People are just discussing the pros and cons of technology in the Technology comm. Chill out.
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deafboy@lemmy.world 3 days agoEver since I switched to lemmy, I constantly stumble upon people trying to guilt other people for their hobbies. That’s pretty unhealthy.
Whoever reads this, don’t feel guilty living your life. Spend time on whatever you’re passionate about. Build new things, even if they do not have a rational use case at the moment. They might play an important role in your future.
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 3 days ago
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 days ago
WiFi goes down and people sometimes NEED to communicate instead of streaming Netflix.
This is just an alternate channel, if Eheran doesn’t have the imagination to understand how low bandwidth can still be extremely valuable, as compared to, say, screaming at the top of your lungs to attempt to be heard 5 miles away, then… I’m not really interested in what they think.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
“WiFi goes down”
Or more to the point, the ISP fails. A Wi-Fi router isn’t that much more difficult to power than a meshtastic node, but my old ISP, I don’t think they even bothered to install UPSes, if the power was out, so was the internet. I could keep my Wi-Fi up indefinitely, but it’s basically useless outside my house.
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 days ago
Yeah, whenever I tell the kids “WiFi is down” what that really means is “Comcast has killed our link, again.”
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 days ago
They’re a godsend for camping, and would be legendary in a disaster event.
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 days ago
Low power requirements, battery + solar power source… this isn’t science fiction anymore.