JustAnotherPodunk
@JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 6 days ago:
Why not both? 😉
Great typo, I’m leaving it.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
If they can’t charge an admittance fee or a per message fee, they won’t implement it. It goes against their business model.
But we can dream.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
If I recall correctly, you can, but it removes your node from the public networks everyone else is using because hams cannot use encryption for coms as part of the rules for ham operation, as the non ham network is encrypted by default. You would have to build a secondary network independent of the public node list.
Correct me if I’m wrong. But that was my understanding of the difference.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
Oh it’s a hundred percent just the novelty communication technology that is in vogue right now. I don’t really know if it’s a true zeitgeist technology or if someone with a lot of product to sell who is playing with the social media algorithm. But I guess I don’t really care much.
The trick is to find a way to seize on that opportunity. Now that our mesh network is structurally sound and sufficient, I’m working on using a raspberry pi to automate our ham club meeting dates, testing dates, and field days, and then blast those messages once a week or so over the mesh network. That way, an impulse buy turns into the discovery of a fuctional network and afterwards, a random person can discover a whole local community of people with all sorts of new things to learn.
You can lead a horse to water. But you can’t make him drink.
first you need a trough. That’s the mesh network. After, the horse needs to be thirsty. That’s the curiosity people have. information, the when and how and where, you can automate and passively tell them about. that’s the water.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
I’ve come to the realization that mesh nodes are little more than a gateway drug into the world of ham radio. And for that I’m grateful.
It’s not as good, and does everything worse than radio. The only real world use I have found is for when cellphone networks get overwhelmed at things like music festivals and large sports games. No one else’s texts go through, but I can toss by buds a node to put in their back pocket and we can stay in touch.
our local mature club is building our local mesh network out now as an introduction to the ham world. And it’s working. It’s getting the younger kids and adults through the door. And from there, it’s an easy thing to get them interested in more useful and fun forms of communication.
- Comment on Room temperature IQ is a far bigger insult in Europe than America. 2 weeks ago:
My room temperature has central air conditioning and I like it cooold.
- Comment on Room temperature IQ is a far bigger insult in Europe than America. 2 weeks ago:
No one was wondering. In the USA we have intelligence quotients that are high enough to convert, even at room temp. Its surprising I know, but room temperature I.Q.'s don’t operate on metric here. It takes a little more effort you see… Very smart.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You can still have it! Check out the square home launcher for android.
- Comment on CNC 2 months ago:
I had jokes. I still had jokes when I finally figured it out thanks to the comments. I don’t need another burner account. If I made my jokes, I would absolutely have another burner account.
I’m not a bad person, I say bad things sometimes. I’m trying to be better.
I find that aluminum is the best medium for trial and error because even though it is somewhat expensive, it’s easy on the bits. And that is important regardless of the bulk material costs.
- Comment on Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base 3 months ago:
We’re going back boys!
- Comment on Michigan GOP Lawmakers Propose Total Ban on Porn 4 months ago:
Bugs bunny is so fuckin screwed
- Comment on Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring 4 months ago:
That’s the resiliency part of it all. Resistance to change is the security.
- Comment on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector 4 months ago:
Just to clarify and add to what you said, equity shares are not stocks. The gov gets dividends and such, but it isn’t stock that is bought and sold on wall street. It’s all about profitability and not about speculation. If the company makes money, so does the gov. If it loses money, the gov loses money.
- Comment on Interesting way to deal with people who have had enough 6 months ago:
A real life hydro homie
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says 7 months ago:
Me here just waiting to also not play the next one.
It’s just another flavor of starfield but somehow so much more shittier. Make me a game that doesn’t release looking like it’s a beta release. Then I may be interested.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 7 months ago:
Done, and link forwarded to my non Lemmy using selfhosting mentor. Maybe can get at least one more respondant. Maybe more. Good luck!
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch 8 months ago:
P.T. Barnum in his grave getting a full on chubby for all the suckers that go for this shit