HopelessDemigod

HopelessDemigod, 7 days ago to random

I get home to work on my 630 meter antenna project and of course it starts raining.

Lady Luck is laughing her ass off at me.

HopelessDemigod, 8 days ago to random

#Electricity

Changing out a blown pole mounted transformer.

https://youtu.be/9xGE-BRfGjk?feature=shared

HopelessDemigod, 14 days ago to retirement

#Retirement #GenX #News #401K

Generation X has been the alpha tester for the 401(k) retirement system, and the gloomy results are rolling in.

Nearly half of Gen Xers say their retirement savings are behind schedule.

"Many Gen Xers got a late start transitioning to 401(k) plans and struggled to catch up," Chris Ceder, a senior retirement strategist with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told Yahoo Finance.

That’s significant as the oldest in this cohort will turn 60 next year.

HopelessDemigod, 15 days ago to random

Most vile people in human history. (Science / Industry / Technology)

Thomas Midgley Jr.

Sam Altman

Mark Zuckerberg

Elon Musk

Larry Page

Sergey Brin

Jack Dorsey

[Now taking nominations for this list.]

HopelessDemigod, 19 days ago to transgender

#Transgender

I think we often forget about trans guys in our general discussions and we should do better as a group to be more inclusive.

You are valid.

HopelessDemigod, 23 days ago to Minnesota

#Minnesota #History

The Foshay tower in downtown Minneapolis required guy wires when it was originally built.

darren, 25 days ago to random

Treasure City in Royal, MN. Where young pirates get their souvenir gear.

#MNastodon

HopelessDemigod, 26 days ago to books

Fun fact

In elementary (primary) school during second grade (year 2) I checked out the book “How to run a railroad” the entire school year. I kept renewing it. The following year in third grade (year 3) I was banned from the library. My mother quickly resolved the issue and was pissed at the school for trying to ban a student for wanting to read.

Looking back I was clearly in the wrong, but I thank her anyway.

#Reading #Library #School

HopelessDemigod, 28 days ago to Minnesota

#Minnesota #News

Article 13, Section 7 of the Minnesota Constitution states

“No license required to peddle.

Any person may sell or peddle the products of the farm or garden occupied and cultivated by him without obtaining a license therefor.“

Because of this wording a group of Minnesotans is arguing the state constitution allows them to sell their home-grown marijuana — they’re legally growing — without a sales license and are asking a judge to weigh in.

https://kstp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Selling-Cannabis-Lawsuit.pdf

ai6yr, 27 days ago to random

Maybe everyone is waiting until the last possible moment to bid on owning the entire contents of their local Red Lobster, to be removed off premises by EOD tomorrow, LOL. Still only $3516.00 for the San Diego location's contents. #RedLobster https://bid.restaurantequipment.bid/Public/Auction/AuctionItemDetail?AuctionId=%2fKoYA1j74%2fd45J4SRlQW0g%3d%3d&pageNumber=pf6Q%2bhJtdeleDd9FfYpy9w%3d%3d&pageSize=O5OaPaZE1XrTjGtTQItkaw%3d%3d&showFilter=iBcS%2b4ptjknZQtCojbueqQ%3d%3d&sortColumn=C9SY4KX74WJIILYqur0bmw%3d%3d&AuctionItemId=Z2zRQq1PXgF4PX0W5ApbJw%3d%3d

HopelessDemigod, 29 days ago to retrocomputing

#RetroComputing #CableModem

The 40-Year-Old Cable Modem (Part 1)

https://youtu.be/8IflOWH8fzY?si=ez9BtQT8VXvH5x4c

eniko, 29 days ago to random

did you know coleslaw was apparently invented in the netherlands? who knew!

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to random

Supposed to be a nearly perfect weekend and as such I intend to rebuild my 40 meter dipole.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to random

@arnie_dxer

The bands were hot over night here in the states. Fell asleep listening to RNZI. Both 17 MHz and 13 MHz were rock solid.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to random

#USPol

My platform is pretty simple,

1. Stay out of other peoples business.

2. Universal healthcare

3. Tax reform, eliminate ALL deductions and everyone pays the same cut. (10 percent?)

4. Corporations are not citizens and employees including CEO’s who do illegal things get 25 actual years in prison.

5. Cap interest rates at 2 percent above the savings rate.

6. Right to privacy and the right to be forgotten.

7. Contract reform. Terms are NOT changeable AFTER the fact.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to news

Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF are drastically reducing their communications via the social network X (formerly Twitter).

French-language RTS said that since X was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022 it no longer corresponded to the company’s journalistic values.

#News #Switzerland

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to news

#Radio #WWVB #Damage #Notice #News

Notice:

From approximately 0000 UTC on April 7, 2024 WWVB's south antenna has been disabled as a result of damage from wind gusts in excess of 90 MPH. WWVB continues to operate at reduced overall power using its north antenna only.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to climate

"Respiratory inhalers, which represent nearly 90% of the U.S. market for asthma medication, save lives but also contribute to climate change.

Each puff from that type of inhaler releases a hydrofluorocarbon gas that is 1,430 to 3,000 times as powerful as the most commonly known greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide."

I am not worried about this use. I am worried about Taylor Swift and Elon Musk flying around the world doing far more damage, but lets not talk about this.

#ClimateChange

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to random

Speaking of thunderstorms and leaving your radio(s) we are having a thunderstorm as we speak.

shuttersparks, 1 month ago to random

Life's too short to wear cheap (low-quality) socks.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to hamradio

#MFJ #HamRadio

Dear Fellow Hams and Friends,
April 25, 2024
Dear Fellow Hams and Friends,

It is with a sad heart as I write this letter.

As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our sister companies’ Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.

HopelessDemigod, 1 month ago to random

Imagine if ARIN was in charge of the dictionary. This sentence would have cost me at least fourteen bucks to write.

Charging people or companies to use numbers is as dumb as charging people to use words in a dictionary.

I offer ZERO time for an opposing view.

#Capitalism

eniko, 1 month ago to random

It's kind of absurd that your options on fedi are to opt into literally all CWs and having to manually expand them all or opting into none of them ever. You should be able to have a list of words that collapse CWs automatically but otherwise have them open by default

I know that glitch already solves this via regex but it's client side. This really should be stored in your account so it works across devices and applications automatically