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AlchemicalAgent

@ AlchemicalAgent @mander.xyz

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• Teacher • Professor • Fisherman • Conservationist • R&D Chemical Engineer • Emergency Medical Responder •

  • mood selector switch

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  • The one with a bunch of golden lab dogs dressed in lab coats? It's still hanging on my fridge.

  • Advice on getting back into the hobby?

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  • I'm trying to get back into HAM after 30 years out of it. Starting with meshtastic let's me play around without spending a lot on hardware, and before I get my license back.

    There are great prebuilt nodes for under $50, and as low as $20 if you build your own from parts.

  • Starsector, one of the best space RPGs that's not on Steam had a huge update

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  • Just played through the tutorial. Looks and plays great.

  • LILYGO's T-Deck Pro Is a LoRa- and 4G-Capable Smartphone-Like All-In-One ePaper Dev System

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  • Aww dang. I was holding off on getting a T-Deck until Mestastic 2.6 dropped, and would've really preferred an E-Ink version.

  • Starsector, one of the best space RPGs that's not on Steam had a huge update

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  • If it's even close to M&B or Daggerfall my upcoming summer break is in trouble.

  • How to secure your phone before attending a protest

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  • No worries! If you're starting out you can't go wrong with a T1000-E. It's water resistant, has GPS built-in, and ties everything together in a neat package for ~$35. There are plenty of other nodes out there but it's more of a build your own kit situation. If you're into microcontroller programming and stuff like arduino/RP/etc then Heltec v3 Lora boards are good tinker hardware.

    We also have a community here on mander for meshtastic.

  • How to secure your phone before attending a protest

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  • Yes! If you leave the default channel enabled it will join the public meshtastic network. But you can run eight channels at once, and the others can have different encryption keys.

    The default setting is also to forward any received packets to the mesh, even ones it can't decrypt.

  • How to secure your phone before attending a protest

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  • For a good compromise, use Meshtastic. Long-range radio mesh network for texting that phones can use instead of cell networks.

  • South Africa suspends American businesses and mineral exports

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  • It looks like that first link just references the original article. Seems to be an AI generated summary, too.

  • Why are there silly license requirements?

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  • No idea about bike licenses.

    High power radios in the hands of people who don't know what they're doing can cause a lot of issues. FRS/GMRS radios under 2 Watts in the U.S. don't need a license. Licensing is a way to make sure people using them know how to do so effectively, and provides for stiffer penalties if someone unlicensed causes issues.