Phil M0OFX
@philpem.bsky.social
Software preservation, electronics, software and ham radio, maker of things. The kid who liked to take things apart and never grew out of it.
Mostly active on https://digipres.club/@philpem
Mostly active on https://digipres.club/@philpem
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Browser based 2D field solver I've been writing for a while is now up. It calculates characteristic impedance and losses for many common and less common transmission lines.
2D Transmission Line Field Solver
2D transmission line field solver
hforsten.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Browser based 2D field solver I've been writing for a while is now up. It calculates characteristic impedance and losses for many common and less common transmission lines.
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Hopefully we will. But Reform know how to manipulate the gullible and scared in society far too easily.
It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.
Manchester will show him the door.
Manchester will show him the door.
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Hopefully we will. But Reform know how to manipulate the gullible and scared in society far too easily.
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if anyone knows where I could find a scan of the PC-9801VX hardware manual (not the BASIC reference), let me know! couldn't find one and I'm curious to know what some of the jumpers do
January 27, 2026 at 6:05 AM
if anyone knows where I could find a scan of the PC-9801VX hardware manual (not the BASIC reference), let me know! couldn't find one and I'm curious to know what some of the jumpers do
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This is insane, but expected thanks to all that “clarity.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This is insane, but expected thanks to all that “clarity.”
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The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.
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Well done, Ian Hislop. Another successful campaign for the Eye!
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Well done, Ian Hislop. Another successful campaign for the Eye!
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UK PEOPLE: this is REALLY IMPORTANT. If the government bans under-16s from using VPNs, then logically they must intend to REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR ALL VPN USE. Which will affect adults too!
*Your* right to anonymous web browsing is at risk!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
*Your* right to anonymous web browsing is at risk!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM
UK PEOPLE: this is REALLY IMPORTANT. If the government bans under-16s from using VPNs, then logically they must intend to REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR ALL VPN USE. Which will affect adults too!
*Your* right to anonymous web browsing is at risk!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
*Your* right to anonymous web browsing is at risk!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
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One of many awful stories: “One woman, who had no history of mental illness, asked ChatGPT for advice on a major purchase she had been fretting about. After days of the bot validating her worries, she became convinced that businesses were colluding to have her investigated by the government.”
How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
One of many awful stories: “One woman, who had no history of mental illness, asked ChatGPT for advice on a major purchase she had been fretting about. After days of the bot validating her worries, she became convinced that businesses were colluding to have her investigated by the government.”
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Congratulations! You've logged on to the central database of human misery and neuroses. Your options today are:
1. Horrors beyond your ability to tolerate
2. A 20 year old restating some basic concept as though they invented it
3. A very smug 45 year old lecturing other 45 year olds like children
1. Horrors beyond your ability to tolerate
2. A 20 year old restating some basic concept as though they invented it
3. A very smug 45 year old lecturing other 45 year olds like children
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Congratulations! You've logged on to the central database of human misery and neuroses. Your options today are:
1. Horrors beyond your ability to tolerate
2. A 20 year old restating some basic concept as though they invented it
3. A very smug 45 year old lecturing other 45 year olds like children
1. Horrors beyond your ability to tolerate
2. A 20 year old restating some basic concept as though they invented it
3. A very smug 45 year old lecturing other 45 year olds like children
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If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
I assume anyone who says this word is probably okay with the n-word, too. Or, more charitably, doesn’t understand why they shouldn’t say it just that saying it would get them in a lot of trouble.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
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Jinkies!
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is receiving a special airing on Cartoon Network for President’s Day on Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM Eastern!
It will be the first time that Scooby-Doo! iteration has been on the channel since October 16, 2009.
It will be the first time that Scooby-Doo! iteration has been on the channel since October 16, 2009.
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Jinkies!
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LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home Movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could upload to @archive.org? Let's dig through them to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch at 7pm.
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
January 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home Movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could upload to @archive.org? Let's dig through them to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch at 7pm.
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
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No Meta, I aint fucking paying for Facebook access...
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
No Meta, I aint fucking paying for Facebook access...
