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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 18d

They are paving the way to Apple TV and Apple TV Pro. I only watch my TV in a professional capacity, thank you very much.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 18d

If you’re in the Chicagoland area, I have just the film series/theater for you…

I saw it back in probably 2007 (on DVD), and then again a couple of years ago (streaming). There was a good crowd for a 10pm Saturday night screening.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 18d

For our fourth (we saw Donnie Darko in the theater last night) movie of #ScaryMovieMonth we’re taking a bite of Sinners (2025)

#NowWatching #FilmSky

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 20d

For our second movie of #ScaryMovieMonth we’re running with Weapons (2025). 🏃‍♂️

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 24d

Updated the meme. ♻️

I’m long AMD and NVIDIA, but still find it crazy.

A power strip plugged into itself, symbolizing NVIDIA’s money getting passed around in the AI bubble.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 26d

Necessity is the mother of invention, so I imagine we'll see a lot more effort put into this given recent image generation advances.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 26d

Canon dabbled (and failed) at this a while ago, but there are groups working on means of cryptographically signing images: contentauthenticity.org

For GPS, you can spoof it with an SDR to make your GPS chipset think it's where ever you want, but more common (in conflict areas) is to deny/jam GNSS.

Content Authenticity Initiative

Join the movement for content authenticity and provenance. The CAI is a global community promoting adoption of the C2PA Content Credentials standard.

contentauthenticity.org

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · 27d

Our first movie for #ScaryMovieMonth is Willy's Wonderland (2021). Had the Pizza Time Players on my mind.

Movie poster for Willy's Wonderland (2021)

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 30

It does look nice. I’ve had luck buying them early, and not updating the software until a jailbreak is available. They make great self-contained E Ink displays.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 30

… than a few 300 character posts.

I’m a fan of efficiency, so stuff like dark skies ordinances make a ton of sense (why waste energy lighting up the sky?).

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 30

It’s a tricky balance. I’m a supporter of Earth-based astronomy, but also recognize the benefits to connecting people.

One thought is that as launch costs drop, it’ll make more sense to build observatories on the moon. Not saying we declare Earth-based stuff a loss, but it’s more nuanced…

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 30

It might be a misunderstanding, but a phone won’t transmit if it can’t hear a tower.

(A peek behind the scenes of LTE/4G)

The tower broadcast info tells the phone how to talk to it, so until that info (MIB/SIB1/SIB2) is decoded by the phone, it doesn’t know when/how to say something.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 29

Users with a carrier that supports the non-terrestrial stuff (like Starlink DTC with T-Mobile) will be interesting.

I’m not familiar enough with it to know if they don’t anything to prevent access from a plane.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 29

There is a window when you’re climbing where you will be handing off fast, and ramping up transmit power.

With recent LTE modems, I’m not sure of the battery life impact. It’s definitely lower power to not listen at all (in ✈️ mode), but not sure how that stacks up in the grand scheme of things.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 29

The antennas used on cell towers are directional, and typically angled slightly down (where the users are). There will be lobes of the antenna pattern that go up into the sky, but at a lot less power than horizontal.

The fuselage of the aircraft will also help attenuate the signal.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 29

They are some odd jumps in reasoning (like interference on the ground meaning we need more satellites), but one thing about cellular is that your phone (UE) it won’t transmit if it can’t hear a tower (eNodeB in LTE).

When at cruise altitude, it’s hard to hear terrestrial networks.

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 24

The Apple C1X modem doesn't support mmWave (to get those Gbps over the air), so it's def not "Pro".

Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 24

Share your favorite black and white movie

I always enjoy Dr. Strangelove (1964), if only for the “Gentleman, you can’t fight in here! This is the war room.” line.

If I want to get weird, Pi (1998) is fun.

The war room from Dr. Strangelove (1964)

We’ve all been there, trying to find meaning in the randomness.

Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 21

I like what I've heard from the new album... rubbing salt in the wound from snoozing on tickets to see them at Cobra Lounge (which is like the size of a large living room) in Chicago last week.

Just had to vent, sorry @npr.org

Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 21

I'm ashamed to admit it took me 20 days to notice this. In my (very weak) defense, we haven't had much rain recently.

www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...

#NEXRAD #AWS

Important: Changes to NOAA NEXRAD AWS Archive | NSF UnidataImportant: Changes to NOAA NEXRAD AWS Archive | NSF Unidata

www.unidata.ucar.edu

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 15

Translation: Liquid Glass is going to drain your battery (while making information less legible).

support.apple.com/en-us/125039....

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 15

Saw a little bit West of Chicago: bsky.app/profile/medi...

Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some faint aurora from earlier tonight. The green was briefly naked eye visible, above all the light pollution of the Chicago burbs.

#aurora

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some faint aurora from earlier tonight. The green was briefly naked eye visible, above all the light pollution of the Chicago burbs.

#aurora

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 14

Any good finds at #VCFMW?

Even though I’m local, still had to rush through due to weekend conflicts. Such a great show!

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Ryan Ziolko 🚀 @mediumfidelity.bsky.social · Sep 14

(also I’m not crazy for keeping original packaging) 😬

#VCFMW20 #VCFMW

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