🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@Gargron I need to ask for a desperately needed but I hope simple feature.

The ability to retroactively suspend all accounts that signed up with an e-mail from a blacklisted address.

We have a massive number of spam accounts that register dozens or more accounts at a time before spamming allowing them to easily circumvent the email blacklist system.

@n0btc You just do DMR or you do C4FM too? I am C4FM capable now on HF, VHF, and UHF now with access to an WiresX repeater now too if you want to do a QSO sometime.

Anyone wanna do a WiresX QSO (C4FM Yeasu System Fusion) by any chance? I'm bored?

#HamRadio #Ham #Radio

We just had a fly by in Philly to show "support" for the medical professionals here... how about buy them some supplies with that money instead?

So while my top-end rig is being repaired i decided to buy a new cheaper rig as a temporary standin. I decided to get a FT-991A. It has a waterfall display and can do digital voice on both HF and VHF/UHF which means it will actually still be useful to me after my main rig is fixed. Looking forward to trying C4FM over HF frequencies!

#Hamradio #Ham #radio #electronics #EE

Wanted to share a little screen recording sneak peak of the NCurses display working over Telnet for the mmorpg/mud (text based) I've been working on.

FYI i wanted to show this off at full resolution to show the full sized composite window possible... the video may even be larger than your native resolution. Though the game is playable at low resolutions as well the display will scale accordingly.

#gamedev #games #game #gaming #programming #ruby #opensource #oss #floss

My mmorpg/mud (text based) is coming along nicely.. might need to do a screen recording soon. I think its the first mud that ever used NCurses over telnet so I had a lot of stuff to learn without much help, but it has been rewarding.

A really nice infographic giving some basics regarding antibodies and immunity.

#biology #coronavirus #covid #covid19

The Song of the Wondering Aengus

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

-- W.B. Yeats

This poem really resonated with me. I think its because as a kid I would constantly dream of this magical woman who lived in my basement and when I woke up I could never find her.

#poetry #poem #literature #english

Interesting fact of the day. According to current understanding it is believed that the majority of planets in the Milky way are Rogue planets (do not orbit a star).

In fact of all the planets in our Milky Way it is thought at least 55% of them are rogue planets.

Because we can only observe Jupiter sized or larger rogue planets, giving us that figure, it is likely there are quite a few more than this which are smaller. Though it also depends on how we define planet since typically it depends on the nature of its orbit whether it is called a planet or a moon.

With that said I think this also highlights the error in the redefinition of the word planet which caused Pluto to be demoted. It was a day of bad science as it creates issues with this sort of language. the older definition of planet I still feel would be more useful and fitting and would allow for smoother communication in these scenarios.

I miss the CD caddy type CD drives.. really sad they went out of existance. They made so much sense for protecting and storing CDs...

#Technology #hardware #computers #computing

Never saw a Mag-loop style antenna used on a handie-talkie before, but I really dig it! I may need to try this!

#radio #RF #Ham #HamRadio #Electronics #EE

Medieval armor was likely a lot more agile and comfortable than people realize.

https://youtu.be/q-bnM5SuQkI

#history #medevil #knights

LOL so apparently I just noticed in one of the episodes of Star Trek Enterprise they tried to use one of those Radio Shack 100 in 1 electronics kits as an actual engineering prop. Never picked this up before but omg the lawls.

Also attached a picture of the actual retail device (technically marketed as 500 in 1)

#StarTrek #SciFi #Electronics #EE