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Comment · 1 year ago
You being alive right now is very likely a cost that the collective we could have decided to do without. Clean water, the suppression of diseases that'd wipe out entire populaces... Without those, you should likely have died before you were 5. You know what, I think you're right, you should have died before your 5th birthday.
Comment · 1 year ago
You might be interested in checking out the WHO SMART Guidelines. Nothing on cancer yet AFAIK, but it's evolving.
Comment · 1 year ago
Had a CEO who extolled how much better open plans were, how vibrant it made the workplace, and so on and so on... Years later she admitted it was just to save money. I refuse to call an open office an "office" - that vibrant office she described back then? Full of people wearing headphones to block out all the noise they otherwise couldn't escape.
Comment · 3 years ago
How can I trust this comment if this forum isn't on the blockchain!?
Comment · 3 years ago
2000 and SimTower. And SimCopter! Oh the good ol' days.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Whew, I carried that tripod around when I was younger, it's a killer.
Comment · 4 years ago
Curious what your book recommendations would be?
Comment · 4 years ago
Actually disregard this, I was mistaken.
Comment · 4 years ago
We haven't used Chromebooks, sorry. For scanners a number of cheap to pricey ones were tried. On the cheap end I don't have the exact model number but I think it was about $30USD from Netum, as well as using apps in cheaper smart-phones using the built-in camera.

I'd guess it's the scanner though, I don't think those control characters are supposed to be sent.

Comment · 4 years ago
I think the key question here is: are you using GS1 identifiers? If not, I don't think it'd make much sense to throw a non-GS1 identifier in there and expect anyone else to be able to use it. Or is this just internal?
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm not familiar with that scanner, however that sounds like a scanner issue. I haven't had that issue with GS-128 with the couple scanners I & colleagues have tried. I did a google search and in the Amazon reviews there is someone purporting to be from the manufacturer saying to email them to learn how to make it work, with regards to FNC1.
Comment · 4 years ago
Just the numbers? Or the number + data?
Comment · 4 years ago
PicoAPRS, Moblinkd, likely some others I believe will Bluetooth pair to your phone. As will the icom 705 with wifi I think.

I’ve sent messages just fine with the built in pad on a th-d72 and d710g.

Comment · 4 years ago
Same, well different locations, but same.

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