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Onno (VK6FLAB)

@ vk6flab @lemmy.radio

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Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.

#geek #nerd #hamradio VK6FLAB #podcaster #australia #ITProfessional #voiceover #opentowork

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    A developer in our team sent me a full presentation without using a slides tool.

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  • Pandoc will convert markdown to a PDF in portrait or landscape and there's even "beamer" support, aka data projector or presentation support.

  • I launched my business website without analytics. Am I stupid?

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  • If you're controlling your own web server, the logs will give you plenty of data for analytical purposes without needing to be adding trackers.

  • The "EveryHam" Radio Contest

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  • Very interesting. My licence only permits a maximum of 10 Watts and I'm generally playing with half that, or less, sometimes much less, like 10 mW, so will you be considering low power entries?

  • Pandora Papers

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  • I don't recall seeing anything about this on any mainstream media, mind you, we were in the middle of a pandemic, so it might have gotten lost.

  • Firefox Nightly for Android rocks now

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  • I absolutely detest the new pop down menu, now I have to move my phone up and down multiple times to navigate the "menu" system.

  • Docker Desktop on Linux?

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  • Why run Docker Desktop when it's installable as a cli service?

    What are you actually trying to achieve?

  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - What does amateur radio bring to your life? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260426.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    AST SpaceMobile to use 430 MHz band for 248 satellites

    amsat-uk.org /2026/04/22/ast-spacemobile-to-use-430-mhz-band-for-248-satellites/

  • xkcd #3236: Border Message

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  • You can live in hope.

  • If humans eat food all the time, shouldn't they also be made of food over time?

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  • By that logic Sea Eagles are pretty much 100% fish.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    The privacy audit platform for Android applications

    reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org /en/

  • The locking-down of Android: why I had to 'hack' a banking app just to get it running

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  • That's a wonderful tool that I was unaware of, thank you for pointing it out!

  • The locking-down of Android: why I had to 'hack' a banking app just to get it running

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  • Your experience is the tip of the iceberg.

    If you look at the permissions required by essential, or at least widely used applications, you'll discover a dizzying array of data exfiltration that is hidden in plain sight, made obscure by Google's continuing efforts to hide the extent of this deep rooted ecosystem.

  • Blue Origin's New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch

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  • Stupid shit like this is more common than you might realise.

    A commercial geostationary satellite launched to cover Australia and New Zealand had its dishes installed incorrectly, causing spot footprints to cover the two countries to be incorrectly aligned.

    As a result a whole lot of satellite dishes on the ground had to be adjusted to "fix" the problem.

    Source: I had a ground station that was affected.

  • Lemmy.world Admin MrKaplan rages over anti-Zionism banning users and defederating instances

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  • Uhm, the whole point of the fediverse is that you can change instance and move on with your life and never be beholden to an admin whom you disagree with.

    What makes this particular event any different?

  • Titanic life jacket sells for £670,000 at auction in Wiltshire, U.K.

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  • Don't life jackets have an expiration date?

  • Cooking Challenge #002

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  • If you have a well stocked pantry, you can make whatever you want.

  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - You don't need an excuse to make noise! #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260419.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3

  • Today, while I was inside of a Walmart, I ordered something on Amazon.

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  • Did you use the Walmart WiFi network to do it?

  • Google to penalize “back button hijacking” starting June 2026

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  • While they're at it, could they please also penalize Android app developers who do this too?

  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    µField Day – The BORED Net Group Home

    www.theborednet.net /index.php/field-day/

  • Forget CrazyLight, Pulsar made CrazyHeavy by literally shoving a brass weight inside the mouse

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  • Adding weight to things is a tried and true means for increasing the price because the product "feels more expensive".

    I first came across this with wired headphones something like 40 odd years ago, actual slugs of steel to increase their weight, and it's still happening today.

    Ironically, headphones went the other way for a while, the lighter, the more expensive.

    I've seen it in headphones, keyboards, mice, even monitors. No doubt it's used in other products.

  • How do I not become a web developer?

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  • It's not too late.

  • How should a news article website financially sustain itself?

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  • I understand your concerns and I have as little confidence in the concept of crypto as it currently exists as you're expressing.

    I had no intention to peg a user's CPU, but if we extend the concept of CPU cycles for content, perhaps a browser could process some data or make calculations, like say data analytics, or some other distributed process that would benefit the author and in doing so would allow both to have a win-win experience.

  • Voyager @lemmy.world
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    Why do old posts show up in my feed?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    Why do old posts show up in my feed?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    Proxmox audio for all guests solution?

    bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    RTLSDR-NEXT: A Ground-Up Rust Rewrite of the RTL-SDR Driver

    www.rtl-sdr.com /rtlsdr-next-a-ground-up-rust-rewrite-of-the-rtl-sdr-driver/
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - What's in an S-unit? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260412.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    Open Source meets Outer Space

    moonrf.com
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - Where is the spark .. gap? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260405.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 18: Everything Everywhere All at Once? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260329.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 17: Adventures in Radio Data Systems #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260322.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 16: How do you decode FM? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260315.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - One step forward ... three steps back. #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260308.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - Bald Yak 15, Playing with Radio .. now with software #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260301.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    Given the track record of RF emissions compliance with global amateur radio frequencies and other users, it's now time to make your submission to the FCC about the next cloud of satellites.

    darksky.org /news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio
    FoAR

    Foundations of Amateur Radio - How to go about documenting your setup? #podcast

    podcasts.itmaze.com.au /foundations/20260222.foundations-of-amateur-radio.mp3
  • Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio
    Onno (VK6FLAB) @lemmy.radio

    VK6: ABC Radio move to FM signals the end of an era for Perth listeners

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-02-15/perth-am-to-fm-switch-goes-ahead/106343336