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@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr how are you supposed to check your email, without internet service?
Carrier pigeon?
This is where ham radio comes in handy.
I personally plan on getting a CB radio again -- now that I can hear and all.
There is a digital mode to connect a computer to a ham radio and an operator would be able to send an email to another radio that was designed for such traffic. There is a little bit of setup to take care of ahead of time but could work in a pinch if necessary. However, you have to have a general class license to be able to do that.
I've considered getting my ham license and apply to get Grampa's call sign back from a local club that the family gave it to.
I'd heard about the digital mode, but didn't realize it had become useful. Last time I heard about it, it ran at like 4800 or maybe 9600 baud.
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@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr how are you supposed to check your email, without internet service?
Carrier pigeon?
This is where ham radio comes in handy.
I personally plan on getting a CB radio again -- now that I can hear and all.
There is a digital mode to connect a computer to a ham radio and an operator would be able to send an email to another radio that was designed for such traffic. There is a little bit of setup to take care of ahead of time but could work in a pinch if necessary. However, you have to have a general class license to be able to do that.
I've considered getting my ham license and apply to get Grampa's call sign back from a local club that the family gave it to.
I'd heard about the digital mode, but didn't realize it had become useful. Last time I heard about it, it ran at like 4800 or maybe 9600 baud.
Yeah, for us, its mind-numbingly slow. But if you just have to get a message out that may be a few bytes, 9600 baud is crazy fast.
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@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr how are you supposed to check your email, without internet service?
Carrier pigeon?
This is where ham radio comes in handy.
I personally plan on getting a CB radio again -- now that I can hear and all.
There is a digital mode to connect a computer to a ham radio and an operator would be able to send an email to another radio that was designed for such traffic. There is a little bit of setup to take care of ahead of time but could work in a pinch if necessary. However, you have to have a general class license to be able to do that.
I've considered getting my ham license and apply to get Grampa's call sign back from a local club that the family gave it to.
I'd heard about the digital mode, but didn't realize it had become useful. Last time I heard about it, it ran at like 4800 or maybe 9600 baud.
Yeah, for us, its mind-numbingly slow. But if you just have to get a message out that may be a few bytes, 9600 baud is crazy fast.
Plenty fast for an emergency text type notification.
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Windows 10 1803 declared fully available, throwing Windows Update for Business under the bus...
How can they be this out of touch?
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@zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Windows 10 1803 declared fully available, throwing Windows Update for Business under the bus...
How can they be this out of touch?
Are they out of touch? Or are people deploying Windows where it isn't appropriate and upset that they deployed something that views its use cases one way and its users another? Who is out of touch? The tool maker who makes and defines the intended use of a tool - or the people who use it other than intended?
Microsoft has a technical role here to make and define their product. They have done so. They have another to make money. They aren't failing in either of those cases.
It's their user base that is often out of touch, expecting unrealistic things from an OS primarily designed around consumers, video gaming, and entertainment and trying to shoehorn that base into a different set of use cases that is allowed, but not the target audience.
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@zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Windows 10 1803 declared fully available, throwing Windows Update for Business under the bus...
How can they be this out of touch?
I've been almost 100% 1803 at clients since mid May. So, umm, who cares?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.deepin.org/en/2018/06/15/deepin-15-6-great-improvements-in-the-details/
I have already updated.
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what a crock of shit this is: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034494/eu-votes-to-effectively-ban-memes-electronically-as-article-13-passes
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@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
what a crock of shit this is: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034494/eu-votes-to-effectively-ban-memes-electronically-as-article-13-passes
Are we sure Ajit Pai doesn't work for EU too?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
what a crock of shit this is: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034494/eu-votes-to-effectively-ban-memes-electronically-as-article-13-passes
Are we sure Ajit Pai doesn't work for EU too?
Deregulating and imposing regulations are opposites.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.deepin.org/en/2018/06/15/deepin-15-6-great-improvements-in-the-details/
I have already updated.
I thought you switched back to Fedora with Cinnamon. Regardless, I am also updated and it is working quite nicely.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
what a crock of shit this is: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034494/eu-votes-to-effectively-ban-memes-electronically-as-article-13-passes
Are we sure Ajit Pai doesn't work for EU too?
Deregulating and imposing regulations are opposites.
You think what he is doing is deregulation?
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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
what a crock of shit this is: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034494/eu-votes-to-effectively-ban-memes-electronically-as-article-13-passes
Are we sure Ajit Pai doesn't work for EU too?
Deregulating and imposing regulations are opposites.
You think what he is doing is deregulation?
If there are rules (aka regulations) that the government enacts to require or prevent behavior, and then the rules are removed, yup. I sure do.
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@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/digitalocean-new-ceo-former-citrix-chief-mark-templeton.html
Is that good or bad having him has there new CEO?
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Well shit, I had not heard this.
I do not generally recommend Jive, but it was a viable solution for the right needs.
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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Well shit, I had not heard this.
I do not generally recommend Jive, but it was a viable solution for the right needs.
Damn, good to know. Cross them off of the list.
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