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dsd··on San Francisco’s political leadership has squandered a fortune (2019)
I see your argument as avocating for a flavor of wealth redistribution. Is be interested in hearing more, but would prefer to explore the idea in a less polarizing, more academic way. Any sources?
dsd··on Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
I agree. I'm here because I like being part of a community where folks are balanced and measured and without outrage culture.
dsd··on Setting the story straight on quite a few issues
For what it's worth op, I never saw the criticisms, just the original article. Replying is like a Streisand effect. If you must reply, replying less directly might serve you better.
dsd··on Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
Too many of these personal finance apps aren't putting the web first
dsd··on Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
I use this too. Maybe I like the beancount more, but having my finances available on the web to share with my so is valuable. Too many told are meant for one pers,on and don't support modern ideas like tagging.
dsd··on Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?
Be warned, EE jobs are drying up. I think they had negative job growth recently
dsd··on Evaluation of SDR boards and toolchains [pdf]
I agree with the duality that you describe. Nevertheless, wouldn't the software part of an SDR reduce the need for expensive physical electronic components, while increasing ability? An amplifier seems to be the only additional expense (as you pointed out). It seems like the amplifier negates any cost benefit, yet utility remains superior if one doens't consider multiple components and building blocks a liability. It seems like there are expensive SDR transceivers (e.g. Flexradio) which utilize SDR technology to beat out the competition in specs and performance. To get on the air with a budget SDR, I haven't seen lots of demand for the idea. is the utility of a budget SDR just not better than your basic radio? It seems like it to me but where's the demand?
dsd··on Evaluation of SDR boards and toolchains [pdf]
Does anyone have a good reccomendation for an HF transceiver? It seems like many popular SDRs are receive only or crazy expensive. I've been looking at the RS-HFIQ (https://www.hobbypcb.com/index.php/products/hf-radio/rs-hfiq) but it doesn't seem to be that popular and I can't tell if it's because it's got too much "hacker" in it for the average ham, or if something else is going on. Maybe I should just spend more money?
dsd··on Evaluation of SDR boards and toolchains [pdf]
I'm interested in HF, but I'm interested in transmitting too. It's my understanding that Airspy is receive only?
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
I hadn't heard of othernet. APRS is cool and ripe for disruption.
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
Don't forget about the baud rate limit too. Who likes that?
dsd··on Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November
Does gdpr forbid mistakes?
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
I feel like amateur radio is dying not because it's old, but because regulation blocks it from staying new.
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
Let me offer a different perspective. Is rf engineering and research obselete? Should the ability to experiment be locked into spectrum owned by monopolistic companies? And from another angle, is an Arduino project that blinks an LED worthwhile? Spectrum is a limited resource and amateur bands are one of the last ways I know of for folks to experiment within radio without submitting for expensive fcc certification.
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
https://hamprojects.info/mortty/
dsd··on Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
Radio is very decentralized. I wonder if that could be a nice avenue for modernizing the hobby.
dsd··on 23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
Why would you build a completely separate lab in Phoenix?
dsd··on 23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
Where I work in the healthcare area, we are trying to expand from the us into Europe. And interesting legal question is how to honor Europe's right-to-be-forgotten laws with the US's HIPPA requirement to preserve health care data for X years. As an employee it also feels awkward.
dsd··on What happened to Mint?
7. auto-categorization
dsd··on Guide to Software Defined Radio
Less than a watt could get you around the world.
dsd··on Facebook, Google Drop Out of Top ‘Best Places to Work’ List
Where/how do you find employers who pay for hairy problem solving and not just another piece of CRUD?
dsd··on Facebook, Google Drop Out of Top ‘Best Places to Work’ List
The scientific world may disagree. I work in bioinformatics and take a pay cut to do interesting work. It's not negative, but I'm not making a lot of money. Supply and demand- people are willing to work in a low pay field because the pot is sweet. Academia is pretty sweet gig and pays crap to work on hairy problems. UPDATE- teachers spend money out of pocket on their classes, is that negative income?
dsd··on Python adopts a 12-month release cycle
Maybe a faster release cycle will help Python and friends insulate from this issue better. Akin to os security updates.
dsd··on Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do
Yes this!
dsd··on Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do
If you were to get a plan on a cheap mvno with a second phone number, would it work as seamlessly as if your main number were tied to your SIM?
dsd··on New York City Neighbors Build Cheaper Way to Connect to Web
I thought the rule was no encryption. They theoretically have an entire ip block available.
dsd··on DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps
I noticed that too. I like osmand (openstreetmap) for the same reason. It's like google maps decided to practice more minimalism than apple did.
dsd··on Ask HN: Personal photo library recommendations? Open source, browser-based
I've been helping on the laravel v4 project. The devs are pretty friendly and I haven't found anything with a better UI than lychee. Three project doesn't do everything but what it does do, it does well.
dsd··on Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?
The answer to this is usually complicated.
dsd··on The Untold History of Arduino (2016)
Sparkfun. I've had bad luck with cloned ESP32s. Arduinos seem to be more forgiving for some reason.
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