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Abraxas3d W5NYV

@abraxas3d@mastodon.radio

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I enjoy thinking and doing. Not necessarily in that order. This is my amateur radio account. I can also be found at @abraxas3d@defcon.social

de W5NYV. Open Research Institute co-founder and CEO, ARRL Technical Advisor, ARRL San Diego Section Technical Specialist, #OpenSource HEO #amateur #satellite lead (Haifuraiya), and member of FCC TAC 🏳️‍🌈

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Joined May 01, 2022

ORI:

https://openresearch.institute

ORI on Mastodon:

@OpenResearchIns@micro.blog

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Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @divya@sfba.social

@divya@sfba.social and this will ensure that even more of us never consult with therapists, ever. Huge damage.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @wren6991@types.pl

@wren6991 really good question. Even without LLMs, TDD can give a false sense of security. Because passing tests do not guarantee functional code. It's worse when you succumb to the temptation to choose the test, rather than choose the code. For TDD to work, you need to have some steely nerves (discipline!). Now imagine doing TDD as a disembodied pattern matcher. No discipline. When it accidentally works it seems like magic. Because cathexis. (We will pack bond with toasters and plushies).

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio

@ai6yr @wtrmt "NASA’s consistent delight with ILC’s suits and constant frustration with the firm’s paperwork were not contradictory. In fact, they were of a piece. As the many counterexamples to ILC’s expertise show, any attempt to fit the human body precisely into the procedures of systems management seemed destined for difficulty." So well-said. Open source pattern/sizing designers have been grappling with this exact thing for at least two decades now.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

@ai6yr @wtrmt "From the ILC perspective, this was tantamount to arguing that a shirt or pair of trousers became a different object when altered, or even buttoned — an argument with its own strict logic, but one that devolved into absurdity the closer the mechanism came to the terminal disorder of the human body." Still true to this day ("terminal disorder of the human body"). Sewing patterns are always a start, and not a finish.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 25, 2026

Replying to @tubetime@mastodon.social

@tubetime@mastodon.social wow!!

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @thephd@pony.social

@thephd Misery loves company. Here you go: https://youtu.be/jYGxY5icxjc?si=VkLy3oJIhrXQZY5l

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange

@SwiftOnSecurity thank you for your service.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @felixwhynot@lemmy.world

@felixwhynot@lemmy.world Big Sugar

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @dd0ul@mastodon.radio

@dd0ul@mastodon.radio looks misspelled? should be https://openresearch.institute/getting-started Very sorry for the inconvenience! I'll double-check the links. I should be able to clean that up.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @kn4ntu@mastodon.radio

@kn4ntu@mastodon.radio very welcome! Very much enjoying supporting this project.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 15, 2026

Have you ever asked "Why isn't there an open source method of moments wire antenna analysis tool?"

Then I have a link for you.

https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute/Arcanum

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 03, 2026

Replying to @vk6flab@mastodon.radio

@vk6flab@mastodon.radio sadly concur.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Apr 03, 2026

There is honestly nowhere one can escape sexism in tech. It is everywhere all the time. That was the lesson from that awful book "Lean In". It's a lesson I keep learning successfully leading teams.

Men will always favor other men. Over women. Every time. Right now, women are not truly included. Because we're not truly considered to be people.

If you can accept this, and if you can keep the focus on the work, and if you can absorb gut punches, and if you have enough margin, then you're good.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Mar 06, 2026

Replying to @ARDC@mastodon.hams.social

@ARDC@mastodon.hams.social PSA: be careful with ARDC. They are pretty gruesome with the ethics and code of conduct type stuff. DM me for on the record details, with receipts. If you need money and you can't find it anywhere else, take the money and run. Be warned, if you feel obligated to comply with their rules, they certainly do not. If you can find alternative funding, definitely do. There is money out there, distributed by much more professional and ethical people.

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Mar 01, 2026

Replying to @WeirdWriter__dup_23482@caneandable.social

@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social yes! Strongly concur!

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Dec 12, 2025

Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social

@mattblaze@federate.social @20002ist@thepit.social @kims@mas.to @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org wait, this is a thing?

Abraxas3d W5NYV @abraxas3d@mastodon.radio · Aug 05, 2023

Replying to @mroszko@mastodon.social

@mroszko@mastodon.social @yaxu@post.lurk.org @steeph@todon.eu @netspooky@haunted.computer oh wow, that's one step beyond.

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