trelane @trelane@librem.one
Joined Nov 2022
@mattblaze @jbschirtzinger @Blob_Calder I'm pretty sure microwave is how Sprint got their start.
Oh. I'm thinking of MCI: https://telephoneworld.org/long-distance-companies/the-history-of-mci/
Though Sprint also had microwave: https://utahrails.net/sp/sprint.php https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-railroad-telephone-businesses
From these, it sounds like microwave was important for getting around AT&T for delivering long-distance telephone and delivering other telecom things.
@mark @mattblaze fun fact: amateur radio can also still use microwaves. https://www.arrl.org/microwave
The circuits are kinda funky because the wavelengths are so short.
@colindean But waffles are delicious
trelane
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Remember when over the air digital TV came in and unless you had a new TV you needed a converter box to watch the digital channels as analog channels went dark? Did you know it's happening again? But worse.
While the FCC just recently extended the required time for the existing (ATSC 1.0) system to stay operational, the new ATSC 3.0 system is loaded with encrypted DRM even on basic channels in many cases.
And get this, it appears that the external converter boxes currently available for this that can actually deal with that DRM reportedly require an Internet connection to work!
You read that right. To receive an over the air ATSC encrypted channel -- even a basic broadcast channel -- reportedly appears to currently require an Internet connection.
Now you might be asking, what the bloody hell is the point of over the air TV if you need a damned Internet connection to watch it?
And the answer is: I don't have a clue.
Stay tuned. No pun intended.
@DreadShips There is a special tour you can sign up for that lets you walk in amongst the stones. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/stone-circle-access-visits/ We did that when we saw Stonehenge, and it was incredible. It's after (or before) hours, so there's no stonehenge bus service; you'll need to own or hire a car or conveyance of some sort.
@evan @chrismessina Hashtags were links first in identi.ca, possibly also the "@" mention as well. I still remember Twitter getting that feature, and thinking, "finally."
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To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.
And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.
Here's how that happened. 1/🧵 #history #technology
@ipg This is the one where the pins are on the other side, right?
@sundogplanets Amazing thread. Captivating until the end.
@my @howardtayler https://twitter.com/J_mugs/status/1591810244040179713
the highlighted footnote isn't even on the right line (line 9) and (allegedly, I'm less certain about this) says there is a text with the additional words at that point in the text.
@my @howardtayler I would be surprised if that were the case. It is not an if/then in German:
"10Dein Reich soll kommen.
Dein Wille soll geschehen.
Wie er im Himmel geschieht,
so soll er auch auf der Erde Wirklichkeit werden."
https://www.die-bibel.de/bibeln/online-bibeln/lesen/BB/MAT.6/Matth%C3%A4us-6
"Dein" is "thy" in English, the familiar form of "your".
@MicroSFF @Louis_Gray@mastodon.social Sonnet? Isn't that the name of a hedgehog?
There. Post backlog: sorted.
@Louis_Gray@mastodon.social @MicroSFF Going to guess it's not MicroSFF, given the length. ;)
@jeffalyanak System76 Launch
Guess I can't limit to messages to followers. But I _can_ make it an unlisted wall.
That did. Will this?
This gonna work now?
Joined Nov 2022
