Encryption wasn’t ever legal for most hams. But, then, who can copy 30wpm Morse these days?
Background in hard sciences, computing (FOSS), electronics, music, Zen.
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kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's going to be the final way that boomers pull up the ladder behind them?English13·3 days agoGo full zombie (with the help of Fox ‘News’).
Then put all of their assets into Trump coins.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What movie(s) did you watch 10+ times and offered something new with each view?English6·4 days agoBlade Runner
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Monte Python and the Holy Grail
Christmas Carol (1951 w/Alistair Sim)
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What will be the top news headline on the day that you die?English3·4 days agoGood luck with that. Have u ever seen how they had to bury Reagan?
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What will be the top news headline on the day that you die?English7·4 days ago“Immortality For All Just Weeks Away”
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Let's say you are teaching a basic, 1-hour-long class to the general public about privacy and general tech hygiene. What kinds of topics would you include?English31·4 days ago- Your phone is the least private device you own. Every app you add makes it worse.
- Don’t use that bank plastic any more than you have to. Cash has built-in privacy. And -never- let it out of your hands.
- Unless it’s legally required, -never- write or ‘give’ ‘your’ SS number.
- None of these numbers we just have to remember are ‘ours’. Do cows own ‘their’ ear-tags? They just oil the machinery.
- Before you get rid of that hard drive, open it up and rip out the internal wiring. Then drive a couple of nails through the platters.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do I post short videos with audio?English2·4 days agoTried kdenlive yet?
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Have you ever had fruitful discussions cut short because OP deleted the post? If so, is this a fundamental problem or just an annoyance?English5·7 days agoA more thoughtful way to do it would be if the user were able to delete any contributions they’d made to the discussion (while the title and links persist). This should be the default. NO contribution would ever be removed except by the creator (or by the mods, if warranted according to ze rools.)
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•in what way do you prefer using Lemmy over Reddit?English2·7 days agoNo wonder. As you can see, there’s a lot less use of that ‘O-word’ over here.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What book did you read last and what book are you currently reading? Would you recommend either of those books?English2·11 days agoListened to the audiobook version of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I’d read it long ago and was surprised how differently I experienced listening to it. Recommended.
Currently finishing a read of the (British) Rough Guide to Cult Pop (2004) … a book about pop/rock music and its makers from the 50s forward to to 20 years ago. Broken up into many sections, put together by a crew of Brit-wits, many interesting facts and stories about a half-century of chart hits. Strong recommend IF you’re into that sort of thing, appreciate a bit-o-snark, and know most of the names already (or want to).
Nope. I chose to go to school and paid to get educated, not to get grades and piece of paper. No cheating, no cramming … I would only have been paying to cheat myself.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Audiophiles, I need your advice. Looking for a mobile option for a bluetooth connected speaker that can play in the 20-100 hz range.English1·18 days agoSeems to me you’d be better off with a circuit that up-converts 20 to 100 Hz sounds by a factor of 20, putting them into a range you can hear. That would not have to be a complicated circuit, and no doubt they’re already out there.
Or it could convert sounds in that range into something that amplifies those frequencies and vibrates against your skin instead (a ‘skin speaker’) … probably easier to make than a converter.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do people on Lemmy seem to be without personality, aka human touch?1·25 days agoI see quite a bit of humanity in many answers. Keep in mind a sample of people who choose to hang out here instead out there in the rat races (e.g. the Big R)
They’d have trouble if the ‘fist’ is sloppy enough. Swing it