Notices by es0mhi (es0mhi@tilde.zone)

@KD3BTG

I'd love to have your troubles. 36°F here and drizzeling rain.

@simsa0.bsky.social

It’s nice that you jumped right to the expression “living democracy.” Because even looking at democracy by regular standards, things look bleak.

The executive branch? Our favorite president - no comment needed there. The legislative branch? Well, the Republicans have the majority in both chambers. Are the Democrats at least using their - somewhat pathetic - means? No, they’re essentially waiting until the king’s (I mean the clown’s) second term is over. Because real resistance costs the people money, and that hurts, so they won’t vote for the Democrats again next time. The judiciary? At least there, Trump’s massive interference does not seem to have had the hoped-for success. But that doesn’t matter. The wheels of justice turn slowly. But Trump comes up with something new every morning. He’s wearing seven-league boots, and the courts are stuck in their slippers.

But what interests me far more is living democracy, democracy in action, outside of the political system. For me, two institutions are particularly crucial here: the newspapers (today “the media”) and the universities. The universities have come to terms with the situation and are maintaining the status quo. And as a lifelong reader of The New York Times, I blush with shame when I witness their toothlessness. And that's almost the most radical left (you hear my sarcasm) media outlet of any influence.

The rest is the people: folklore - yesterday the Super Bowl and today No Kings.

'No Kings' — with such a slogan, you can ultimately ridicule even the faintest glimmer of resistance. Yes, a democracy has no need for kings — except that there is no living democracy any more. Could you perhaps start to recognise that? Americans really deserve the clown kings they vote into office. And the pain doesn't seem bad enough yet. (Oh yeah, and losing money is the only thing that really hurts.)

#USPol #nokings

@tramm

Ah ja, unustasin: kodanik Madisoni kohta "ei kommentaari".

@tramm

Kindlasti ei ole küsimus selles, et sotsiaaldemokraadid ja liberaalid oleksid „ühtsuse leidnud“, vaid pigem selles, kes kaitseb demokraatlikku ühiskonnamudelit ja kes eelistab autoritaarsemat juhtimist. Kui sa oleksid mind enne hääletamist küsinud, oleksin sulle just need nimed paberile kirjutanud.

@tramm

See, kuidas meie saadikud hääletasid, ei ole mingi üllatus. Ja näitab taas kord: kui aitad "poliitiku, keda usaldad" Euroopa Parlamenti, tasub see end varem või hiljem ära.

@tramm

Aga suurimast dilemmast ei räägi sa sõnagi. Sa ju adud, et ma vihjesin millegi muule. Kuidas sinu Facebooki postitus siis sellesse jõledasse keskkonda üldse sattus? Muidugi on su klounipilt sõnumi oluline osa, kuid veelgi kõnekam on ju see, et sina figureerid nende kahe idioodi grimasside keskmes.

@tramm

Meie uus kolmainsus: isa, poeg ja püha vaim.

@F1RUM

Glad to see you're back on the radio and active again!

"Erakonna (Parempoolsed) esimees Lavly Perling ütles ... , et Eestil tuleks loobuda praegusest sotsiaalriigi mudelist, kus riik jagab kühvliga toetusi." (AK/err)

Eesti? Järgib sotsiaalriigi mudelit? Eesti? Ja jagab kühvliga toetusi?

Aga loomulikult! Ja maa on lame. Seda unustas ta veel lisada.

#eesti #poliitika #hallutsinatsioonid

@simsa0.bsky.social

Danke für den Hinweis. Mich interessiert natürlich, warum Du meinst, das könne mich interessieren? Es bringt mich weit, weit zurück, in eine Zeit, als das Bücherlesen noch geholfen hat.

Vor die Wahl zwischen Burroughs und Kerouac gestellt, war ich ganz bei Kerouac, den ich geliebt habe. 'Naked Lunch' erschien mir langweilig und Cut Up als Methode in den Ergebnissen auch weniger beeindruckend als die Experimente der Surrealisten.

Manchmal frage ich mich, ob wir ungefähr gleichaltrig sind.

@mms

I think I've written about this before. I switched from nil to Emacs right away. Possibly hadn't touched a computer for more than 10 years. The whole concept of using dot files for configuration was completely new to me. So looking for the f*cking .emacs file that everybody mentioned being most important drove me crazy. Once I mastered that, everything else was a piece of cake ;-)

"The war is going great." (Donald Trump)

@M0YNG

While I can see why my post might give the impression that I think "gender is important and should be mentioned", the opposite is true. I don't care about gender at all! You can call me 'she', 'it' , 'they', 'he' or whatever you like. Gender is not part of my identity — or so I would like to think.

