Global trade. Here’s an explanation for more details: https://acoup.blog/2026/08/28/collections-global-trade-and-u...

Global trade, except for the states the US doesn't want to have access to global trade at any given moment.

They can trail an antenna behind the boat underwater that receives low frequency radio waves carrying short signals that basically tell them to come up to a higher depth to receive a longer message.

But Puerto Rico isn’t on eastern time. And I think the exceptions in Arizona are reservations and tribal land.

Hello, fellow traveler on this particular boat.

Everyone has an estate. Only thing is that you have to die first.

Hey, I just learned that you wrote the original dump1090. Thanks for that! Makes sense yhat you’re pretty good at RF stuff, eh?

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.

The number of times I've used that quote in the last 12 years . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnRdPZjoMKM

It’s an unbelievably versatile and appropriate quote, and yours is an unbelievably on-point username.

Oh, trust me, I know. You’d be impressed how many supposed fans don’t know the other one has been dead a long time.

He was the Ronald Reagan of my time in that he was an actor before becoming a senator instead of POTUS.

I haven’t watched the whole movie, but I’ve watched this scene a number of times and it’s really good.

If you like this, you’d probably really enjoy the hobby of ADS-B tracking. If you have a spare Pi sitting around, you can get an SDR and decent starter antenna for under $100. It’s also a fun entry point into other radio and satellite stuff. Airplanes.live is a good place to start.

Wasn’t the Model T the first mass-produced automobile? Wouldn’t surprise me if the early 20th century electric cars were basically handbuilt by dozens or even hundreds of different manufacturers.

The Model T is the first assembly line produced automobile. Mass production significantly predates the Model T. Generally, the production of guns in France in 1765 using standardized parts is generally considered the first mass produced item.

Dang. I thought it was the British Navy pulley blocks.