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Do cell phone bans include GMRS/Amateur radio?

There has been much reporting on the upcoming bans for in class cell phone use – it makes sense that these may be much more distracting than the cell phones of years past, with constant social interactions or distractions. But for those who want to communicate, what are the rules for simply using a GMRS or ham radio for necessary communication throughout the day?

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Can Claude start a business? According to Anthropic, probably not.

In a recent post by Anthropic, they relate the story of testing a Claude bot as a small business owner for their in-office vending setup. The result was somewhat humorous, and shows that it is not likely that the AI are ready to be management material (although, as we all know, they can sometimes help us manage businesses/ideas 🙂

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One week until Diasp.org shutdown – have you downloaded your data?

Last year, the well known Diaspora node Diasp.org announced it will be shutting down… April 2025. Reasons stated include liability for anything posted within a server an administrator controls, and maintenance and the disk space growth and general expectation that the service should be more like other social media companies.

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DigitalOcean performance – and reasons to get set on a newer region!

If you have had a very old Ubuntu/Linux server that you had recently noted does not receive security updates (without paid subscription), you may have certainly looked in to the pros/cons of creating an entirely new server of a newer Ubuntu, vs Ubuntu upgrade process. There may be more advantages than you think, to start an entirely new droplet:

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