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[–] mpk@awful.systems 9 points 6 days ago

In the very late 90s - so only a year or two after the Good Friday Agreement - he gave a talk in Dublin. The only part I remember was when he went off on his tangent about access to guns being an essential component of a free society and then stood there wondering why he was suddenly being heckled.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was a member of the ARRL for a year just to get QST, and found that so much of the American outlook on amateur radio is so different to that here in Europe with allthe stuff about patriotism (what? no.) and prepping and massive amplifiers and driving your pickup truck to the park (here in Austria we do SOTA, not POTA :) ) that it held no real interest for me. The tech reviews were great, though.

 

Probably a bit overpowered by WSPR standards - running 5W as it’s the minimum output power on the FT-897 and I needed the 817 for something else.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 15 points 1 week ago

He’s on the hunt for that one special female who’s really, really into Ferengi.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's just weird. I love voids. I've already given notice that our next two cats (not for a while yet, as the current two are going strong and showing no signs of keeling over) will be a void and an orange one.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago

Dear Mr Anus, it's not anti-AI, it's anti-bullshit and anti-shyster.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 11 points 4 weeks ago

Very strong "University rag committee who spend half their time telling you how completely mad!!!!!! they all are and the other half telling you solemnly how important the work they're doing is" vibes here.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 20 points 4 weeks ago

You forgot to mention that Mom and Pop also benefit from their fleet being linked exclusively to the Robocharge(tm) charging network, which provides reliable charging 24/7 for a simple convenience fee of 25% on top of the local power company's grid rate.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 10 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

also why does he think people will take on his "wacky" pronunciation of "Robovan" to rhyme with "gas oven"? I generally leave actually listening to Musk's live ramblings to the professionals but damn, this guy is a terrible public speaker. Has his schtick always consisted mostly of awkward pauses and ers and ums or is this a new thing?

[–] mpk@awful.systems 68 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Anthony Levandowski (the Waymo guy) on the robot cabs: "You’re putting the power back into the people’s hands, where a small business owner could have, you know, a fleet of 10 cars or 20 cars that they run themselves as their business. It’s a great model for the future where it’s lots of mom and pops, rather than one mega corp that does that.”

Because that is EXACTLY what will happen and it will absolutely NOT be the case that megacorps will simply do exactly what megacorps do and flood cities with robotaxis running at a loss in order to control the market and then jack up prices. No siree, it'll be all Mom and Pop's Friendly Robotaxi Company.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 26 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

Don't have much use for a protocol droid either.

[–] mpk@awful.systems 16 points 4 weeks ago

(and that vision is "happily pissed people with empty wallets")

 
[–] mpk@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Knuth should have a special Nobel Prize for Being Donald Motherfuckin' Knuth.

 
 

The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.

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