Notices by Imogen (hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social), page 3

@jmorris

Nice work.

How to ruin a business in 7 days.

Up until last week Helldivers 2 has been one of the most popular games of 2024.

When the company announced last week you would be required to link to a Steam or PlayStation Network account to continue playing the game the community responded with 200,000 negative reviews. This resulted in Helldivers 2 being delisted in around 177 countries.

The company announced this morning it will NOT be moving forward with its previous plans.

#Gaming

@freemo

With regard to censorship, had congress classified them (The internet industry collectively) as common carriers in 1996 the censorship issue wouldn’t be a concern.

@ThinkingSapien

@freemo

I wouldn’t ban it because of the speech component I would ban it because it harvesting data from children who are unable to consent to any other contract in our society and have no understanding of the negative consequences of letting this data be harvested.

The two issues are legally distinct.

@freemo

It’s opinion piece written from my perspective. What I want and what the law or life will allow don’t always line up.

For example I would love to make a million dollars a year but that’s not going to happen or I want a 140 foot tower in my backyard but the yard isn’t big enough.

Here is my personal take on the TikTok drama.

1. The app and service is trash.

2. I personally think it should be banned along with Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Reddit and Instagram because it’s only purpose is to harvest data.

3. Any law banning TikTok will most likely be struck down as unconstitutional.

4. A better approach would be creating laws codifying the right to privacy, data retention, data destruction and banning the sale of data from these services. No exceptions.

#TikTok

So you are thinking about following me?

When I post legal topics I generally do NOT use the CW button, instead I will tag as #SCOTUS or #Law or #Justice

Ham radio posts are always tagged as #HamRadio

Weather related to Minnesota is always tagged as #MNWX.

News may OR may not have a CW but will always be tagged with #News

I will always tag politics with a CW and the hashtag #USPol

If these topics make you uncomfortable OR you don’t want this in your timeline MUTE the hash tags.

Kapish?

@jmorris

I would suggest a PVC pipe. Groove it for your desired wire diameter and spacing.

@jmorris

Pretty cool. You will be an expert before you know it. Soon you will be making loading coils.

Imagine having two ground insulated 130 foot towers spaced 131 feet apart. Tied between the two towers is an 80 meter half wave dipole fed with 600 ohm feedline.

Imagine the contacts you could make on 160 and 80 meters.

Things that fill my mind.

100 ham radio operators with a steerable (Elevation Azimuth) yagi antenna for 2 meters and / or 440 MHz plus a 1KW microwave oven magnetron and proper dish all pointed at the same spot in the sky. The magnetron energy helps to ionize that part of the sky and acts as a passive reflector for the VHF and UHF signals.

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/rf-analog/article/16715796/army-revisits-troposcatter-communications-technology-as-alternative-to-longrange-satcom

#HamRadio #Radio #Shortwave

Would love to know if you have any of the following test equipment in your personal shack?

1. Frequency counter
2. Oscilloscope
3. Spectrum analyzer
4. Service monitor
5. TDR (Time domain reflectometer)
6. Ground Resistance Tester
7. Antenna analyzer (MFJ, Comet, Rigexpert, Nano VNA, etc.)
8. DIP Meter
9. Field strength meter
10. Signal Generator
11. Multimeter

[Is something not listed that you consider “Test equipment”?]

I have 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

@g4dbn

Super nice. 👍

@g4dbn

I have a 1 foot wave guide with flanges sitting on my desk as we speak.

TSI model 1062

@ryanc

As a kid I wanted one.

Did you know about this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins:_Secrets_of_the_Mogwai

@ryanc

Definitely

@ryanc

Still never saw it. Have you seen Fear and loathing in Las Vegas?

@ryanc

Someday he will invent some called “Windows”. He will sell it to Microsoft for about $5,000

@ryanc

Cable TV was all the rage in the 1980’s, now it’s just rubbish.

@ryanc

Have you never seen the film?