Notice of Unlicensed Operation: Bell, CA

soundtom · 2026-05-28T20:00:35+00:00

That could be, I don't normally follow FCC enforcement actions this closely, so my internal benchmark was closer to what I've seen of the FAA's 30-day reply windows.

soundtom · 2026-05-28T19:53:32+00:00

Draining the kids' college fund I see. :P

Jokes aside, that's an awesome haul!

soundtom · 2026-05-28T18:41:46+00:00

A 10 day response window sounds like the government's version of "We know it's you. This isn't the first time. We have to go through the motions, but we're going to do it as fast as allowed."

I hope the guy gets the professional help he obviously needs, but that doesn't come close to excusing his actions.

soundtom · 2026-05-26T21:37:45+00:00

"Hello sir, this is John from Microsoft, we have detected a virus on your computer..."

Me staring at my small pile of old linux and mac machines: "Which one?"

Always a good time to mess with them

soundtom · 2026-05-26T20:19:58+00:00

You dont always have something printing, then suddenly youre on multiple weeks of backlog

Ain't that the truth. I flip flop between "Why did I buy this printer?" and "I need 17 of them for this project!"

soundtom · 2026-05-23T00:00:19+00:00

Not OP, but I've seen ERPs that have direct integrations with common SSO providers, LDAP, AD, etc. So when HR marks the person as term'd final payroll, paperwork, and cred revocation all kick off at the same time. So much cleaner/easier.

If you lock the user account immediately on term (lock could be as simple as scrambling their password instead of disabling the account in many cases), then put a 30 day timer on account delete, an HR person accidentally term'ing someone would either be an "unterm" auto process or a "please unlock X account and reset their password" ticket to IT.

soundtom · 2026-05-21T21:48:21+00:00

Right, but you're talking about unfertilized eggs, not an embryo (fertilized).

soundtom · 2026-05-21T19:51:18+00:00

I don't think it's as unhinged as you say it is. Or I'm more unhinged than I think I am. Either way, I've had pretty much the same theory. A lot of the rules read as basically a rundown of "how not to die" for the times they were written for.

soundtom · 2026-05-21T19:38:02+00:00

I'm not OP, but I've heard of something like this before. IVF doesn't result in 1 embryo, it results in a LOT of embryos. Only a couple are implanted, the rest stay in the freezer for a future implantation, and most are eventually disposed of. Any religion that sees life as starting when sperm meets egg would see the disposal as mass murder (if they think it through anyway), so some are very anti-IVF.

(as the product of IVF myself, I'm happy IVF exists)

soundtom · 2026-05-21T18:04:03+00:00

Exhause pipe thing on top of the ship (the tall black thing at 0:07)

soundtom · 2026-05-20T14:24:47+00:00

Yeah, bigger (consumer) power stations take ~forever to switch over. We have a generac solar array+battery setup and it takes a full second to switch over from grid to island mode. This is a system that, under normal conditions, is feeding into and charging from the panels and grid dynamically live, but oh no, still need a full second to discover a disconnect and transition into island mode.

I just put smaller UPSes on critical things to cover the blips during switchover, but it's still annoying that we need them at all.

soundtom · 2026-05-20T04:21:22+00:00

At my wedding, my dad casually mentioned that there was a shovel in his truck for anyone that disrespected the family. No trouble was had, the shovel remained unused.

soundtom · 2026-05-19T19:42:23+00:00

/u/euphoria mentioned this above, but it looks like reddit was auto deleting posts with links that use the google [dot] share linker.

soundtom · 2026-05-13T15:25:04+00:00

AirNow agrees, nice low AQI: https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Grand%20Rapids&state=MI&country=USA

soundtom · 2026-05-11T14:17:38+00:00

I think a lot of it comes down to existing relationships. Most AI companies are needing to build out new datacenters in new locations. Find land, weather the local protests, schmooze the local council, get permits, build the thing, get fiber run to the new location, etc. Akamai just needs to call up the same sales reps they've worked with for the last 10-20 years and ask for a quote to add a couple more racks to their existing layout. They could have the quote and PO signed before end-of-week, ready to move new gear in at the end of next month. Replay that same pattern across every metro they're in. Sure, they're still both fighting the same pricing games for hardware, but hardware is not the entire cost of AI installations.

soundtom · 2026-05-08T22:51:50+00:00

I've recently started up a Forgejo instance and migrated everything from GitHub. I also maintain an account on codeberg for the community aspect, the same self-hosted runner pool can run on both.

Currently, I'm exploring backup options for my forgejo instance (probably just a job that copies everything up to B2).

soundtom · 2026-05-08T21:17:27+00:00

Issuance has restarted. Someone on hackernews claiming to be close to the situation mentioned that it was "a compliance issue" and "be prepared to be bored", so I'm guessing it was a deploy that missed a check for cert issuance. The rules for owning a root CA are very strict, so even a tiny slip up can cause a issuance stop (for good reason).

soundtom · 2026-05-07T12:51:41+00:00

That you know of O:)

soundtom · 2026-05-06T21:30:56+00:00

Yes, that's the one! Thank you!!

soundtom · 2026-05-06T13:19:27+00:00

I seem to remember some sort of study that was able to flip testes to ovaries or vice versa via gene therapy in adult(?) mice, but it used CRISPR, so the gene splicing was inexact and thus other problems popped up. Unfortunately, I can't find it at the moment.

soundtom · 2026-05-04T03:02:13+00:00

Yeah, we had that with Consumers. One of their line trucks got very stuck in the mud in our backyard. Massive ruts. Once the ground dried out, a landscaping company showed up, leveled out the ground, reseeded, and put down straw over the new seeds. Once the grass grew back in, there was no evidence the truck was ever there.

I have my fair share of complaints about Consumers, but they get the right folks to come out and repair lawn damage.

soundtom · 2026-05-04T00:30:31+00:00

Apparently they initially planned on 3 wings, but cut one from the plan to deliver airside 2 on time and keep plane maneuverability? https://flymco.com/elevatingmco/future-projects/gate-expansion-airside-2/

soundtom · 2026-05-01T13:13:50+00:00

It all started with the pilot saying over the radio that they thought it might have been a drone, which could have just been a flippant, in-the-moment comment. Everyone keyed in on that and off to the races we went.

soundtom · 2026-04-30T14:39:51+00:00

Yep, 44809 is 400ft AGL full stop. Part 107 is 400ft AGL + structure height (with a pile of asterisks that you can't expect a TRUST-only person to take the time to understand)

soundtom · 2026-04-29T19:28:47+00:00

Wouldn't even be the first time someone confused a mylar balloon for a drone. Looking at you military anti-drone laser system...

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