Richard Murnane

Things just got very real! 🥳 Yesterday, I received my first hard-copy editions of my book. Coincidentally, @pragprog - my publisher - is having a Subzero Flash Sale until the end of this week - get 43% off all titles using the checkout code: Brrr pragprog.com/titles/rmwebrx…

@K3TripleR Give credit where it's due: xkcd.com/730/

I'm having significant difficulty getting this to work… It's been over half a century since I studied this stuff. Maybe you guys can figure out where I am going wrong…

NSW Minister for Emergency Services, Jihad Dib visited Manila Squad this week. Minister Dib spoke with squad members, gaining valuable insight into the realities of frontline rescue and the importance of continued investment in capability and coordination. facebook.com/VRARescueNSW/p…

@Osinttechnical For a moment I thought someone was posting Mar-a-Lago cuisine again. 🙃

A recent meal aboard the Lincoln CSG, fighting for months off the coast of Iran. Sailors reportedly say ships in the region have been rationing food supplies as the deployment wears on -USA Today

@DennyMa Thanks @DennyMa, I'm glad you like it! 🥰 73 Richard VK2SKY

Great book if would like to build your own site with OpenWebRX. Thanks @vk2sky

@joncoopertweets Obvious AI: if Donnie gets two scoops, everyone around can have only one. 😏

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@suzamaroo @acitrano said it well too: "It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face." -- x.com/acitrano/statu…

Best description of Trump I’ve EVER heard! EVER!

Dom VK2JNA is taking part in the 2026 Sydney MS Walk Run + Roll! Visit his fundraising page to donate! #Multiplesclerosis #walkrunandroll #charity mswalk.org.au/s/32688/43428/t

@chesscom "Fool's mate", and it's not a recent discovery.

after 1600 years, a NEW high level chess opening was just discovered! 🤯 1⃣ f3 - start a pawn chain on your kingside 2⃣ g4 - extend the pawn chain and attack early! After that the game is basically over. Try it out!

@NoLimitGains Q3 was still "Biden's economy", wasn't it? 🤔

*WARNING* The U.S. just printed the most dangerous GDP report in years. Q4 GDP came in today at 1.4%. Expectations were 3%. That’s a huge decline from the 4.4% we printed in Q3. And somehow nobody is talking about how dangerous this is. Now here’s what makes this even scarier: The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the PCE, came in hotter than expected. 2.9% year over year vs 2.8% forecast. Monthly prices jumped 0.4% when consensus was 0.3%. Core PCE? Same thing. Beat expectations. The economy is slowing AND prices are rising at the same time. Quick reminder of what that’s called: stagflation. The last time we dealt with REAL stagflation was the 1970s. It took Paul Volcker hiking rates to 20% to kill it. For context, the economy only added about 15,000 jobs per month in 2025. You can’t run an economy on 15,000 jobs a month. Now the Fed is completely trapped… Cut rates? Inflation explodes higher. Hold rates? The economy keeps breaking down. There is no clean exit here. The next few weeks are going to be critical. I’ll keep you updated. I’ve been studying macro for over 20 years, and I’ve called every major market tops and bottoms of the last decade. When I make a new move in the market, I’ll say it here publicly like I always do. If you still haven’t followed me, you’ll regret it.

@MullerKatj91277 @guyroyse I'm guessing that it's short for "AI slop; didn't read" 🙃

@guyroyse "AI;DR" - huh. Is that like a tl;dr for something even *more* verbose? I find I'm spending more time summarizing things lately, not less. Maybe it's the Berlin winter making me terse.

So, I learned a new Internet abbreviation today: ai;dr

@AutismCapital Bright young lad: I hope someone guides him to get an Amateur Radio licence, so he can Use His Powers for Good™️. 🙂

Protect this legend at all costs. The kids will be alright.

@dalmaer I find that the names in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are very good; perhaps they want you to use one of those. Suggestions: Zaphod, Trillian, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolongued, Agrajag, Gag Halfrunt, Marvin the Paranoid Android... 😛

“Can I have a good name for that order?” So many folks ask that.. eg at a coffee shop. Why isn’t it enough to say: “Can I have a name for that order?” 🤔

The 43% is a nod to Brimson, Minnesota, where on Saturday the temperature dropped to -43F. That's about -42C to those of us who don't use "Freedom Units". 😉 I recorded 44C / 111F at my place in Sydney a few days ago. A bit toasty, but I'd know which I prefer! 🙃

Things just got very real! 🥳 Yesterday, I received my first hard-copy editions of my book. Coincidentally, @pragprog - my publisher - is having a Subzero Flash Sale until the end of this week - get 43% off all titles using the checkout code: Brrr pragprog.com/titles/rmwebrx…

@cqcqcqdx And an "S9 + 40dB" signal is no more readable than a plain old S9 signal.

@KiloMike9Golf It says "Export Quality" on the can because Australians won't drink that piss. 😁

Check out the head on that fosters! She's a beauty!

For the next few days, the Pragmatic Programmers (@pragprog) are having a New Year's Sale: use the coupon code INSIGHT at the checkout to get 40% off many great titles, including my book, "Build, Tune, Explore with OpenWebRX+"! pragprog.com/titles/rmwebrx…

@OH8STN Congratulations Julian, it's been worth the wait. 73 from Down Under. 🙃

A few more days until the Kindle release of Grid-Down Emergency Communications, shortly followed up by the paperback release. amazon.com/author/julian-… #oh8stn #hamradio #bookrelease

There's a weekend coming up. Maybe a good time to start exploring Software Defined Radio and OpenWebRx. Save 50% with coupon save50 at pragprog.com

Just days after my book has gone to the printers, Raspberry Pi Imager has been upgraded to 2.0 with a "revamped" user interface: cnx-software.com/2025/11/24/ras… Fortunately it's not completely different from 1.9.x...