

Not OP but I bought a 45" LG UltraGear gaming “monitor” a while back that’s basically just a TV, no smart anything etc. Right now the only ones I see after a quick search are curved though, mine is flat.


Not OP but I bought a 45" LG UltraGear gaming “monitor” a while back that’s basically just a TV, no smart anything etc. Right now the only ones I see after a quick search are curved though, mine is flat.


Without a way of knowing which satellite passing overhead was the ISS, in the narrow windows each day where you could see them well enough to correctly point a Yagi at one, you’d quickly run out of battery before making a relevant contact. Also the people on the ISS rarely listen or respond, the most used ham equipment on the ISS is basically a glorified repeater so you’d also have to get above the pileup of all the satellite chasers just trying to log contacts.


JS8Call and FT8 are digital modes that don’t require talking. Plenty of other things to do as well
It’s largely because Russia and China are building their gold reserves to decrease reliance on the US dollar. More demand means higher prices. Other investors are moving away from US treasuries and towards gold as the US deficit continues to grow.


Why are we inflating dimensions? 3D chess was already challenging for the smartest Federation citizens, so 4D chess is already well beyond that of future sci-fi. Do we really need a fifth D? When will it end!?
Laws don’t need to be meticulously worded to be logically consistent. They just need to be selectively enforced, like most other laws, to have the desired effect.
Best we can do is a government bailout