[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Maybe the hairless ape will throw a stick!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

I stand corrected, apparently the sign originated before the rollover accident.

The change in how empty car seats are handled was heavily covered during my EMT and paramedic training, although the story could be apocryphal. I remember hearing about it, but couldn't find a solid reference on wayback machine.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They're secretly dog people

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

We like your username

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

The original intent with the signs was to let first responders know if there was a baby in the car or not. If you had a baby in the car, you would flip it to "baby on board", otherwise you flip it to "baby not on board". Instead it became a way for breeders to signal to the world that they successfully procreated.

This stems from a 2006 accident in Texas, an infant was ejected from a car seat during a rollover crash. The first responders didn't find the baby on scene and decided that the car seat must have been empty. A few days later, the baby was found dead near the scene.

Now the rule is that, if there's a car seat there's a baby. If the car seat is empty, you keep looking until you find the baby. The best thing parents can do is out a stuffed animal in the car seat, this let's first responders know that there isn't a baby to look for.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Does it distribute tiny swords?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I've been trying to use organic maps more often

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

This looks fun! I love Levy.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Works even better if you can keep the billionaire inside

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Chumbawamba wrote this in 1994, and it's still just as relevant today.

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My family has been using the Google Maps location sharing feature for a while. My partner is able to see if I'm running late, I can tell where my sister is when we travel together.

I would like to find a way to continue sharing my location with my family, without sharing it with Google. Are there any apps for this?

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I have an older desktop (circa 2010) that I'm trying to repurpose into a small game server and NAS. It doesn't have UEFI. I've tried booting from USB and from DVD. I can get into the BIOS boot menu and select the device to boot from, but after I select it just goes to a blank screen.

I'm using the onboard AMD GPU. This is a fresh hard drive. I've tried the boot media on my laptop and it boots fine. I've put the old Windows 7 SSD back into the desktop and it boots fine. I've tried different images: Fedora Silverblue, Antix x64, Antix 386. Everything is giving the same results.

Can you recommend any other troubleshooting tips?

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I'm looking for some advice about selecting an antenna. I live in an apartment, so I can't install anything permanent and can't anchor anything to the house. There is a small backyard about 30ftx30ft, some arborvitaes but no strong trees. My radio is on the second floor. There are also two-story houses behind and on either side. I am currently a technician, planning to upgrade to general in the next few months. Right now I'm mostly interested in 10m and 20m, would also like 2m to reach my local repeater. I plan to use SSB and digital modes. Some possible options I've come up with: using a stand like this https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/wmo-18320 with a mast to put up an inverted V, but I haven't done the measurements and math to see what the angle would be; my initial instinct is that it's too sharp of an angle to be effective. I also looked at this https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxc-expedition or https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/but-hf9v, but I don't have good line-of-sight with all the houses. I could do the mast stand and a mast with something like this https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mkr-11-251.

[-] [email protected] 73 points 5 months ago

Kiss the ring

[-] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

Earth - any water repellant fabric, probably synthetic

Venus - I'd go with Teflon and extend it to the ground

Titan - SCBA

Neptune and HD 189733b - something hard and durable but lightweight. I'd go with titanium. Chainmaille extending to the ground.

OGLE-TR-56b - tungsten, with a mobile support apparatus.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

This was predicted on the post about Beeper

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I'm going to try building a couple of pvc/measuring tape Yagis, one for 2m and one for 70cm. I have a basic understanding that the satellite (going to try ISS voice first) will be at a certain compass direction and angle above horizon. I think my main question is the beacon. I tune to the beacon signal and start hunting for the satellite, what am I listening for? Any particular Homer advice?

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