You don’t have to have conversations with those people - start your own net on a repeater about gardening or robotics or astronomy, find other local people you’d like to work simplex with, ask POTA or SOTA contacts if you can come along next time.

You can change the hobby for the better, if you actively participate.

There’s no way to be viable against a heavily government-subsidized competitor who operates in a country with little to no labor, environmental, or safety regulation.

Probably dedicated vector/tensor coprocessors these days - which don’t have to work with your monitor layout or desktop setup!

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