Oh yeah no way I was gonna try eating this

It’s on the edge of the road by an intersection, so yeah probably should be handled

Thanks!

I admit I didn’t get closer than this picture, I was on my way somewhere. But it was so shocking I had to stop and take a picture. That was last week.

I assumed mushrooms. And then was reminded today when I saw this article.

Also curious about this

For a fact

They are! In fact, I usually hate sleep socks at home, never will I ever. But camping? Absolutely

That’s true, if I’m gonna have a fire anyway, might as well

That’s fair, perhaps I’ll start doing that

🤮

I guess my worry was that they wouldn’t be dry by the morning.

I wash my feet before going to bed, and I have a second pair of socks that I only wear at night (when it’s cold, otherwise none).

Like I say, if I had to go more than two nights, I’d have to figure something else out. Maybe two pairs of hiking socks, so one has 36 hours to dry instead of just 8 or 10.

That’s actually not a bad idea… I could do that now for little effort 🤔

What an excellent idea! So simple, so powerful!

Just googled base mode, what an excellent idea! This is yet another thing that’s got me excited to get back into meshtastic

We had very few bugs! One guy used some bug spray, but for the rest of us they were mild enough that the campfire kept them away.

I think I got bit 2 or 3 times in as many days.

It was a beautiful weekend

Thanks! Yep the stones are dryish on the camera side of the hammock 👍👍

Hey thanks this is helpful!

Now THIS looks interesting. This might be the thing that gets me back interested in meshtastic after my failed solar node debacle

I would love to have a copy of this circuit!

I imagine adding more capacitance not only increases the run time at night under a light, but also the charge time. How did you decide on a good value?

Very cool!

Have you looked into lithium capacitors? Here’s one built into a charging circuit. Kind of interesting

I was all geared up to make my first solar node, got a rak and a solar panel, put an 18650 in it. I was doing some testing to see how long it would last on my bench without sun. I got distracted and the voltage got lower than the rak liked, and then it just… Never came back. Wouldn’t wake up again, not with solar power or adding additional external power. I’d probably need to disconnect and reconnect the battery. But I never tried that, because the point was that I wouldn’t be able to.

Before this, I had already been researching and thinking about different methods, and I had already wasted some money on some ill-planned hybrid lithium capacitors. I also had some disappointing range tests from the local hill. Plus I was trying to get my buddies on board and they were dragging their feet.

So this was the last nail in the coffin. You can’t have a device enter a non recoverable state when it’s 40 feet up in a tree at the top of the tallest hill in town. Just bad design.

That stupid thing is still sitting on my desk, almost a year now. I lost all interest, unfortunately.

I’m sure I’ll come back to it, eventually.

But yes, in my experience, rak doesn’t like low voltages, and will likely get stuck in an unrecoverable state.

Yeah if it came to that I would, but I’d like a not elegant repair first.

Looks aren’t an issue, but I feel like I’d feel that lump of polish