No, but in elementary school in the 1980s my whole class regulary (weekly?) went to the gym and was given a cup of fluoride. Everyone took it unless their parents opted them out.
My 10 year old son actually has a cow moose tag. If he wasn't in school I would probably hand him a high powered rifle, tell him try not to hit the house, and hope for the best.
Yeah I'm trying. My dad didn't hunt, didn't even own a gun. I didn't take up hunting until I was in my 30's and I still don't really know what I'm doing. His kids will probably be squared away though.
They aren't too spooky around here. I was hunting on Kodiak a few years ago, in the area where you can take three deer. I shot a decent 6 pointer and was in the process of skinning it with the help of my brother in law. We had our camo off and were talking and joking around and a young fork buck came trotting out of the brush right towards us to see what was going on. He waited broadside 25 yds away while I retrieved my rifle and bagged him.
The natives say that animals judge your character and give themselves to you, if they find you worthy. It seemed kind of like that.
We have RCV here in Alaska. It seems like a solution in search of a problem. In many races, the Republican and Democrat candidates that come in 3rd or 4th place in the primaries, winning the right to appear on general election ballot, drop out to avoid splitting the vote and hurting their party. This allows the some oddball 5th and 6th place candidates to end up on the ballot. Eric Hafner is on ballot for US House even though he has never lived in Alaska and is doing 20 years in prison for making bomb threats.
I have had good results making biochar in a 55 gallon drum, with no holes in it, leaning over at a 45 degree angle. When fuel on the bottom of the barrel has burned enough throw more fuel on top to starve the bottom of oxygen. I have only done this with wood, but it should work with other materials. Just keep an eye on it and add material at an appropriate rate.
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I just listened in on a IEEE presentation on innovations in 5G/6G networks. Networking is not my profession, so some of it was over my head, but it was very interesting nonetheless.
The industry is also trying to secure new spectrum in the 7.1-8.5Ghz range to increase bandwidth.
They described the cellular network as dynamically reconfigurable and running on a distributed computing platform. Interaction with the computing platform is done via API. Some API's are open, some are closed, but there is a push to open them.
There are plans to natively run AI on the network and allow it to dynamically reconfigure and optimize the network. This is being to done to minimize labor costs; most the most use of equipment, spectrum and energy; and allow operators to rent out AI compute power during times of low demand as a new revenue stream.
There is conflict between allowing innovation and maintaining critical inrastructure.
Wild stuff, interesting times.
#5G #6G #networking
What do you consider to be the minimum practical interior height for a chicken coop? I am moving my 8 hens into a greenhouse for the winter and want to build them an insulated dog house type structure to sleep in. It has to fit through 42" wide door, be light enough to move with two people and warm enough for night time temperatures ranging from 0-20F.
#asknostr #permies #chickens
I run a Yeasu ATAS-120A screwdriver style antenna on my truck for HF ham radio. It's a decent unit, relatively inexpensive, easy to mount and easy to use with a Yeasu radio. I have made contacts with it on the 40 meter through 6m bands, including WARC. It's pretty inefficient, but good enough for FT8 contacts from Alaska to the PNW and Japan using 25W, most days. My main complaint is that it occasionally has intermittent high SWR due to corrosion between the matching unit and the coil tube. When this hapens, I partially disassemble it and clean that area with a wire brush and rubbing alcohol. It's a simple procedure. Drive the coil up, slide up the rubber ring to expose three Phillips screws, remove the screws and gently pry and tap the matching unit off. It is held on by a rubber o-ring and corrosion. Be careful not to damage the wires between the matching unit and motor. Clean, seal, reassemble and you are back in business in under an hour.
#hamstr #hamradio #ham
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On tacomas you can remove the fuse that powers it. It is labeled DCM. You lose the use of the microphone, but that seems to be the only side effect. I imagine that most Toyotas are similar.
A Faraday cage around the chip won't do anything and isn't feasible because the cables coming into it prevent full coverage. Disconnecting the antenna(s) would prevent it from receiving GPS signals and transmitting data. You would lose use of OnStar, GPS navigation, maybe software updates. Do your own research. Good luck.
John Wayne Howe is running for Alaska's seat in the US House of Representitives. He's not going to win, but his candidate statement declares the current government invalid. The state board of elections had to publish and deliver it to every mailbox in the state. That warms my heart. It was a black belt level statist jujitsu move.
#Alaska #politics #AIP
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