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Be cool this July 4th (midwest.social)
[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago

As someone who used to troubleshoot an extremely complex system for my day job, I can say I've worked my way across the entire bell curve.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 59 points 3 months ago

The things is, if you try to parse html with a regex, you will always be able to construct valid html that will break it, no matter how complex your regex becomes.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago

We met on OkCupid. We were on opposite sides of the Atlantic, but she had a friend on this side, and they were comparing the "weird" profiles they were each finding. OkCupid has a "if you liked this person, you might like these more" section, and I appeared in there. She wasn't really looking to date anyone, but she clicked, messaged me, and we clicked. I moved to the US to be with her after a two-year long distance relationship, and we'll be celebrating our ten year wedding anniversary next year.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

Python or Perl. IIRC, I've seen systems with a Perl install by default, but not Python.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago

On the internet, no one can tell you're a duck.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago

It's definitely great in theory until you inherit a codebase with no tests, poor documentation, and numerous reported bugs already live in production. Even better if it was written by people hired because they could do other things better than they could code - which looking at some of the unlabeled wiring messes we were left, isn't saying a lot.

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[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

Did you know that XLR is also something of a standard for interchangeable sex machine attachments?

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 22 points 11 months ago

I'm a big fan of amateur radio, specifically portable operation, and Parks on the Air.

I'll take my radio out to a remote location, throw an antenna up into some trees, and talk to people all over the US.

Currently I need mains power, but I'm looking to buy a battery soon, and I already have some solar panels gifted from a club member.

I live in Michigan, and last time I was out, my most distant contacts were in Dallas, Texas, around 1100 miles away, while I was sitting at a picnic table at my local state park campground.

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 11 points 11 months ago

You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 18 points 1 year ago

Hahaha, I had no clue about the shells.

He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!

[-] RoadieRich@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

There's also !amateur_radio@lemmy.radio which is reasonably active.

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Field Day is, more or less, amateur radio's yearly open house. Clubs around the country will be setting up in parks to demonstrate their ability to make contacts in "less than ideal" conditions (which basically means "outside, without mains power").

If you're at all curious about radio communication, you should find your nearest site and drop in.

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