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jecxjo

@ jecxjo @midwest.social

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Born a sconie right on Lake Michigan, lived in Iowa for a handleful of years for college, then moved to Sota where I live currently. Software Engineer for 20+ years, Ham Radio Operator, lover of retro gaming, old time radio and the outdoors.

Mastodon: jecxjo@mastodon.sdf.org

  • What do you do to improve your workflow(s)?

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  • For a long time I was doing a bullet journal for management and another notebook for notes, written in shorthand. was great for when i worked in an office, didn't have to lug around my computer. The downside was that deep searching for things was impossible. You tell me the day and I could find it but 3 months about at some point we talked about X...

    Now that I've been work from home for 6 years I've switched to todo.txt and Obsidian (vimwiki set to output the same location). Syncthing to keep computer and phone working.

    i also do 43 Folders for intake of mail and tasks with some sort of physical medium.

    As for workflow I have a daily note template that has:

    • Morning routine checklist (already filled out)
    • Curated To Do list for the day
    • Section for Meetings / Calls / One Off Immediate Task
    • General Notes
    • "For tomorrow..."

    My routine has steps for filling out the rest of the notes and lists, checking emails, 43 folders, etc. This way all i really have to do is follow the steps.

  • Does this have a word?

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  • is that the part you sit on when you're up on your peddle stool?

  • What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio?

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  • I've got a few pocket nodes, got a solar node on my roof and just outside the range to transmit into a massive mesh we have around the city. But i hear all the chatter.

    Honestly its far more boring than anything I've done with ham radio. No one is having conversations, there are no nets, no socializing using the technology. Just people pinging from random locations.

    Where as with my ham license I have local repeaters where we have nets on different topics, including one at midnight for anyone who is up. I chat with people using DMR, EchoLink and Allstar to get out to places all over thw world with just an HT. I do HF work for contests, rag chewing SSB, CW and digital modes. I build hardware and antenna, work from parks, collect QSL cards.

    And i also bought a $30 meahtastic radio that i occasionally get a "Ping from downtown, anyone hear me?"

  • MAGA Pol Behind ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ Bill Caught in Teen Sex Sting

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  • I think what amazes me the most is that is seems like every single maga politician is an absolute garbage person. You'd think sheerly by statistics there would have to be one who isn't but apparently that isn't the case.

  • "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness

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  • Though most democracies don't shoot people when they are in good times quite like the US.

  • "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness

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  • How do you "move on" from knowing my neighbors are nazi fascists? How do I just ignore the fact they voted to destroy families of people they dont like, dehumanizing them and laughing at it when people fall apart?

    You don't get to pretend you voted for a fascist party and aren't a fascist yourself. We all know that if there is a Trump replacement when he dies these same people will want a new hate party leader in office. If you think we are just going to move in maybe ask the Germans how painful the transition of the 20 years post WW2 was for them. That's what is in store for the US if things don't change now.

  • Don't blame Satan if things don't work out. It's God's plan right?

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  • Its not a misread, your interpretation skips the important parts. The problem with your interpretation is right here:

    be blessed without the burden of knowledge

    The actual sin was both the man and woman breaking their covenant with God,

    The knowledge is "of good and evil." Until eating they couldn't know that breaking a covenant was wrong no matter what their god has told them. They did not know that they should listen to what their god said, the concept of "should/shouldn't" was devoid of meaning to them. While they had free will, literally all actions were purposeless and the two would just bounce around the garden not knowing if they should actually listen to their god or not. This becomes more evident when you read further as well as look at the stories from neighboring cultures this was borrowed from.

    Later in the chapter their god speaks to the other deities in the pantheon about how the humans must be cast out of the garden as having their new abilities, may find the tree of everlasting life and become as powerful as the rest of the gods and supernatural beings. The idea is that having knowledge of the ramifications of one's actions and living forever would mean that humans would no longer be controlled by the gods. That having free will, knowing what is good and what is evil and being immune to the wrath of the gods would render them all powerful.

