Make sure you're not memorizing each letter's dits and dahs, that'll make it much harder to receive and transmit morse code at faster speeds. Better to learn the general "sound" of each character, often using a Koch method trainer.
Seems like Boeing might not have the documentation the NTSB is requesting[1], even though they say they do keep that documentation. I wonder if Boeing doesn't want to admit that for some legal reason, maybe they don't have a lot of documentation they say they should have.
That reminds me of something I've been thinking about: Does anyone make a modern Nokia N900? I miss having a small, open Linux machine with a good keyboard in my pocket. I don't want something running Android, I want a common(-ish) Linux distro.
Honestly, I don't think the concern is this particular product or company, even if they can truly adhere to a privacy-first policy. For me the consideration is a slow erosion of privacy from any company or product. For instance: twenty years ago the idea that someone could quickly take a discreet high-quality video with something in their pocket wasn't possible. Smart phones made that possible, then we see things like Google Glass and now these accessory pendant devices will make it even easier. To be clear, I'm not against things like the Humane and Rewind pendants, I'm just curious about how they will impact society, especially considering how quickly we're moving without putting much thought into their impacts.
My biggest complaint about my Steam Deck is the contrast ratio on the LCD screen. The backlight bleed bothers me more than it should, but I think I've gotten used to LCDs with very good contrast ratios over the last ten years. I'm considering upgrading, but wondering how much my current 512GB would sell for.
For a while I had my phone charger plugged into a smart power outlet and a shortcut to turn that smart power outlet off when the phone's battery hit 80%. It would then turn the power outlet back on at 2pm the next day for it to be ready.
I really hope Songtradr doesn't enshittify Bandcamp. Recent trends for services like Reddit, Twitter and others make me nervous, especially when it comes to FLAC downloads.
My Dad had two Compucolor 8001s when I was a kid. One he used as his work machine, and the other as a "backup" I used. They felt very advanced for the time (early 80s) and I learned BASIC programming on them, drawing colored lines on the screen using the light pen as my first program. All the ports on the back were 25-pin ports and I learned a little bit about electrical interfaces from my Dad when I fried his Compucolor by plugging the floppy drive unit into the keyboard port.
I was in a meeting a while back where a team that was tasked with standing up a few dozen completely static websites was discussing what React components to use. I asked why they were using any front-end JS framework at all and not just creating static html sites, maybe using a generator like Hugo or Eleventy if they wanted to templatize. The answer was that they didn't know how to create plain html sites without JS. That was moderately shocking to me. I offered to work with them to create the static html solution and they declined, saying they could be more productive with React.
Multiple HVAC techs I've talked to have recommended against installing good/high quality filters in a forced air system. They've explained that high-MERV filters reduce airflow which causes the fan to wear out faster and may affect the performance of the cooling/heating. I'm not sure how accurate that is, researching it seems to suggest a MERV 10 to 12 is a good balance, but I've been told to use a MERV 3 filter.
Better yet: “I’m sorry, as an AI language model, I don’t have direct access to real-time information such as temperature. Can I help you with anything else?”
I first met him when he gave a talk at a St Louis Java user's group meeting on getting the first version of the Square app running on Android. The amount of optimization required at the time to get the app running in the limited resources was very interesting. I ran into him a few times around St. Louis after that and he was always happy to talk, so sincere and open to discussion no matter who you were.
You might take a look at Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/) if you're wanting to catalog everything. I had a few friends with large vinyl and CD collections that use the site as their database.
I think it's for people that have higher impedance headphones or just want a more audiophile-focused experience (hardware playback controls, a dedicated device, etc).
If the entire windshield can be turned into a display you could have a car with the first version of "Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses" but in windshield form. If the car detects it's about to get into an accident it can block you from seeing the outside world or maybe display a happy field of flowers.
I assume most numbers stations have disappeared in part due to the proliferation of global internet access. But I've kinda wondered, how does that work? One of the benefits of numbers stations is that it was nearly impossible to determine who was listening to a shortwave radio station. Any internet resource someone visits would be traceable by the government. Even with SSL nearly everywhere it's not nearly as anonymous as numbers stations were. I'm assuming most clandestine users see the ease of access and greater diversity in how messages can be sent over the internet as far outweighing the limitations of shortwave?