AM/FM Radio is a safety issue

[Doctors Do Little]

I'm still working on the front entrance design. Maybe I'll go with a Ford Edsel motif.

just leave the geocoordinates when you are close to occupance.

 

[Luxrage]

I recall the event quite vividly. I was giving a presentation to senior management to propose building a new $3M cleanroom as part of a facility move / consolidation. Halfway through, the lights went out and so did my PowerPoint. The next thing i said was..." I guess you guys don't like the idea?" Thank heaven my plug was pulled only due to the blackout. And the project was later approved.

I was in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI when it hit. I'd never seen them clear people out so fast! Gridlock all the way back to Troy where my grandparents lived, I'll never forget the number of cars dead on the side of the road from being stuck in traffic for hours as seemingly all of Detroit emptied the city at the same time.

 

[Susan]

Those GMRS/FRS radios only work if someone is listening & willing to respond! I personally wouldn't count on them for a rescue. Others like the cheap Baofeng radios seem to have more users.

A belated thanks for that info!

 

[Susan]

Good point! My focus was on GMRS/FRS radios, not the more typical amateur equipment that requires FCC licensing. But I agree with and understand your point on Ham operators being more responsible with how they conduct themselves on the airwaves.

I'm not that familiar with the TD-H3. Though it may be capable of broadcasting on those commercial bands, doesn't the operator need the proper licensing to broadcast on those bands?

This has become a very interesting discussion on radio!

Yes it has! Sending you a belated thanks too!

 

[Susan]

The H3 looks serious! I can't handle that many buttons. 😂

I'm still checking all these things out!

 

[Susan]

Yeah...I had my Y2K moments. Unbeknownst to my 2 closest neighbors at the top of a mountain in AL, we had ALL prepped for what was a big NOTHING.

You're welcome. I was one of the people who worked on the Y2K problem, to ensure it ended up as a big nothing

 

[Doctors Do Little]

You're welcome. I was one of the people who worked on the Y2K problem, to ensure it ended up as a big nothing

COBOL nerd? Nice

 

[Susan]

COBOL nerd? Nice

An AS/400 shop actually, though there was some COBOL. Those people made out! Lots of late evenings, but there was also lots of cameraderie. And when our due diligence was done, we partied like it was 1999.🥳🎶😉

 

[metroshot]

An AS/400 shop actually, though there was some COBOL. Those people made out! Lots of late evenings, but there was also lots of cameraderie. And when our due diligence was done, we partied like it was 1999.🥳🎶😉

Wow haven't heard of that programming language in decades!

I was barely learning BASIC and C back then.

And now we are no longer CLI - it's all graphical.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

An AS/400 shop actually, though there was some COBOL. Those people made out! Lots of late evenings, but there was also lots of cameraderie. And when our due diligence was done, we partied like it was 1999.🥳🎶😉

I was in on that too….banks, cell phones, code -MCI. I missed out on the COBOL train.

Wow haven't heard of that programming language in decades!

I was barely learning BASIC and C back then.

And now we are no longer CLI - it's all graphical.

As long as there are still legacy systems that aren't updated, there will be still be room for dinosaurs who roamed the earth slinging COBOL, SQL, etc...I am one of them, though I haven't rolled any code in years.

 

[Susan]

I was in on that too….banks, cell phones, code -MCI. I missed out on the COBOL train.

As long as there are still legacy systems that aren't updated, there will be still be room for dinosaurs who roamed the earth slinging COBOL, SQL, etc...I am one of them, though I haven't rolled any code in years.

I still write SQL. Using a command line too. As a matter of fact, I'm working on some code for an org I volunteer for right now. 😊

 

[Susan]

Wow haven't heard of that programming language in decades!

I was barely learning BASIC and C back then.

And now we are no longer CLI - it's all graphical.

I still love a good command line to get things done. 🥰 Especially since GUIs are no longer intuitive. The art of user interface development has been lost to agile and vibe coding.

 

[KevinRS]

I still love a good command line to get things done. 🥰 Especially since GUIs are no longer intuitive. The art of user interface development has been lost to agile and vibe coding.

In so many ways... the tab button doesn't take you to the next field... you have to use the mouse to click each field...

 

[bloo]

I still love a good command line to get things done. 🥰 Especially since GUIs are no longer intuitive. The art of user interface development has been lost to agile and vibe coding.

Vibe coding... ugh. It's pretty much taken over website develpment on the hobbyist and small business side. I could see the direction we were headed as I built my first-ever website last year. I've only ever coded in C and some ASM, so any sort of web dev was new to me.

Even before AI, many others were already using plugins for the simplest things. There's one for adding social-media links and icons to the page footer, another to add banner images to the header. The functionality is right there in WordPress, FFS.

Then they started vibe coding the plugins.

Now entire websites are built by "prompt engineers" using AI.

I taught myself how to use WordPress, and know just enough CSS and HTML to fill in the gaps. I don't use plugins or AI. My site may be ugly, but it's my ugly.

</rant>

 

[bloo]

In so many ways... the tab button doesn't take you to the next field... you have to use the mouse to click each field...

And who thought it was a good idea to replace the search bar on mobile sites and apps with a stupid big button in the lower right corner? It obscures other elements on the page even when you're not searching for anything.

Of course there are forum apps that no londer support pagination (I'm looking at you, Discourse). Have fun looking for an old post in a thread with a thousand comments.

Did I mention the dearly-departed browser forward button? I am now.

Whoops. I guess my rant wasn't over