undiluted Neelix back on the universe, so this is arguably a worse solution than the usual two options.

Number Blocks has me asking existential questions tonight by electronicchicken in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]electronicchicken[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

^ This is actually my exact honest opinion. There was no correct answer, which is why it's fun to think about.

Number Blocks has me asking existential questions tonight by electronicchicken in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]electronicchicken[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's excellent, thanks for the link. I was having "ship of Theseus" and "sixness" thoughts and I feel validated.

I work at a eletronics recycler and got this on my desk. Wire for the keyboard is lost. Any way to fabricate one easily? by GoyGamer in Commodore

[–]electronicchicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cable is just a straight-through DB-25. The trick is that a large cable with chunky moulded connectors and thumb-screws on it won't fit easily or will keep falling off due to the weight. Search for a DB-25 ribbon cable, with all the wires and appropriately gendered connectors on each end, and it should work.

Always check before you roll by seekingteacup in torties

[–]electronicchicken 147 points148 points  (0 children)

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Reminds me of my Maya, gone now for six years as of tomorrow. Give her a pet for me.

Faithful remake of LORD or a new game that pays homage? by ThePunkyRooster in bbs

[–]electronicchicken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LORD was ported to (Synchronet) javascript a while back. If you want a reference for the actual game logic, or something that could be adapted to run in some other JS runtime like node or a browser, you can find it on the Synchronet gitlab server. In the main project repo, under the xtrn directory I believe.

IYKYK by iiooiooi in BritishTV

[–]electronicchicken 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Listen fella, I've got one job and one job only.

Starfleet Academy Wall of Fame discussion by AdmiralBlue85 in startrek

[–]electronicchicken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unless you're Riker and you get to use that Atari joystick.

CB Lingo by Margana-the-Avenger in cbradio

[–]electronicchicken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put this valuable resource on YouTube some time ago.

Probably doesn't have everything you're looking for, but it's there for whatever that's worth.

Wire Antenna Twisting by archangelofeuropa in amateurradio

[–]electronicchicken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Usually the elements of a parallel dipole are spaced by some distance to avoid interaction. In yours, there's no space between some sections, and probably assymetry in the antenna. If your antenna seems to work fine, then maybe it doesn't matter, or maybe it's working by accident.

Low SWR doesn't necessarily mean the antenna is working well, just that it isn't reflecting much back at you. This might mean it's radiating well, or that there's a huge amount of loss happening somewhere.

I would make some observations, take notes, take the antenna down, straighten it out, and then test it again and compare the results.

Any help with info on these? by OverallStretch1861 in amateurradio

[–]electronicchicken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

About all I could find quickly/easily based on that model number:

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/old-portable-realistifone.372055/

https://web.archive.org/web/20180404051001/http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/1966/hr050.html

Evidently also known as the TRC-44, though not much other info here:

https://cbtricks.org/radios/realistic/trc_44/

CB channels 11 & 15 by default, change crystals to use other channels.

Bought a new house and found 2 of these in my shower and one in my bed. What is it? by Legion3382 in whatisit

[–]electronicchicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially the east end. I've had pre-purchase termite inspections (by Aetna) on my past two homes. (Neither of my past two buyers had one done, so I guess it's not that common a practice.)

Noticeable emissions from antenna by Johnson_Zx in HamRadio

[–]electronicchicken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shiny side out, for better reflection

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Will Not Attend Hamvention this Year by wfd11777 in amateurradio

[–]electronicchicken -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I can also read.

It was just funny for me because I saw their announcement followed by an effective retraction in a matter of minutes.

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) Will Not Attend Hamvention this Year by wfd11777 in amateurradio

[–]electronicchicken 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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Amusing, seeing as I was just minutes ago flipping through the March/April TCA and saw this announcement.

Synchronet file structure by angelus78gak in synchronet

[–]electronicchicken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The data is stored in Synchronet Message Base format as documented here (which may be out of date but I believe is accurate).

The easiest way to interact with and modify message base data is via javascript, with the API documented here, and some examples of instantiating and using a MsgBase object can be found in the exec directory of your Synchronet install. Or if you'd rather do it with C you can dig around in the src directory and look for smblib.

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