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• Post #4065069

  @gilesgoat@toot.wales @RobeeShepherd@mastodon.art Not quite. There are three main distinguishing characteristics: • The elements change length significantly - a Yagi-Uda’s elements are all almost the same length • The elements are all connected - in a Yagi-Uda, the driven elements are connected to the feed, but the reflector and director elements are electrically isolated • The alternating directions of the elements - Yagi-Uda antennas are symmetrical across the antenna’s axis Log-periodic ant...

• Post #3989157

  Two of my banks recently implemented #passkeys, and the contrast between them is stark. I went to log in to one and they wouldn’t let me in until I “verified my identity” using a text message code to a phone number they apparently got from some data broker or by uploading my government ID and a video (obviously not happening). When I eventually got their support to let me in, the site forced passkey setup with no options at all. There’s no way to set up more than one passkey, no way to revoke a...

• Post #3820210

  New Spiderweb remaster of Geneforge 3 launched on Kickstarter about seven hours ago, and it’s already at 130% of the goal. Nice! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spiderwebsoftware/geneforge-3-detonation-cult-classic-indie-rpg-remade

• Post #3482792

  Was discussing Git with some coworkers new to the concept of version control, and I had a flash of Glengarry Glen Ross combined with that awful LLM-plagiarized diagram Microsoft published. CBM. C, continvoucly. B, be. M, morging. Continvoucly be morging!

• Post #2763014

  It’s always fun being an acknowledged expert on something under a pseudonym.

• Post #2119591

  Just finished two hours of Pilates (replacing the rear shocks on a car I’ve never done suspension work on before). I am exhausted and filthy, but it worked out! Again, I’m incredibly glad I have a nice impact wrench. It made super quick work of the wheels. The lower bolt through the shock was brutal, but it gave after a few seconds. I think my next tool is going to be a power ratchet. The wheel well liners involved a ton of T25 screws at awkward angles.

• Post #1917996

  The more I read about this White House Correspondents’ Dinner situation, the more it feels like an Always Sunny plot with Stephen Miller as Dennis (of “the implication” fame if you’ve never seen the show).