Perhaps that is precisely why I try to be somewhat creative and playful with gender terms. And forgiving. Yes, there is a reference to male and female in OM and YL. But there are also 'young' and 'old', and the ironic playfulness in using these categories. Why not focus on that aspect first? What is important to me is that we are human beings. However, terms such as 'operator' or 'significant other' are machine talk. I would leave those to artificial intelligence.

@dj3ei

Although I remember feeling slightly irritated when I first came across this terminology many years ago, I now have a different view on it compared to you. (It also seemed more like an American thing to me — it's not normally used in Estonia.) What you're missing is the self-irony. Even an amateur much younger than you and me may be addressed as 'old man' – and I can only ever say this with a smile on my face. And an old lady will always stay young because, you know, if only we could stop time... While XYL seems openly sexist, it wouldn't be if I addressed my wife this way (instead of talking about her on the air to others) — we'd remember the days when we were both young with a slight sense of wistfulness. So, while getting rid of all that chauvinism, I would like to see us keep the terminology and use it the way I outlined. After all, we are human beings with all our whims and mistakes. And radio communication is about human beings communicating.

And while I'm on the subject, let's do away with commemorative days like International Women's Day, Mother's Day, Children's Day, International Men's Day and International Non-Binary People's Day. I really hate this hypocrisy.

But first of all: I'm glad to see more women getting into amateur radio. Hopefully this will make the whole issue obsolete.

@simsa0.bsky.social

I must admit, I'm also among those who harbour this hope. It's more to calm my own nerves than out of genuine hope, though. This idea of disruption spilling over from the US is too reminiscent of the situation before World War I, when people felt that a war would come in handy to get rid of the obsolete world order. If there is any reason for hope, it's that everything is happening more slowly this time. (The fact that they all seem to be running out of ammunition so quickly is also a source of joy for me.)

Listening to Hegseth's excited boast about torpedoing a military vessel makes me feel physically sick.

20 years ago, even 10 years ago, ham radio software was dominated by Windows applications. If you were using Linux (or one of the BSDs), there were certain things you couldn't do. For years, I kept some desktop computers around just for running ham radio software. Pointing this out to other radio amateurs was frustrating because nobody seemed to care. (I assume it was because people took it for granted that ham radio gear would cost a fortune anyway, so why would they even consider free software?)

This changed dramatically when the #RaspberryPi was released in 2012, as it made it possible to run cheap RTL-SDR dongles exclusively on Linux. This trend skyrocketed with the release of FT-8 and the WSJT-X software in 2017. So the shift was marked by the breakthrough of the new digital modes and the arrival of the maker scene.

But as I have since realized, this does not represent a general breakthrough of non-proprietary and open standards. Young hams want me to discuss their projects in Discord channels or with other dubious means of communication, such as Telegram. (Where I would find a wiki or a forum on Lemmi much more obvious.)

Pointing this out to younger radio amateurs is frustrating: because nobody seems to care.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #floss #digital

@niggi.bsky.social

SZ: Herr Niggemeier, Beckmann wird 70. Könnten Sie uns da nicht eine Würdigung zum runden Geburtstag schreiben.

Niggemeier: Beckmann? Zu dem fällt mir nichts ein. Bin froh, daß der sich zurückgezogen hat.

SZ: Hervorragend! Wir sind gespannt auf Ihren Artikel.

@tramm

Fair enough. Mina olengi purist ja ilmselt ka seetõttu näen asju veidi teisiti. Kuid see selleks.

On üks aspekt, mis mind siiski häirib. Juba see pealkiri ("Kui netihääletus läheb vaba interneti kallale") viitab sellele, et interneti ohud tulenevad peamiselt poliitilistest jõududest. Kuid mis ajast peale on YouTube hakanud tähistama vaba internetti? (Ja et siin ei tekiks valje mulje: ma toetan täielikult sinu pingutusi paljastada e-valimiste nõrkusi.) Kuid selline sõnastus kajastab ka praeguse laiema arutelu vildakust. Samad inimesed, kes ärrituvad chat control'i üle, reklaamivad meile VLOP-e kui "meie vaba internetti", mis nüüd hävitatakse (mille kallale minnakse).