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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

~~Cashless requires power all the way from PoS to wherever the servers live.~~

Edit: see below

It makes for a mean cappuccino, and is environmentally much, much lower impact.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My comment from another thread: https://startrek.website/comment/16491624

tl;dr: tiny production, would be astonished if they got $6k out of it, and that's not counting time, props, transportation, etc.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's for 5 performances on the calendar, tickets are $30. It's a 49 person theater


and some of those seats are sure to be friends and family comps. Venue costs between $200-$250 per performance.

It would be a miracle if they got $6k from tickets after venue fees. And that's not counting time, cost for props, transportation, etc.

This is small time artsy theater. Suggesting that it's a cash grab is a bit insulting to those involved.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Compensation for engineers in the Bay area will average much higher than $200k, and that's not counting benefits (medical, etc.). So cost to the company will be way higher than 200k/employee.

For a project that has hardware, there will be large expenses associated with that


custom silicon has huge setup costs, for example.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago

And you're worried that the show is starting small???

I didn't say I was worried; the headline left a lot of wiggle room for interpretation, I was adding some detail.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Looks like it's Taylor Street Theatre, a 49-seat venue.

Oh, I tried that once or twice


I'll have to try it again!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 19 points 1 month ago (12 children)

There's so such thing as starter "discard"! Add water, oil, sugar, salt, baking soda and you've got some vegan sourdough pancakes. Or use any of a number of other recipes


but no sense in wasting it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

You mentioned ham radio


definitely fun! It's a process to get into it though, as you need to study/pass an exam, and then you need a radio. Radios range from cheap ($25 or so) in the VHF/UHF ("walkie talkie"-style) to more expensive for an HF rig ($1000 range for 100W HF). If you want to get into low power ("QRP") it can be much cheaper. You also need a fair amount of space for a good antenna setup...

There are tons of different communication modes, some without a computer and, like you mentioned, some that use computers. wsjtx and fldigi are popular programs.

Good luck!

D'oh, I'm a doofus


it's search that I was thinking of (apt-cache search, not apt-get search).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

~~Can apt-get refresh package list?~~

Edit: yes...yes it can. I was confused.

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