• the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    Ask an average amateur radio group/forum what the best radio under $50 is. In equal numbers, you will be flooded with suggestions by people who believe their own handheld within (or slightly above) that price point beats every other option, and other people who insist that any radio that inexpensive is “cheap Chinese garbage” and you have to spend upwards of $200 to get a decent starter radio.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    17·
    3 days ago

    I like to put it this way.

    Television is like binoculars and the internet is like a microscope.

    Watch TV and you’ll see all sorts of things from a distance, and kind of get an idea of how they interconnect. A good general idea of what’s going on.

    Use the internet and you’ll end up spending six months arguing over which version of Batman had the most effective utility belt.