    This narrative then follows that their god casts them out into the world riddled with pain and suffering and humans eventually lose their knowledge of the past and how their god has their thumb on them. This is why Satan, "The Accusor", is called the bringer of light. As sin is defined as a transgression against god, Satan is there to show how the fall of man was truly an enslavement by their god. Rather than leave humans dumb bouncing around the garden or immune to suffering, their god keeps humans ensnared in this system of life, suffering and everlasting torment. the story of the garden is what makes their god relevant when they otherwise shouldn't be.

  • 4 Cybertrucks on Fire in a Seattle Holding Lot… Investigators Uncertain if Fires Caused by Arson or Spontaneous Battery Fire

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  • Far more likely that they set on fire because they are poorly designed an Musky boy is dismantling any and all safety regulations for his death traps.

  • 4 Cybertrucks on Fire in a Seattle Holding Lot… Investigators Uncertain if Fires Caused by Arson or Spontaneous Battery Fire

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  • Maybe they became self aware and could no longer live with themselves knowing their family history.

  • Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign

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  • Agreed. I just have started to lose faith in the voters. Reps push hateful politicians and Dems don't seem to push hard for solid candidates.

  • Elon Musk's AI chatbot says a 'Russian asset' delivered the State of the Union

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  • I've used it at work (tech job) and found it useful when people fully understands it's meaning. When they grok groking something.

  • Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign

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  • I agree that they and the dems in general are way too safe. But i wonder how accepting dem voters would be with a more aggressive candidate. I'm sure Millennials to Gen Alpha would probably be fine with it but i wonder if a good portion of the voters would poo poo a someone moving more towards the a more extreme (in presentation) candidate.

    What if they made a hard line decision on a topic and held firm. The whole fracking thing is a good example. They should have just picked a side and stood their ground. instead it was 100% pandering to whoever was the loudest. Personally I would have voted for someone with conviction rather than someone who was waffling but I am not sure every other liberal voter would do the same.

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • My comment was because people want to say there is nothing we can do. The issue isn't about options, its about education and finding a way to make progress when a good portion the electorate will only be in the way.

    Spotted one of the naive ones 🙄

    Should stop looking in the mirror then.

  • Elon Musk's AI chatbot says a 'Russian asset' delivered the State of the Union

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  • Totally off topic but anyone else pissed he named it Grok? Musk is like the turd version of King Midas. Stop touching our stuff!

  • Bill Burr calls on 'billionaires to be put down like rabid dogs' in podcast

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  • So are you saying democracy doesn't work? Yes there is the corruption and all the horrible shit that goes on but no one ever had the chance to nip that in the bud before it got this bad?

    The People had elections and they slowly setup then current situation. It is the current citizens having to deal with the system created by those in the past. Some are naive to how the government currently works and some are too easily swayed by misinformation so it is an uphill battle. But we still have free and fair elections so pushing for policy change is possibly. We just have 50% of the population shooting themselves in the foot not demanding the real types of change they actually need.

  • Fucking leeches

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  • My biggest issue with capital gains is that they're usually taxed lower than labour gains. I think that should be reversed. If capital gains were heavily taxed and that tax was used to better the community then I think it would have more justification.

    This is exactly the issue. It is what divides the upper from the lower classes. When you are the asset any issues in your life are compounded and there is no liquidation option like you have when its all assets. The safety nets are so drastically different between with what level of "becoming whole again" that its ridiculous we have gotten this far with capital gains not being seen as a real privilege. But that is why we are seeing a major generational gap between the realization of how bad things have gotten.

  • What is the end game?

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  • That is a control issue. They target groups they wish to control (e.g. Conservative Christians) and they tackle one of their major issues/needs to get the group into their pocket. CC want to oppression women, destroy minorities and LGBTQ. So the billionaires fund all this hateful shit to get CC to vote and support who the billionaires want in power. That is why the Orange one is president, he is an easily controlled idiot who handed over the keys to Mr Swastikar.

  • Might be fun idk

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  • I can see it, Yakety Sax playing the entier 4 minute game.

  • Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe

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  • I think the guy you're thinking of Fox Mulder