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Comment · 7 months ago
Maybe New Zealand could revisit his eligibility for citizenship.
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Comment · 11 months ago
In early versions of DOS, the format command would go ahead and format the default drive with no prompt. It was a bad day if you were on C: and wanted to format A: but you forgot the A:
Comment · 11 months ago
New Hampshire just ended inspections.
Comment · 11 months ago
Most HOAs don't allow clotheslines because it makes it look as if poor people live there.
Comment · 11 months ago
I find myself doing that. I'm not sure if it's just a silly habit I have because I don't like to run out of anything even if it is not important or if I picked it up from my dad who lived through the "great" depression as a child.
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I wish you good luck.

This might be a naive question which you've probably been asked plenty of times before so I'm sorry of I'm being tedious here.

Is it really worth the effort and expense to have a real radio station these days? Wouldn't an online stream be just as effective if it was promoted well locally?

A few years ago a friend who was very much involved in a local community group which I was also somewhat interested in asked me if I wanted to help build a low power FM station. He asked me because I know something about radio since I was into ham radio etc.

I was skeptical that it was worth the effort. The nerdy part of me would have enjoyed doing it but I couldn't help thinking that an online stream would probably reach as many people without the hassle and expensive of a transmitter, antenna etc.

I know it's a toss up. Every car has an FM radio. Not everyone is going to have a phone plugged in to Android Auto or Apple Car Play and have a good data plan and have a solid connection.

I also pointed out that the technical effort is probably the small part compared to producing interesting content.

Comment · 1 year ago
I remember that in the New Zealand code too.
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This is not a criticism but just an observation. I wonder how many of their members have any clue about what Calyx is about. Calyx is quite well known in the RV community where I suspect most members simply see themselves as "customers" for the T-Mobile internet service which is a "free" membership benefit. It got better recently because they now have a plan where you can put the SIM in your own router. There are very few other "unlimited" data options available for private non-business users that allow "bring your own device".
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes roundabouts generally work well despite the fact that many American drivers seem to have problems with them.

There are some traffic patterns where roundabouts don't do well. I've seen the following. Imagine a four way roundabout with north, east, south and west. Predominate rush hour traffic is towards the east. Heavy traffic entering from north. More entering from west. Most exiting at east with very little going around beyond west. Entering from south can be nearly impossible since they're waiting for a break from both north and west.

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