Reddit TIL has the same news issue, which is probably getting mirrored across to here by bots. The elon post was made by a 1w old account with 80+ posts, draw your own conclusions...
Trucker CB is dying, but still gets some chatter. My radios were unprogrammed, and did have some firmware limits, but not enough to be legal.
Same frequencies, but we have another set of channels at 476-477
Edit: Actually, seems we don't use 27MHz, its all in the 476 to 477MHz range.
Edit2: primarily we use 476-477, but we do have the 27 frequencies, just less commonly used
I also have a quansheng, dunno how well it would cope on ham bands (and obviously I don't want to try).
The problem with "legit" CB radios, is that they are around 2-3x more expensive than baofengs and quanshengs. So its cheaper to get a more "capable" radio, and programming them to limit it to pure CB takes effort that many users won't do.
The other issue with CB is that many people aren't using them legally. Commercial use shouldn't happen on CB channels, but often does (although the ACMA does enforce that occasionally).
The trucker CB channel is also a complete shit-show of racism and general abuse.
Unfortunately, in order to get your message to as many people as possible, you have to send it where people will actually see it. Whether we like it or not, thats twitter and Facebook.
You can definitely ask them (in all likelyhood youll be talking to a PR firm) to add mastodon, but until mastadon hits critical mass, they aren't gonna drop twitter.
I'm not opposed to the exams, just the in-person exams. Hold them online and I'll do it tomorrow. I would actually be in favour of online exams for CB radios as well, because they are a complete shit-show at the best of times.
I think the bigger issue is using CB radios on ham bands, especially as the hand held CB radios from China are of very questionable quality/performance. They also have shit antennae usually. One of mine can transmit on airplane frequencies, which is very illegal.
Curious, for what reasons? Are people offended by tofu?
The b300 figure is to give a sense of scale, its clearly more on the order of milliliters per query than half a liter.
Evaporating water into the atmostsphere is really just recirculating it, it hasn't spoiled the water or destroyed it.
The problem with the 16oz number is that its so clearly wrong that is discredits any other valid arguments. If complaints about ai resource usage want to be taken seriously, forget the water "usage" and worry about the gas/coal/diesel generators pumping carbon directly into the atmosphere. Because that is far more concerning that water getting cycled through the water cycle.
I'm turned on, but its a work acceptable turn on :D
Self hosted definitely is the way to go. I have a second hand Intel nuc + nvidia p100 setup, and its more than enough for what I need it to be. And it only uses 250w when im using it, I turn it off when I'm done. Plus my power is all my own solar, so effectively free.
Very sad, the sealion population in kangaroo island is already under a lot of stress, they don't need this.
I'm much more concerned about the electricity going in as well. If they want to build these huge power sinks, they should be required to build their own green power for them as well, not just buy from the already constrained grid. And burning gas or any other fossil fuel for them is just madness.