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I wrote a thing. First part of an ongoing series, hopefully. Funny animals exploring the Multiverse. Couldn't get it presented how I wanted it in a web page so it's a PDF. If you read it please tell me what you think. |:|3 ehi.scot/drift1.pdf
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I wrote a thing. First part of an ongoing series, hopefully. Funny animals exploring the Multiverse. Couldn't get it presented how I wanted it in a web page so it's a PDF. If you read it please tell me what you think. |:|3 ehi.scot/drift1.pdf
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I wonder if this is the sort of thing that might interest you @nuclearanthro.bsky.social but many weeks ago someone showed me a Yugoslav era radiation dose calculator
Hope you might enjoy this!
Hope you might enjoy this!
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I wonder if this is the sort of thing that might interest you @nuclearanthro.bsky.social but many weeks ago someone showed me a Yugoslav era radiation dose calculator
Hope you might enjoy this!
Hope you might enjoy this!
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Watching intel at CES being absolute clowns
instead of fixing any of the rampant issues with their CPUs
lets just all in on AI and datacenters
yippee..
Guess nobody cares about the average consumer end-user
these companies are so out of touch with their userbase
instead of fixing any of the rampant issues with their CPUs
lets just all in on AI and datacenters
yippee..
Guess nobody cares about the average consumer end-user
these companies are so out of touch with their userbase
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Watching intel at CES being absolute clowns
instead of fixing any of the rampant issues with their CPUs
lets just all in on AI and datacenters
yippee..
Guess nobody cares about the average consumer end-user
these companies are so out of touch with their userbase
instead of fixing any of the rampant issues with their CPUs
lets just all in on AI and datacenters
yippee..
Guess nobody cares about the average consumer end-user
these companies are so out of touch with their userbase
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tag yourself
January 20, 2026 at 8:13 AM
tag yourself
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you can’t play the gee-tar on the MTV any more since they stopped playing music videos so nobody in this economy can enjoy money for nothing or chicks for free
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
you can’t play the gee-tar on the MTV any more since they stopped playing music videos so nobody in this economy can enjoy money for nothing or chicks for free
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In beta - the Teletext Archive Online Recovery Editor! Soon you'll be able to fix all those VHS errors you see in recoveries. It's therapeutic and addictive! There is an approval process in place to keep things right; a context menu for cut/copy/paste and editing attributes, and clip art library
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
In beta - the Teletext Archive Online Recovery Editor! Soon you'll be able to fix all those VHS errors you see in recoveries. It's therapeutic and addictive! There is an approval process in place to keep things right; a context menu for cut/copy/paste and editing attributes, and clip art library
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got some new #slackwyrm plushies today.
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
got some new #slackwyrm plushies today.
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there. I got the NDIS tester to put a broadcast packet on the wire through the BlueSCSI's wifi bridge
receiving a packet, that's not hooked up yet. and also it crashed after 8 packets
receiving a packet, that's not hooked up yet. and also it crashed after 8 packets
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 AM
there. I got the NDIS tester to put a broadcast packet on the wire through the BlueSCSI's wifi bridge
receiving a packet, that's not hooked up yet. and also it crashed after 8 packets
receiving a packet, that's not hooked up yet. and also it crashed after 8 packets
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Yeah it's not very secure partyon.xyz/@nullagent/1...
nullagent (@nullagent@partyon.xyz)
I've been busy as hell this past week.
A lot of people have been asking hard questions about the security of LoRa systems when they hear about mesh radios.
I'm not one to trust the marketing so I an...
partyon.xyz
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Yeah it's not very secure partyon.xyz/@nullagent/1...
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That sounds bad but then you find out that Meshtastic also has basic ECDH with no certificate based authentication and a 32 bit message nonce for "security" and like.
This entire thing is going to be covered in MITM threats if anyone actually uses it in earnest.
This entire thing is going to be covered in MITM threats if anyone actually uses it in earnest.
...32bit, this decade? There's an argument to be had about whether intercontinental links can be established at all, but someone still wasn't serious
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
That sounds bad but then you find out that Meshtastic also has basic ECDH with no certificate based authentication and a 32 bit message nonce for "security" and like.
This entire thing is going to be covered in MITM threats if anyone actually uses it in earnest.
This entire thing is going to be covered in MITM threats if anyone actually uses it in earnest.
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I fell for an Aliexpress ad for the first time, and it was for an item I'm surprised hasn't showed up in a Big Clive video yet: the Chinese remote fuse lighter. 1/3
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I fell for an Aliexpress ad for the first time, and it was for an item I'm surprised hasn't showed up in a Big Clive video yet: the Chinese remote fuse lighter. 1/3