Here's this morning's partial solar eclipse, seen through one side of a pair of binoculars with a yellow filter.
Even with a filter the projected image was dazzling. The eclipse is over now but don't look at the sun directly or through anything not designed for solar viewing.
Have you had that "Upcoming price change for your Microsoft 365 subscription" email yet? They want to charge you an extra 50%ish for AI features, and they do *not* make it easy to find the way to turn it off. It took me minutes of searching - this is a particularly evil dark pattern.
"Switch plan" just lets you pick between annual and monthly billing. You want "Turn off recurring billing" and then "Current subscription without AI".
You're welcome. Please boost for others.
@th A sliderule that size is clearly used for
long division
WHY NOONE EVER EXPLAINED THIS TO ME!?!?!?!?
Today in "just HF things", the latest revision of the IARU Region 1 40m bandplan:
7000-7010kHz: oldtimers sending morse at 45wpm with a straight key
7010-7018: CW being sent by lesser mortals
7018-7020: Some really brave newcomer calling CQ in very slow, hard to copy Morse. Good on them.
7020-7030: German stations sending impeccable Morse into ruthlessly efficient antenna systems and almost blowing your ears off
7030-7038: Russian propaganda
7038-7047: digital modes, RTTY, oldtimers sending angry morse at all this newfangled stuff intruding on "their" frequencies
7047-7050: FT8 go BWAAAAAAAUUUURRRRRRHHHH
7048: Embittered PSK31 operators still refusing to accept that it's not "their" frequency
7050-7060: Impenetrable R2D2 noises in one of 1000 digital modes which all sound alike but which probably decode to "PUTIN IS AN ASSHOLE" in Ukrainian
7060-7065: Impenetrable R2D2 noises which are probably PACTOR
7065-7200: Italians putting out suspiciously strong signals on phone considering that the legal limit there is 500W
7200-7300: Here Be Dragons. China Radio International. Americans calling Europe and wondering why nobody's replying.
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