As you may know there are well known free repeater apps that are widely used for ham radio repeater info, but there are several reasons to try the premium repeaterSTART app: (currently on sale for 14.99 $4.99, biggest sale of the year…):
Escaping planned obsolescence with OpenCore Legacy Patcher
Within the last decade, many things have got faster and better, with more memory, more power, more efficiency. However some things have not gotten better – like some of the limitations of versions of Apple software and their hardware they leave behind at times.
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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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There has been much research in recent months making LLMs give helpful and useful information. Unfortunately it is often wrong or inaccurate. Today I show how some simple tasks for radio amateurs are given back with incorrect information in Claude, ChatGPT and Bing AI assistant:
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Laravel is generally known to be compatible from minor release to minor release, but a recent update breaks many queries and has been reported by several coders!
Continue reading “Laravel update breaks Eloquent queries”Kv4p HT app brings 2-meter Ham Radio to Android Phones
If you have been involved in amateur radio groups you may have noted the new popular kv4p HT project that many have been talking about. This app and USBC-connected radio chip let you use your phone as a small ham radio handheld!
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Days ago, senator Warner reported on the major intrusion on American phone networks. In recent months, the group Salt Typhoon was found to have compromised various systems, including those involved with major political figures.
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The Panhandle preparedness expo is coming up next weekend! What will you find at the preparedness expo?
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Earlier this month, both AT&T and Verizon had a texting and calling cell phone outage – even the FCC noted that this was happening in multiple states! Similar issues have happened in February and at other times. In the recent New Mexico, 29 out of 113 cell towers were down and this is a common issue among areas with natural disasters. This highlights the need for other channels of communication, even when you are in town and normally have a working cell phone:
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In the recent article in The Atlantic, they make an interesting point – the web will likely be transformed by the junk that can be created by LLVMs and ChatGPT. This could be an increasing problem in the future, and I have seen some cases where current search engines give links to the “word salad” pages noted in the article.
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