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JackbyDev

@ JackbyDev @programming.dev

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Any pronouns. 33.

Professional developer and amateur gardener located near Atlanta, GA in the USA.

I'm using a new phone keyboard, please forgive typos.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • 2m doesn't bounce off the atmosphere. You really need 10m for that. 6m in the mist perfect ideal scenarios but it's still very rare (and in this scenario you aren't gonna know when). EME (the moon stuff) is also pretty tricky and requires a lot of power because of how messed up the signals get in the process.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • That's not an emergency scenario, that's an apocalyptic scenario.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Like what? Can you name one?

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  • Get a TIDRADIO TD-H3 instead of a Baofeng. Essentially the same price but a nicer feature set.

    Also, be sure to get the GMRS one. They're all the same and can be reset to any mode, but the way the law with FRS/GMRS works is technically the part itself (the radio) needs to be certified.

    It's very important that you do not reset it and use it improperly. I would never do such a thing and I suggest you don't either.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • FT8 is fun and doesn't require talking. CW too but you need to learn Morse code.

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  • I bring FRS radios (normal ol' walkie talkies) to the local Renaissance festival which has awful to no cell reception. It works great.

    But yeah the barrier to even getting a technician license is too high. You get people that get excited and wanna do stuff and then they're told they can't. So things like meshtastic where they actually can do radio related things without a license are great.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • They list the elevation.

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Now, they made boards with more power that operated and crossed at several different frequency bands, specially shortwave, then meshtastic would be an incredibility powerful too. However illegal.

    Sounds like you should look into getting an amateur radio license!

    Also, power isn't really the issue. Power only helps you while sending, not while receiving. What you want is a good antenna which helps with both sending and receiving. For example, if you're somewhere remote but you know there's a city in a specific direction you could get a directional antenna like a yagi and point it that way.

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  • When I think of pagers I think of receiving only, not sending. Meshtastic devices can typically do both.

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  • Licensed amateur radio operator here in the US. Meshtastic does not require an amateur radio license.

  • This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • I think JetBrains's approach is nice. You can subscribe monthly but anything you e subscribed to for 12 months you get a perpetual fall back license for. Unless I'm missing something specific it's a win for everyone.

  • This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

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  • Last year Blender got a shout out at the Oscars from the makers of Flow.

  • Doorbell anxiety

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  • Is that a banana on your face or are you just excited to see me?

  • Doorbell anxiety

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  • Oops. 🍌 Gonna hide my type behind this.

  • Yahoo Answers rule

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  • Well hold your horses, why does heating up two take exactly twice as long? Your microwave heats everything inside. I can understand it being longer, but exactly twice as long? Hmmm... I think we need more data.

  • Yahoo Answers rule

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  • ISO-8601 has some cases where 24:00 is allowed in place of 0:00, or at least it used to. Maybe new editions removed it.

  • Yahoo Answers rule

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  • I hate that but that also makes sense somehow.

  • Doorbell anxiety

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  • Use a surgical mask instead of a banana. It feels less aggressive.

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • At this point I don't view myself as a Reddit refugee and just consider myself a Lemmy user.

  • Anyone else on here a "Reddit refugee"?

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  • A lot of us are here following the API changes which is totally tangential to that.