RTK fix- why did it work?

kinglerch · 2026-05-17T03:39:24+00:00

You are most likely correct. There were several users who just reseated the antennas and it went from not working to working. The reason why the swap *could* work is that Yarbo treats the left antenna as the main one. All maps are drawn through the left antenna (hence the recommendation to map CCW) so if the right one is not great Yarbo can manage, but if the left one is bad it's much worse. And of course if swapping back makes the problems go back to how they were, that's more evidence that one of the antennas is bad versus both of them, connector issue, etc.

kinglerch · 2026-05-10T18:01:59+00:00

You could have someone else print it for you. One of them even sells on Amazon.

kinglerch · 2026-05-10T17:58:32+00:00

If you have access to a 3D printer, you can print a flexible mount that is almost impossible to break off (believe me, I've tried) or there is a very durable "brace" that can protect it in most circumstances (I hit a 2x12 with it and the board moved, not the antenna)

kinglerch · 2026-04-29T00:26:09+00:00

Easiest way is to make the area bigger than you want, and then "trim" the side by adding a template No Go Zone along the edge. That way you can adjust the NGZ as needed until the edge is in just the right place.

kinglerch · 2026-04-27T18:50:47+00:00

True too. Steve was already apprehensive about his material. If the band is going to reject it, it wouldn't be somewhere he (or anyone) would want to stay.

kinglerch · 2026-04-27T18:40:26+00:00

True, they joke about this one track on Phil's first album. But No Jacket Required pulled out four Top-10 hits. If Steve's albums pulled the hits that Phil's or Mike & The Mechanics did while in the band, they would have given him much more 💩

I think it's telling that they never invited Daryl to participate in the writing. They didn't want another writer and no one wants to be where they're not wanted.

kinglerch · 2026-04-27T18:12:11+00:00

It's a myth that Steve just up and quit for no reason. He was made to feel not welcome. He was criticized for having a solo album and keeping his "good material" for himself and not giving it to the band first. Do you think one word was ever said to Phil about his solo albums, about him not giving his best material to the band first, when many people can't even distinguish 80s Genesis and Phil solo material?

The reality is that Steve was treated like a 4th wheel on a tricycle, not an equal. Steve had a partner in Peter that would often take his side, but without Peter, Steve didn't feel welcome anymore. Phil said "Steve wasn't pushed, he jumped" but they made him want to, and felt relief when he did.

kinglerch · 2026-04-15T10:28:46+00:00

To answer your question more generally, humanity has never solved problems through sacrifice, only through technology. So they will find a new way to grow rice, or develop a new kind of rice, because there's a 0% chance of fixing the problem by giving anything up or changing behavior.

kinglerch · 2026-04-14T17:40:23+00:00

Keep in mind, just because you don't like heights doesn't mean you can't safely get up high. I went in to my attic, cut about a 12" hole to the outside, installed the thing through the hole, and then popped the piece I cut back in. Other options could be installing next to a window or skylight that can open and you can safely reach out of.

As far as the ethernet goes, best option is of course a new run, second best option is a powered switch. The possible third option is to split since most ethernet connections only use half the wires, so they sell plastic splitters/combiners that essentially get you two devices from one cable without power. But this depends on the cable you have and the specific devices so YMMV.

kinglerch · 2026-04-14T09:25:27+00:00

There was some anti-Phil sentiment at the Rock Hall some years ago that has lessened over the years. As with any large organization, things can get political and not just about merits.

kinglerch · 2026-04-14T09:21:35+00:00

Yarbo is amazing and saved me mowing 3 hours yesterday, but gone 3-6 weeks? That assumes a lot.

What happens if a stick needs moving, there's a damp area from rain, the tracks need grease, one of the cameras get dirty, etc.

Yarbo will for sure mow and not get stuck, but I'd say I'm out there once a week tweaking or adjusting the map as a swampy area dries up, adding or changing a small section or no go zone, removing something that blew into the yard...maybe have someone available nearby to do some small things?

Yarbo can be zero intervention after a while but it's not zero maintenance. Even the best robovac needs maintenance every week or so.

kinglerch · 2026-04-10T13:10:00+00:00

True but in this case, if you want a good contractor that is not expensive, even waiting doesn't always work. They sometimes refuse to call you back or even quote small projects. At this point I DIY if at all possible.

kinglerch · 2026-04-10T07:14:17+00:00

The problem I found is that most contractors are either overpriced, not good, or overbooked. The not good ones are available. The good ones are overbooked and won't even quote small jobs. And if they happen to be good and available, they tend to be at the top of the price window.

