Andy Valencia @vandys@mastodon.sdf.org

The MUF actually got high enough that I made a contact on 15 meters - to South America even! Idk if all hams know about this site but it tells you the highest frequency likely to produce ionospheric propagation at 3000km. Very helpful for seeing which bands are "open"

http://prop.kc2g.com

An essential resource for any serious software developer... https://ohshitgit.com/

A friendly reminder

I kind of wish there were a way to post to the local timeline, but not to federated. (But still to my followers, and still public; sort of like a combination of public and unlisted.)

#Mastodon

The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-great-affordability-crisis-breaking-america/ar-BBZKHPt?li=BBnbfcN

Well worth a read, this!

“Decentralised SMTP Is For The Greater Good”

https://kevq.uk/decentralised-smtp-is-for-the-greater-good/

Topic 1: IM NG

Historically, XMPP messages were routed to only one receiving device. That may be the device with the highest priority, or a particular device identified by the resourcepart of the jid (eg. vanitasvitae@jabberhead.tk/phone is a phone).

To improve the user experience in modern multi client scenarios, extension protocols like Carbon Copies and Message Archive Management were introduced to adjust the message routing to changed user expectations.

You should update your Firefox. Right now.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-03/

#firefox #vulnerability

My wife's Folk/Celtic radio show, latest episode:

http://foresthalls.org/wordpress/?p=3373

Play it on-demand:

http://archive.voiceofvashon.org

Seriously? Seriously???
American #Healthcare system
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/23/787403509/for-her-head-cold-insurer-coughed-up-25-865

Khan Academy switching server software to Go - https://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/goliath.htm

A young person's idea on how to hire. Looks VERY reasonable to me!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/12/a-hiring-test-id-like-to-run/

Artists who aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (but should be)
Depeche Mode
Whitney Houston
The B-52's
The Smashing Pumpkins
Rage Against the Machine
The Doobie Brothers
King Crimson
Big Star
Sonic Youth
Nine Inch Nails
Dick Dale