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In the US? If so, which Part 97 rule says you don’t need to be licensed to transmit during an emergency?

I’m cybersecurity CTO for a fortune 100 company. I told them I was getting out of the bay area and they were fine with it!

I have Starlink and I'm in Pahrump, NV. We hit 111F today and my dishy is in direct sunlight on the ground so it was easily over 120F. Hell, my direct sunlight thermometer showed over 130F! Didn't go into thermal shutdown, no disruptions in service, and I didn't have to water it either.

FWIW, I have Starlink and I'm in Pahrump, NV. We hit 111F today and my dishy is in direct sunlight so easily was over 122F on surfaces. Didn't go into thermal shutdown, no disruptions in service, and I didn't have to water it either.

I had a 1996 (iirc) Buick that had AC/Heat knob that did that. It was red on the right, blue on the left. If you left it at the detente position it was outside air. Turn in left, AC; turn it right, heat. Then there was just a separate knob for fan speed. Now that you mention it, I’ve never seen that again.

Could be the current manager or could be a past one.

I'd recommend "Blood Runs Coal" by Mark Bradley as a required reading when considering the pros/cons of unions.

(n=1) When I moved from MA to CA, my then employer increased my salary by 18% to ensure market competitiveness. My boss said HR told him it was needed otherwise I’d just leave when I saw other options.

I’m not a “kid” person, but I really like Leo!

If someone comes interview with me and it turns out their resume is “padded a bit”, I don’t invoice them for wasting my time.

Think of it more like a first date and you each pay for your own meal.

I have a brain injury. I can’t remember my parent’s birthdays. I recently couldn’t recall my wife’s middle name. I love all those people and live with one of them. Needing or wanting a technology assist doesn’t map to one’s level of commitment to a relationship in my opinion.

According to this article it was in the basement of the Bermuda Building (https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bell-labs-larry-luckham-...) which was demolished after Loma Prieta damaged it (https://localwiki.org/oakland/Bermuda_Building).

It’s definitely more of theory site. This talks about enterprise WiFi, but it might be helpful: https://www.accessagility.com/wifi-design-guide

Wow! My blocking is doing great! :-)

Did we go to the same site? I didn’t get ads and the material I’ve been clicking through is pretty good.

Interesting opinion.

Depends on where you go. My college had a legitimate police department with duly authorized officers that could arrest, carry guns, etc.

I’d recommend Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow. I no longer believe the impervious system is possible. I do think PG&E needs to be forced to invest more in the infrastructure, but, at the end of the day, these accidents will still happen imo.

These human-machine interface failures always fascinate me. The NYT makes the quip about not being able to look down and note the trim, but speed doesn’t need to be high to have these failures. It seems to be more related to system complexity misunderstandings or compounding interpretation issues. Look at the grounding of the Royal Majesty - not exactly some high speed object; it all amounted to a misunderstood icon. See: https://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/adegani/Grounding%20of%20t...

I've seen this site recommended a bunch for folks that want to work remote: https://weworkremotely.com/

"Hi, I'm shrimp_emoji and I'm a hackaholic."

I'm not sure I buy that not using social media is the linchpin of my career, but I take his point that it's largely a waste of time to be reasonable. I have all the major social media services and I use them occasionally (for example: I don't install the apps, I just login from a browser). I think the bigger message that I take from this:

1. Some people are probably "addicted" or at least habituated in a way that makes social media actively negative in their lives.

2. For the rest of us, maybe some see value in social media and others don't.

I'm in (2): I take the "does doing X enrich my life?" approach to social media. Maybe once or twice a week I log on and see if anyone had anything personally interested happen. If so, great, if not or if it's just not something I want to spend brain on, I just keep scrolling. I've got other places to spend my time and I recognize that passively consuming a feed isn't enriching my own growth - so I don't do it.

For the people in (1), it's a very different story. They may be using social media to an active detriment. Not sure how you get there, but to quote the psychologist in Annihilation:

"Almost none of us commit suicide, whereas almost all of us self-destruct."

I guess for some folks, that's social media - it's destructive to the point that bloggers need to write articles about quitting it. Or maybe it's just more clickbait since that's our world now.

oh so true. On Jan. 2, tried to start the year positive, but my train was held for 30 minutes because the tracks were on fire... that basically seems to be a good theme!

I had that exact reaction: that this paper was the earliest (that I've seen) formation of the FOMO concept. It's interesting to think back to 2000 and, as you note, consider how much additional choice we're bombarded with today. Certainly a prescient paper.

I bounce back and forth on this. I don't really feel like Facebook enriches my personal connections; it just lets me remain to a lot of people I'm not really connected to anymore. It's like having a system for maintaining lower tier friends. LinkedIn feels the same way: I have a huge network of people that are all talking, but none of it really does anything to enrich my career. I don't listen to them, they don't listen to me. When I need career advice, help with job hunts, etc. I call someone I know and trust and they do the same. I don't think we can feasibly maintain large networks.

This is a very tricky situation it seems. I've never been party to infringement (on either side), but he explained pretty clearly why he outsourced this role. He has people legitimately using his work without license, so what's the problem with outsourcing enforcement? That said, I hear a story like yours and it freaks me out; I could be you some day. Maybe a "non-lawyer" system could exist, but without the threat of lawsuits, I suspect legitimate infringement situations would go ignored.

> Wholesale bandwidth costs about 0.1 cents per GB.

Source? I've often wondered what this number is when viewed in aggregate across carriers - I can just never find it.

I'm completely confused as to how teaching someone techniques for thwarting lie detectors are "wire fraud and obstruction of an agency proceeding".

Obstruction of agency proceedings is (per 18 USC c 1505) "Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigative demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits another to do so".

I'm no lawyer, but that sounds to me like you would have to materially intervene in the actual agency proceedings not merely arm people with knowledge of things like breathing techniques. This strikes me as the same nonsense that used to be used against people that taught lockpicking.

I'm going to be WFH since I need to go from Berkeley -> San Mateo and the drive will be heinous with all the additional cars.

Your point is well taken, but it may still be necessary to know others - for example, I work at a large and well-known Internet company and we use Perforce =)