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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Many, many (most?) commercial ham radios are powered by ~12VDC, and can be run directly off of a car battery in many cases (always use a fuse, kids!).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, pretty sure that'd be the whole OnStar transceiver, too (which isn't a bad thing to disable...).

I thought the antenna itself was behind a fuse (as in, feedline has an inline fuse) which would be a peculiar design I think.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Are antennas usually behind a fuse?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Unable to comply.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 21 points 3 months ago

Not all honorable fighting is done with a bat'leth.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 18 points 3 months ago

Pick your favorite tech company, pick a small team with a "nerdy" engineering mandate, and I'm confident you'll find the academic, geeky science and engineering types you're talking about.

They probably aren't very vocal though, because 1) there's a huge PR/marketing budget which is responsible for being the face of the company, and 2) well...these are nerdy STEM folks who probably like their job because they get very well compensated to be nerdy STEM types, and not because they're fanboys/girls.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Verizon will tell you to fuck right off and will never unlock your device.

Will never unlock their device.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hopefully someone will appreciate it 😋

Not sure if wholesome, or wants there to be a car crash...

(I know what you mean, I just found it humorous.)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

Our experience is that basically the only really expensive thing is childcare. Are you eligible for subsidized, or free, care (or have trustworthy and willing relatives)?

As for gear, babies don't need much. But for what they do need, reach out to friends, neighbors, and family! We're fortunate that we could have afforded everything new, but we really only bought a few things because friends and randos alike gave us so much free kid stuff (we bought a nice stroller, a baby basket, and an IKEA crib


basically everything else was a hand-me-down). Join local "buy nothing" groups, or parent groups (sadly they're usually WhatsApp, but whatever). Most people hate throwing away stuff, and would rather it go to a good home.

Look at programs for subsidized/free necessities like diapers. There are lots of resources out there, especially in cities.

As everyone else said, no one feels ready. We certainly didn't!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What kind of cutlery are you dropping that requires refinishing your floor?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm, I'm not sure I understand...

A large explosion every second has units of power, not energy. So to me this is suggesting that the train is putting out power equal to its kinetic energy per second. That's certainly not the case


it implies that the train is powerful enough to accelerate to the speed in 1s, which is definitely not true.

But that's just my interpretation.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

~~I don't think your units make sense


kinetic energy has units of energy, but "kg TNT per second" is power (about 4MW). (I think just remove the "every second" and it's correct?)~~

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