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kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a CatastropheEnglish3·11 days agoAs an amateur radio operator, The high bands get wiped first! 80, 160, not so much (no ionosphere? ground wave still works. Easy to throw up a long wire … afterward). Hams (esp. ARES) will become VERY IMPORTANT for a LONG time when it happens. Field Day is a good way to prep for aftermath. (Gear can go into metal containers to escape parts damage until afterward.) Portable generators (best without a lot of electronics on them) will be needed to re-charge the batteries!
kalkulat@lemmy.worldOPto Technology@lemmy.world•The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a CatastropheEnglish7·11 days agoThere are A LOT of BIG countries with big electric grids in the world today. Which countries GRIDS get hit the worst depends on which side of the Earth is facing the ‘hit’. Could the West (US, Brazil) or Europe or the East (China, India).
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Videos@lemmy.world•Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities1·1 month agoBetter a store you can go check stuff out in before you buy … than looking at pictures on a screen and hoping it’s what it pretends to be.
kalkulat@lemmy.worldto Videos@lemmy.world•Sh0e0nHead - "Blame the Voters!" Responding to Democrat Criticism1·4 months agoShe puts on a good show … does her promos … then lambastes Californians because they didn’t put out the fire with ocean water. Anyone who said ‘Well, duh’ to that belongs in her club … the ‘if I can talk really fast I must be smart’ club.
Partly, yep. Seems like every time I try to pin down an AI on a detail of a question worth asking - a math question, or a date in history, it’ll confidently reply with the first answer it finds … right or wrong.