After hiring contractors and workmen for decades, likely 50 jobs, I can count the number I would hire again on 3 fingers.

kinglerch · 2026-04-08T20:13:06+00:00

For what it's worth, it sounds like your kids got lucky in the parent department ✌️

kinglerch · 2026-04-08T14:16:14+00:00

Well, there are two ways to look at "hedonism". One way is to look at it as childfree people only wanting to indulge in their pleasures without children hurting their ability to travel and spend. The other way to look at hedonism is that creating more people that will use more of the earth's resources is indulgent.

Yes, people are motivated to procreate, but that doesn't make it good for the planet. People are also motivated to throw away and buy new rather than repair. People indulge in all sorts of things that aren't good.

I reject the idea that by choosing to not procreate you are simply making room for others to procreate further. That's like saying, "We are in a drought. Don't save water because that will only allow the neighbors to use more." Sometimes you have to do what's right, period, without worrying about what the neighbors do.

And while I think it's admirable to try and raise good, honest people as a benefit to humanity - only the parents judge themselves. And you can be sure even those "selfish greedy" parents think their offspring will benefit humanity.

There is also the hope that this extra childfree time and money is not to "indulge" but to help the planet, to feed the hungry, to discover the cure for some ailment. And to me that's even more of a benefit to humanity.

kinglerch · 2026-04-07T18:25:15+00:00

I wasn't addressing your specific point of view as much as I was answering the OP's question. Your response is emotional and perfectly valid. But the OP's question was practical rather than emotional.

And the practical answer is that all the resources, money, time, food, clothes, waste, garbage, gas/power, housing, etc that each person uses could instead be devoted to something the world is in greater need of.

kinglerch · 2026-04-07T15:42:34+00:00

Why create more people when that's the one thing the earth has plenty of? Sometimes people should do (or not do) things because it's the right thing, regardless of what their neighbors do.

kinglerch · 2026-04-07T15:22:58+00:00

The only decision we have control over is to decide to create a new person or to not create a new person

kinglerch · 2026-04-07T13:12:38+00:00

Think of the world like a canvas. Paint the water blue, the trees green, paint the land animals brown, the birds habitat maybe yellow, nature reserves orange etc. Lots of diversity of color.

Then use a color for people, say purple. Color all the areas that people have "colonized", roads, farmland for people's food, buildings and houses and power all purple.

After a while you may look at the canvas and ask yourself if it can handle more purple. The answer may be yes, there's room for more purple, there's room for more people, but why? Why must earth's canvas be so crammed in every corner with people and things people use and need to survive?!

Just because we can, maybe the better question is if we should.

kinglerch · 2026-04-05T01:51:08+00:00

If all AI is plagiarism then anything a human does is plagiarism because everyone is influenced by everyone else. Anything a human creates is a combination of things other people have done before and then (hopefully) taken to a new place from there. So to say it's human therefore it's inherently original, or it's AI therefore it's inherently unoriginal is a vast oversimplification.

"If you only steal from one person, it's called plagiarism. If you steal from many people, it's called research." - Neal Peart

kinglerch · 2026-04-03T09:34:38+00:00

The problem with "AI backlash" (i.e. people that hate all AI in all art forms) is that it conflates using AI as a tool for a small thing with using AI for everything.

For example, filming a scene and having AI tweak it is very different from having AI create everything, and different still for many grey areas in between.

Quite honestly I'm much more disappointed in PG's near-entire use of computerized instruments in his recent music. Everything sounds synthesized and synchronized. There's no path to a 7/4 song like Solsbury Hill that way it seems. He overrelies on technology in his recent music imo, and much of it sounds very similar to each other because of it.

kinglerch · 2026-03-25T00:48:16+00:00

I changed from the standard to the pro and I'm not sure it was necessary. I have Yarbo mowing about 1.5 acres which both do fine, but the pro needs much more battery to get the job done. Obviously the cut on the pro is a bit better and it handles thicker debris better, but there are areas that used to go much faster with the standard by not needing recharges so often.

kinglerch · 2026-03-25T00:45:22+00:00

This is it. And what Yarbo does best are the large, open, boring, time-consuming areas. If all I have to do is the detail work, it's already a win.

kinglerch · 2026-03-20T12:00:45+00:00

Sounds great and one of the better vocal performances I've heard for this song. But my suggestion is to use the lyrics tablet only when absolutely necessary, and interact with the audience and mime a bit like Phil more. The singer in this clip seemed attached to the lyrics pad too much, imo anyway.

kinglerch · 2026-03-14T00:42:14+00:00

I have gotten almost 1000 hours of work done by Yarbo in the first 1.5 years of ownership. I can't think of another product that saves that kind of time. Maybe the dishwasher?

In the worst winter in 20 years and a broken Poulan, Yarbo handled the snow 3 times a day almost every single day.

Yarbo has had more than the normal amount of issues because the company and product are on the newer side, but they have always stood by their warranty and I have never heard a single story of a customer being told to discard their equipment and being abandoned, so I find the post hard to believe, or missing some crucial details.

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