stilldavid

vor 28 Tagendiscuss

I wear mine to sleep and that's where I get tremendous value out of it! I have small kids who are up one or more times overnight, and it's the first thing I check - is it midnight? Closer to 4am? Helps me make immediate decisions about how to handle the situation.

stilldavid

vor 5 Monatendiscuss

This is so rad! Here's a photo of me making a 1.2Ghz FM contact 244km away from the summit of a 14er to the summit of another 14er here in Colorado. That particular band is very line-of-sight, with not much propagation or reflections like even 2m SSB or the HF bands. This is a very fun tool that I can't wait to explore more!

https://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2021/08/using-1-2-ghz-in-the-...

stilldavid

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

Seconding fastmail.

I have a catch-all and can reply from any address I please. If I reply from an email sent to [email protected] it even auto populates the "from" address for me with "retailer", or I can choose to reply from one of my named accounts. It's really slick.

stilldavid

letztes Jahrdiscuss

I've been pretty happy with Betterment.

stilldavid

letztes Jahrdiscuss

The Coleco Adam was my first computer. I was too young to appreciate it other than the hours spent playing _Pitfall_, but those are fond memories indeed.

stilldavid

letztes Jahrdiscuss

Not OP but I have the Anker 3-in-1 Cube and it was $150 when I bought it a year or two ago. It charges a phone, watch, and airpods at the same time, and sparks joy for me.

https://www.anker.com/products/y1811

stilldavid

vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

I'm a longtime rock climber and climbed a tower professionally back in another life. With most things, it's practice with the gear that builds trust in your system. I can do most anything at a height these days because I know that I'm safe; it lets me push that lizard brain feeling away. I similarly experienced this learning to SCUBA dive a few years ago - it's horrifying! But the more time spent doing the thing, practicing the systems, failure modes, etc... let me relax and enjoy the fish rather than freaking out that I'm 70' underwater.

stilldavid

vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

With a robust used market, as well. I laughed at the battery life goals for this - the inreach mini I use lasts _days_.

stilldavid

vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

The NYT did kick this off with Snow Fall and it won a Pulitzer the following year.

https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/index.html

stilldavid

vor 2 Jahrendiscuss

... but it is back-uppable.

stilldavid

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

My wife and I went to Kauai and specifically rented a Jeep so we could take it on some moderate trails to see waterfalls and whatnot. We were somewhat dismayed when we arrived and found we had been "upgraded" to a BMW X5 and there were no actual off-road vehicles available from the company. It was a nice car, for sure, but not what we had wanted.

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