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A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Post by Aurornis »

xur17 wrote: post #21

It's fun to see habhub in an article. ~10 years ago a group of friends and I launched 2 weather balloons for fun with a GPS logger, APRS transmitter, and a few sensors, and then retrieved it afterwards. I have a bunch of memorable experiences from it, including: 1. Under inflating the first balloon because our helium provider was closed, and instead buying lower pressure "party" balloon containers (and not realizing…

Were you able to find the balloon? Your last point has me wondering what happened. Did someone else get to it first?

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Post by lq9AJ8yrfs »

iamnothere wrote: post #12
ikidd wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it wasn't unreasonable. If the guy caused the damage while picking up a sonde, to know who's sonde it was would help identify the culprit.

Fair, I guess, I just can’t imagine what it’s like getting all these weird requests and demands for a hobby project. Hopefully the author is more entertained than I would be.

Not a lawyer but as a citizen I generally understand that the courts expect demands from court parties to be met.

If meeting the court's (or court parties') demands costs you something you are generally entitled to charge them for it, within reason and with justification.

As a hobbyist therefore putting a service offering page together with your preferred rate probably helps establish the nature and parameters of any such service.

Bill rates / piece rates, especially, and setting up bounds of what is reasonable to expect, in proportion to your gig and your intended effort level.

Quantity and price tiers, turnaround times, what will be included in the deliverable, how it will be delivered, SLAs, etc.

Whatever defines your service, esp as it relates to the types of requests you end up getting.

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Post by 101008 »

xur17 wrote: post #21

It's fun to see habhub in an article. ~10 years ago a group of friends and I launched 2 weather balloons for fun with a GPS logger, APRS transmitter, and a few sensors, and then retrieved it afterwards. I have a bunch of memorable experiences from it, including: 1. Under inflating the first balloon because our helium provider was closed, and instead buying lower pressure "party" balloon containers (and not realizing…

I had this idea before of sending ballons to "the space" with a collectible object and then retrieve them, saying "I have this specific object that was in space too". Is it possible or am I dreaming too much?

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Post by iamnothere »

lq9AJ8yrfs wrote: post #32
iamnothere wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair, I guess, I just can’t imagine what it’s like getting all these weird requests and demands for a hobby project. Hopefully the author is more entertained than I would be.

Not a lawyer but as a citizen I generally understand that the courts expect demands from court parties to be met. If meeting the court's (or court parties') demands costs you something you are generally entitled to charge them for it, within reason and with justification. As a hobbyist therefore putting a service offering page together with your preferred rate probably helps establish the nature and parameters of any…

If I start listing prices, I may need to ensure that I have a business entity set up for tax purposes and to guard against liability. Especially if I’m listing SLAs.

This is not a hobby, it’s a job.

This is why all my hobbies are dark web projects, these days.

Re: A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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Post by xur17 »

Aurornis wrote: post #31
xur17 wrote: post #21

It's fun to see habhub in an article. ~10 years ago a group of friends and I launched 2 weather balloons for fun with a GPS logger, APRS transmitter, and a few sensors, and then retrieved it afterwards. I have a bunch of memorable experiences from it, including: 1. Under inflating the first balloon because our helium provider was closed, and instead buying lower pressure "party" balloon containers (and not realizing…

Were you able to find the balloon? Your last point has me wondering what happened. Did someone else get to it first?

Yup. We were able to find it both times. First time it "floated" and traveled further than we expected (at one point habhub predicted it to land in Africa). This is the one we called a gas station about, and we did end up getting it back. Second time was cleaner, and we drove up someone's driveway, and asked if we could retrieve it.
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