tomswartz07

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by tomswartz07 6y ago
I appreciate the Good Place reference in the name.
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by tomswartz07 6y ago
depesz has a great tool that highlights the changes. Even going from latest 9.6 to latest 12 gives a huge number of fixes and changes and features. Can't recommend this tool enough :) https://why-upgrade.depesz.com/show
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
It's 2019, for pete's sake and other empty management-type neologisms!
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
Hypothetically, When you buy an iPhone, do you expect to also get the latest model when it is released? That being said, Apple also releases iOS updates to previous phones, even after they've been paid for. If this doesn't seem st
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
Presently? None of which I'm aware. I'm very much hoping that we could resolve the issue with SMSBackup+ for the time being, but that's mostly up to the project owner. I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server and
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
I see this as a double-edged sword. 1. It makes sense that Google wants to stop apps from abusing their storage platform. There are a lot of projects that abuse the data storage capacity. There was that one app that converted files to Base6
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
Current SMSBackup+ user here. I agree with your sentiment, but part of the key difference for me is that SMSBackup+ is open source. I've been building the app myself and using it for years, so I'm very certain what it's doing
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
My 'blanket statement' specifically says 'a structure like this', meaning an old structure. But sure, go ahead and retroactively correct yourself.
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about. The facts stand, as have been reiterated in the thread above: - Firefighting airplanes can effectively spray in a way that doesn't harm trees (by releasing the 12,000+ gallons over a very
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
Water has a mass of ~8.3 lbs per gallon. A DC-10 Air Tanker carries 12,000 US gallons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-10_Air_Tanker All said, that's 45.4 metric tons. Go ahead, stand under one and let us know how
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by tomswartz07 7y ago
Water is heavy. If you drop water on a structure like this, you end up having a collapsed building that is also on fire.
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Given the leaps and bounds of development in this area recently, I wouldn't call HackRF a go-to device anymore (compared to the more recent devices) but yes- any of them totally would be able to pick this up.
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SatNOGS: Web-Based Software Defined Radio Satellite Receiver(network.satnogs.org)
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
>I sent him a link to Mouser, a catalog where you can buy a 0.006 x 0.003 inch coupler. Turns out that’s the exact coupler in all the images in the story. I did a super quick search, and sure enough, yep- the images in the article are mo
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
With my small touchpad on my laptop, I was unable to even get past the first entry. Closed the tab instantly after that. I'm sure the info was enlightening, but totally unreadable to me.
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Honestly, I don't see this happening. Many packages use rolling versions from git commits, so while the PKGBUILDs don't get updated, any time a user re-runs makepkg on that PKGBUILD the latest commit is pulled and built. In those
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
I have no idea on the implementation, but it seems that they resolved it with 'CPU loading' optimizations: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDet...
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
The new BIOS updates addressed the whine issues I had. Might have been worth checking out before just taking it back :) EDIT : To be clear, my issues were resolved after an update back in Dec 2017: http://www.dell.com/sup
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Not sure if you've checked out Sigrok, but it does work well for screenshots.
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Agree, a Rigol 1054z is easy to come by inexpensively, and it can be software modded to unlock some extra features. The scope also works great on Linux with Sigrok.
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Assuming that they have the info on the accounts to make that number estimate, are they going to contact those who were affected? I mean to say, if- for example- my mom was one of the facebook users who had their information taken/used
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
Or, it's more likely that they only pay workers a few dollars a day to crank this stuff out.
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
I think what's so attractive about the RTL-SDR devices is that they're so cheap and have such a huge variety of applications. With a $10 dongle, you can go from tracking airplanes, to reading your wireless electric meter, to liste
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by tomswartz07 8y ago
My previous job was in K-12 tech, and I still keep in contact with my old boss. When I started at that position, the school district (~5k students) was nearly 100% Apple. Nearly every device was the low-cost polycarb Macbook. The district p
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
I mean, you still have issues like wildlife on the roadway. It's impossible to fully remove the issue. Vehicles still need to react to and reduce accidents, but they will absolutely never eliminate them.
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
> The people leading the development of these horse-drawn carriages should demonstrate that they can stop for pedestrians by jumping in front of them on a closed test dirt-path. If they're not able to demonstrate this, they shouldn&
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
$10k/year? Probably not. A slightly more amount of taxes than I currently pay? Sure; if it's for the betterment and reformation of the worse-off in our society, I'd gladly pay a bit more money.
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
What if, hear me out, we make basic education free for everyone, including those in prison?
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
Adjusted for inflation, that $700 in 1978 is $2,661.15 in 2018 money. The latest-and-greatest KENWOOD TS-990S is going for ~$7,979.95 (according to HRO)[1] I'd say you got a deal back in the day. :) [1] https://www.hamradio.
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by tomswartz07 9y ago
I see your point, but the argument is that if you're just getting started, $30 is a much easier pill to swallow. As for your tests on the Baofengs, I'd be interested to see your sources and the exact models tested. As a counterpoi

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