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OpenBSD folks would consider the GPL to be less open due to the requirement to apply the GPL to any derivative works.

I don't have you in my log! Southeast US here. What aspects of ham radio are you into? Any HF nets you frequent? To be honest, life keeps me away from radio most of the time so the…

If you are interested, find and go to an amateur radio club meeting. The licensing test makes sure you know the regulations and some theory. It does not help introduce you to "ham …

This is amazing to see. I have some audio recordings, digitized from tapes recorded in the 1960s, of my great-grandfather who was raised on a farm in Iowa. He talks about his exper…

All of the "btrfs eats your data" bugs have been fixed and the people who constantly repeat them are people who relied on an experimental filesystem for files they cared not to los…

I know ultraviolet CCD sensors exist and are probably expensive, specialty scientific equipment. I've kinda had this hope that one smartphone manufacturer (any of the big ones) wou…

I recently started using Aider and had that thought about too many commits. What I realized though was: (1) if I'm going to contribute to a project, I should be working in a local …

I have seen this sentiment on HN a lot recently. Any good resources for that? I was quite the accomplished web developer 15-20 years ago and want to catch up without having to lear…