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kboyd

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Software Developer, Photographer, Sailing Enthusiast. (he/him)

Victoria, BC, Canada

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@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to random

Having an oil industry makes you a target of United States imperialism.

Ditching fossil fuels is a national security and sovereignty imperative.

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to Sailing

sailing@lemmy.world icon Sailing Sailing question: On a Catalina 27, if you had a choice between a loose-footed main and a boltrope main (where it is attached for the full length of the boom), which would you prefer?

And how much work would it be to convert a boltrope boom to a loose-footed boom? (my assumption is virtually no work required, but I could be wrong)

kboyd OP ,
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@linuxguy My co-op bought an "identical" boat to the one we previously had, so we have parts for both types. The new boat has boltrope sails, but the old boat was loose-footed & the old boat's sails are slightly better condition. Trying to decide which set to sell vs which to keep.

linuxguy ,

Lol, not a bad position to be in. Maybe go with the better sails, everything else equal... Good luck!

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to random

What would it actually look like to live in a world where working for income was decoupled from surviving/thriving?

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to Sailing

Hey boaters of mastodon/fediverse: What do you recommend as a removable mounting solution for a large raymarine navionics screen?

Previously we've been using a terrible, no-good, endlessly frustrating mounting ball "solution". But we have an opportunity to find something better.

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A ball. A socket for the ball, with a twist knob for tightening it. And another socket on the other end for another ball. It squeezes the two balls tightly to temporarily mount electronics like fish finders.
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haulyard Mod ,
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Don’t know if they have exactly what you’re looking for but we picked up a Scanstrut system to hold our iPad and their stuff is pretty solidly built.

kboyd OP ,
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@jfk sailing@lemmy.world icon Sailing 12.1" screen, 14 1/8" x 8 13/16" x 2 5/8", weight ... not sure. 3-5 pounds?

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to Sailing

Spending my evening trying to identify a seemingly obscure piece of boom shackle tackle.

Or, more specifically, a boom vang that seems to have a harness that goes around the boom, instead of a bracket that attaches to the boom.

Can't seem to find the right words to describe it ... but the existing one is fraying & could fail.

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A blue mesh harness extends from the boom vang toward the boom. It has some evident fraying.
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kboyd OP ,
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@cbleslie sailing@lemmy.world icon Sailing I hope someone is able to tell me some keywords I can search for to find out what this setup is even called. Search results so far are coming up empty.

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@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to Sailing

If you're sailing in fog and want other ships to be able to steer clear of you, what would be the best song to blast at full volume?

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stevegrunwell ,
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@kboyd sailing@lemmy.world icon Sailing "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (from Titanic)

violetsoftness ,
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one long loud blast on the horn every minute or so, of course! i don't recall what it's called though

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to Framework Laptop Community

If framework made a NAS, I'd buy that in a heartbeat to replace my Synology. @frameworkcomputer framework@lemmy.ml icon Framework Laptop Community

mattyroses ,
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What would be the OS though?

kboyd OP ,
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@mattyroses well, to be clear, I made this post before the Dhh stuff. But it would likely have been FreeBSD or Ubuntu.

(As in, I would have installed my own OS)

@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , (edited ) to Sailing

Sailing the Salish Sea with the Sooke Sailing Co-Op (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31f2lPMVZc

(testing posting to a Lemmy group from a Mastodon acct)

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@kboyd@phpc.social avatar kboyd , to random

I'm just so exhausted with everything getting worse all the time. (Companies sabotaging their own products, mainly, because they serve the investors & not the users.)

Tell me about some stuff that is improving in a way that actually helps people.

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@kboyd Even in tech, between Plasma, Gamescope, Wayland and Wine advancements, things are looking super cool for gaming and media on Linux. Basically the last "missing feature" on the Linux side is HDR support and that's actually happening (for real this time, I promise, lol)

Even less reasons to look back at the decision to completely ditch proprietary OSes, the count is firmly in the negative now