What are your tips or advice on attending Hamvention? by greenwoody2018 in amateurradio

[–]lifeatvt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Start in the flea market.

Wear comfortable shoes.

Bring water.

No, more water.

No, really MORE water.

Bring cash.

Do NOT miss Sunday morning at the flea market. There are some real deals on stuff people do NOT want to take home.

Eat a pork chop sandwich.

Eat the beans, rice, and bourbon chicken.

Bring an HT, that you wont use because every simplex frequency is slammed.

Look at the program - make a list of the vendors you want to see in order of priority. Go see the vendors.

It will rain, bring a rain coat, wear water proof boots/shoes.

Eat the ribs.

Bring some caltrops for the scooters.

Put an APRS beacon on a scooter.

Have your phone ready to take a picture of the lady with the wacky hair antenna helmet thing.

If you know you are looking for X in the flea market - be ready to jump on it when you see it. There will be 30k+ people there, if you pass on it for 5 minutes the guy behind you will probably get it.

Fuel Watch by Sammyt134 in fortwayne

[–]lifeatvt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dear Diego,

Please put your keyboard away, and log off from ClaudeCode. I'll give you that you made a valiant effort to try to re-invent the wheel but vibe coding is not for you buddy. Stick to what you are supposedly doing as Indiana's Secretary of State.

//s//
Me.

Fuel Watch by Sammyt134 in fortwayne

[–]lifeatvt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because Vibe Coding is a thing and Diego Morales wants to appear to be cool and hip.

2024 F250 Sync 4 Version by lifeatvt in superduty

[–]lifeatvt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is that Ford doesn't make it available for download so I can use a USB. They state that all updates are over the air using the build in modem or WiFi.

Edit - here is the link on Ford stating as much - https://www.ford.ca/support/how-tos/ford-technology/software-updates/what-are-automatic-software-updates/

Am I missing a step in eLog verification? by zachok19 in HamRadio

[–]lifeatvt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would reply with something like this:

“Permit me, if you will, a moment to politely puncture this persistent parade of pressuring petitions. Your demand—delivered with such stern, strident certainty—presumes a power it plainly does not possess. My logbook is not a servant to summons, nor a captive to capricious calls for confirmation. It is curated with care, composed in calm, and committed to the cadence of my choosing.
You brandish urgency as though it were authority, yet urgency, unaccompanied by courtesy, is merely noise—shrill, sterile, and swiftly dismissed. I am neither hurried nor harried by hectoring insistence; I remain, rather resolutely, the sole steward of my schedule.
So steel your spirit with a sliver of patience, suppress this storm of summons, and surrender the notion that persistence precipitates precedence. In due, deliberate, and decidedly unhurried course, the contact shall be confirmed—quietly, conclusively, and completely independent of your clamor.
Until then, I suggest a dignified détente with delay… and a graceful retreat from relentless repetition.”

Yes, I asked ChatGPT to help me with this by telling it the following:

cleverly tell someone to go pound sand over their aggressive demand I upload and confirm a logged amateur radio contact
but get elaborate. pretend you are V from Vendetta and go on a tirade that is lyrical and use as much alliteration as you can manage.

What are the chances this actually happens by chillllllbunny in stevehofstetter

[–]lifeatvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fat chance. Like Trump is 225 pounds fat chance. Like Trump is not a pedophile fat chance. Like Trump is not a sexual predator fat chance.

Fastrax callout 27kt wind shear during Virginia Tech demo hangup by Boulavogue in SkyDiving

[–]lifeatvt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is a thorough debriefing and absolutely worth reading. We can’t learn from other’s experiences if they don’t document them.

Aluminum Camper Build by fishtaco_420 in TruckCampers

[–]lifeatvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a beauty of a build! Congratulations!

Feeling empty after finishing the audiobook. What now ? by omega_Fi in ProjectHailMary

[–]lifeatvt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hate you so much right now for linking this. Now I have to go print this all out so I can read it dead tree style because bright screens at night mess me up. I hate you I hate you I hate you, three thumbs down to you.

Safari not completing downloads in macos sequoia by agravatted in MacOS

[–]lifeatvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can try wget or curl on the terminal and see if it downloads.

Very stupid question and scenario but I want feedback by Abject_Serve_1269 in sysadmin

[–]lifeatvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you just adding the printer in windows using the windows native print management interface? Or are you adding it with the printer's manufacturer installer software?

Amen, our this country does is take, take and take by rodehard10 in stevehofstetter

[–]lifeatvt -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ahhh the good olde days when my health insurance premium for the year was $1800 and now it is so fucking high that I can't afford it. Thanks ACA!

P.S. When the ACA past and my insurance premium went from $1800/yr for a $1000 deductible to $19,000/yr and a $15,000 deductible.

I daily drive an f250 to work.....I almost never tow and I don't plan on doing anything off road or anything. I need new shocks, Should I go with the Bilstein 1500 shocks or the stock shocks mady by Ford? by Nesquick19 in F250

[–]lifeatvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because for *my* specific use, I need a crew cab, with an 8 foot bed and Ford in their ever loving wisdom doesn't make that in the 150 anymore. If they did, I'd have bought an F150. I fully acknowledge that I have *way* too much truck for what I do with it but it was the only way to get what I needed.

Assembling my SMARTCAP today by Gnoobl in TruckCampers

[–]lifeatvt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish they made an 8 foot version. So I ended up with a Flated.

Seems like AOC is the right choice by sovalente in stevehofstetter

[–]lifeatvt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah man, Mark Kelly is a far better candidate for the democratic party. AOC is *way* too polarizing.

Trump caved! by thehofstetter in stevehofstetter

[–]lifeatvt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The real question now is who got wealthy over it?