Open post Art H. @arth@enchantment.social · 6mo ago Replying to @N9DRB@qth.social <p>Anybody know what an antenna connector (for coax) that would solder to the LightAPRS 2.0 would be called?</p><p>I can't seem to find the right thing.</p><p><a href="https://www.qrp-labs.com/lightaprs2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">qrp-labs.com/lightaprs2.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://qth.social/tags/APRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>APRS</span></a> <a href="https://qth.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a></p> @N9DRB@qth.social Card edge SMA connector. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1865 adafruit.com Edge-Launch SMA Connector for 1.6mm / 0.062" Thick PCBs This is a great connector for anyone doing RF work, when an SMA connector is required. It hugs the edge of a standard 0.063" thick PCB and 'launches' off of the edge. We like ...
Open post Art H. @arth@enchantment.social · 6mo ago Replying to @Athena@chaosfem.tw <p>“Early in the Reticulum—thousands of years ago—it became almost useless because it was cluttered with faulty, obsolete, or downright misleading information,” Sammann said.<br>“Crap, you once called it,” I reminded him.<br>“Yes—a technical term. So crap filtering became important. Businesses were built around it. Some of those businesses came up with a clever plan to make more money: they poisoned the well. They began to put crap on the Reticulum deliberately, forcing people to use their products to filter that crap back out. They created syndevs whose sole purpose was to spew crap into the Reticulum. But it had to be good crap.”<br>“What is good crap?” Arsibalt asked in a politely incredulous tone.<br>“Well, bad crap would be an unformatted document consisting of random letters. Good crap would be a beautifully typeset, well-written document that contained a hundred correct, verifiable sentences and one that was subtly false. It’s a lot harder to generate good crap. At first they had to hire humans to churn it out. They mostly did it by taking legitimate documents and inserting errors—swapping one name for another, say. But it didn’t really take off until the military got interested.”<br>“As a tactic for planting misinformation in the enemy’s reticules, you mean,” Osa said. “This I know about. You are referring to the Artificial Inanity programs of the mid–First Millennium A.R.”<br>"Anathem" by Neal Stephenson</p> @Athena@chaosfem.tw Stephenson is one of my favorite authors. It's been a long time since I read Anathem though and don't remember that quote. I should give it another read.
Open post Art H. @arth@enchantment.social · 12mo ago Replying to @shanselman@hachyderm.io <p>Minor medical situation on the flight and it’s cool that my wife is able to jump up and help out when they ask for a licensed medical professional. </p><p>One day someone will need a regular expression so I stay ready.</p> @shanselman@hachyderm.io There's an XKCD comic about this, though I can't be bothered to find it right now. 😉