Over half of USA’s population voted for this.

False. Just over half of the voting population voted for this guy (and not necessarily any of what he’s done for the last year).

The orange turd won with 77,302,580 votes. I don’t have the number of registered voters in 2024 handy, but using the population of 348,320,255, that’s 22% of the total population who supported this guy. And even some of that 22% is starting to sour because things have gone so far off the rails, so I’d further estimate that 19% of the population are the true die hards who will follow him to the end.

This isn’t even factoring in those who would have voted one way or the other but were ineligible to vote or didn’t bother to vote. It also doesn’t factor in the Electoral College or people who didn’t understand how the Electoral College works and threw their vote away on a 3rd party or abstained.

You’re judge and jurying us all over the actions/behavior of maybe 19% of the population. If discovered a new species of bird and 1 out of 5 were red while the other 4 were brown, we wouldn’t classify the species as red birds.

Clarification: The government/administration is stirring the pot, but most/nearly all of the population is not. People need to distinguish / recognize the difference between the actions of a country’s government and those of its everyday citizens who are often powerless.

That distinction is the difference between a valid opinion and xenophobia.

Edit: Removed the example since on a second read sounded like I was trying to “say something without saying it” which wasn’t my intent. I just don’t have time to wordsmith it better right now.

My knowledge is incomplete as to what powers and restrictions you get with an amateur license, but I think the only real reason you’d want to use HAM mode in the US is if you wanted to operate on US 433 or maybe the 868 MHz block. Not sure if HAMs have access to the latter one or not, though. The 915 block is pretty permissive here for unlicensed use, so that’s usually sufficient.

Also, if a node is operating in HAM mode, it may not be able to mesh with other nodes not in HAM mode due to encryption being disabled. I could be wrong about that as I haven’t read into that specifically, but to my knowledge it tracks.

lemmy.ml should just be blocked by default. World, eh, should at least be split up. And I wouldn’t be surprised that a lot of the ml and hexbear folks have alts on world just to stir the pot.

I feel ya. The anti-US xenophobia has really been rising here lately and I’ve just been blocking and blocking and blocking. I’m fine and on board with criticizing what the current regime is doing, but the way they lump you (presumably?), me, and everyone together as if we all have cabinet level positions and personally signed off on each and every thing in the news is just straight-up ignorant xenophobia.

Why that gets a pass is beyond me. Moderation failures all around, IMO.

AFAIK, you only need to use it in HAM mode if you want to use licensed frequencies, a higher power transmit (assuming the radio supports it; US 915 can transmit up to 1W/30db unlicensed and many radios can only transmit at 22db max), or to go beyond the airtime limitations (there no limitations on airtime for US 915). HAM mode also disables encryption if I recall. Also AFAIK, you’re not required to use HAM mode just because you are a licensed HAM operator.

Sources: Have read the docs but am not a licensed HAM.

Remembering your vacation to Mexico.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_filter

Any new contacts? I’d always guessed that boats would likely be running nodes.

Speaking of noticing things:

the remainder of the post contains references to reddit which may cause apoplexy in some viewers. :-)

Heh, I always forget about client_base. My device in that role is still on firmware 2.5.0 from last year and doesn’t have client_base as an option. Gotta get it updated stat lol.

Check out the SenseCap solar node. It’s way under $200 and professionally built.

https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-Solar-Node-P1-Pro-for-Meshtastic-LoRa-p-6412.html

Probably the best configuration for it is as a regular client client_base role since that will relay like a repeater but without forcing other clients in the mesh to use it (which would be problematic unless you’re in a super ideal position).

Edited b/c I forgot about client_base. See the reply to this one about that role.

I was about to suggest a 3D printed solution, but I’m not seeing anything for the Elecrow/Thinknode m5 on Printables or Thingiverse. Only thing I found was a case for the M1.

What firmware version are you on?

I had to switch to the alpha version 2.7.16 because that kept happening on my Heltecs. I never got that message, though. It would just randomly disconnect and not reconnect again until I hit the reset button on the node and force-quit and restarted the app.

Prior to that, the only thing that changed or was updated was the app. My node was still running the 2.5.0 firmware from last March.

I saw that one in the feed, but like the technology communities, it seemed more “in the news” in tone. But the !offgrid@slrpnk.net community linked in its sidebar might be appropriate.

What do you call Jeffrey Combs standing around by himself?

“A Star Trek convention”

And also Secretary of Treasury

Star Trek but without the show’s lessons…isn’t that basically just the Dominion from DS9?

You sound like a good candidate for a router role, but just to be safe, I would generally avoid “router” unless coordinating with or organizing a coordinated community mesh. That would allow for the best placement without potentially adversely affecting the wider mesh. Client role will repeat just the same but without “overriding” other, potentially better positioned nodes.

The top of the mountain location, which would provide coverage for both sides, would be the ideal placement for a node in “router” role without consuming a hop to “jump” to the other side.

Love my deck … Kind of got side tracked gaming

You sound like me lol: Side tracked by the device’s primary purpose.