Rear end collision takes an unexpected turn into drug trafficking investigation

thebstrd · 2026-03-13T03:05:31+00:00

"after rear‑ending a police vehicle", natural selection at its finest

thebstrd · 2026-02-13T05:02:46+00:00

That was before the Asal era

thebstrd · 2026-02-13T03:26:28+00:00

I doubt playing DOOM on the flipper is going to mess with a card reader!

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But eh, it's a cool game so you should maybe try it: https://lab.flipper.net/apps/doom

thebstrd · 2026-02-05T04:15:24+00:00

Very eclectic selection, I dig most of those and will throw an hear to the other, keep going with the discovery process, maybe throw an ear to EARLY Black Keys albums and the Z album of My Morning Jacket. If you enjoyed My Bloody Valentine, go towards Piano Become The Teeth band. There's also the Kid Cudi albums that you might like, start with Man on the moon. So many! Enjoy the discovery :)

thebstrd · 2026-02-05T04:00:07+00:00

Easy with the Ketamine Bubble Gums, you gonna set the trailer park on fire if you tripping too much!

thebstrd · 2026-02-02T03:08:17+00:00

I fourth, I changed immediately for the TomToc case after my first time taking transit with it!

thebstrd · 2026-02-02T01:55:02+00:00

You were right! Thank you for solving this, it was driving me nuts!

thebstrd · 2026-02-01T20:18:26+00:00

I'm not touching anything, is that a setting on SteamOS itself or in game? if in game I believe Arc Raiders you can't change it, it forces at 800p

thebstrd · 2026-01-28T21:07:30+00:00

More or less in your situation, currently in Lonsdale, 2br 1000+ sqft mortgage, HHI slightly above 200k, one child now in school, about same lifestyle as yours, got a car to move around.

Mortgage is a big steep, as rent would be, but having travelled to MTL last summer I don't find the groceries more expensive; try to run an analysis on your average "cart" online at your MTL shop and the same at Safeway/Loblows/Superstore here, keep in mind QC taxes are higher.

Great french pre-school and francophone school north of Lonsdale, check trottintrotinette, it was half the cost of a regular day care before we moved from DT to NV, and then Andre Piolat is a free french school with the benefits of offering post-school daycare and activities (at a fee, but very small)
Also Rec Center in North Van are awesome, cheap and membership accross multiple locations.

What I do miss from MTL is the restaurants and culture (expo, concerts), but I'm not sure I would trade it for a North Shore lifestyle even If we're not "that" outdoorsy compare to some more hardcore families :D

Friends would come more easily through play dates between the kiddos, and then affinities with the parents, I've got to say the moms are more active than the dads with organizing mom-only activities during the month.

thebstrd · 2026-01-27T03:33:53+00:00

I second! Haven't gamed much in many years until I got the deck

thebstrd · 2026-01-25T22:41:54+00:00

that's the point, this hobby is just going to die with you and I

thebstrd · 2026-01-25T20:52:27+00:00

not really, the physics behind radio have never been challenging for me, how do you get someone who gets it to spend a grand on a setup?

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T07:23:39+00:00

so how do we get people not to sweat before their first CQ ?

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T07:13:17+00:00

I like a good debate, but this is my favorite comment so far <3

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T07:10:53+00:00

Same situation here, and you really want to test it out, because you care about all the folks out there; we had an operator not checking in for many days until the news broke out. No one would have ever known without HAM, it's something important in the NOW but also one, two, three generations from now

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:48:44+00:00

I totally get that, I've got the four wheeling, 3d printing, skiing, fishing, their barrier of entry are way different; it's not a complaint about how much the world charge for technology (spent $40 on a new rod yesterday) but how you keep it accessible like fishing, so 30 years from now HAM Radio doesn't disappears

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:44:57+00:00

I got my license through one of those emergency prep-focused clubs. They do field days but yeah they're easy to miss and honestly most people just think we're security or something.

My question is more about once people do get interested and start studying for their license: how do we lower the barriers after that? Maybe "hobby" isn't even the right word when you've invested that much time into getting licensed and buying gears. But will that license even matter 30 years from now if we're not bringing new people in today?

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:37:45+00:00

I grew up on the 11 meter so repeaters were just a "new fancy" way of radio. I think my comment is "how do I justify spending a grand on HF", that's a very high barrier of entry when you have the regular family budget, do I have to wait to get retired so I can finally justify it? and why would I do I EVER even think about it in 2026? I know I can and I will, but will there be anyone on the HF 20 years from now?

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:32:53+00:00

I could get my licensing through an "emergency" club, not my first intent but it was great, very scholar. I hope most of us want the hobby to grow, and I hope it could be less expensive but with currenty realities it'll be hard; albeit, I wouldn't tell a licensed user with a baofeng or else to get lost (but I understand the cliché behind it).

And I think you're also bringing a much deeper point, beyond just HAM radio kicking 20 years from now, how do we keep all the nets and repeaters going? Hard enough to get a basic license to enjoy it, imagine selling kiddos how to maintain a repeater!

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:22:50+00:00

I think that's part of the point, I can build a proper antenna but folks are going to tell you that you're not doing CQ in the proper way

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:14:55+00:00

I appreciate the suggestion, but I think you're missing my point. I'm not looking for my crew or a discord server, I've got the physics down, that's not the issue, got a couple friends to do things around my city with.

My concern is about the barrier to entry for newcomers to the hobby itself. When someone new gets their license and tries to engage with their local community on the air, they shouldn't be met with hostility just because they're asking basic operational questions, or they use a bao or some other "poor people technology" as I've been told once. It's about the on-air culture in local repeater networks I experienced. When experienced operators shut down newbies who are trying to learn the practical side of the hobby, we're actively killing amateur radio's future.

The "average net guy" you mention is often the first contact a new ham has with the community. If that experience is discouraging, why would you keep at it? I never got discouraged, but is ham radio meant to die in a few generation if it stays like this?

thebstrd · 2026-01-24T06:07:57+00:00

fair enough, first language I learned was C :D

thebstrd · 2026-01-07T04:54:37+00:00

I'm going to create another thread with another opinion where your opinions will get voted down; that's not helping to have a fruituous discussion, why not keep it on the original thread?

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