@ALFA infatti 😁@filobus

@Uilebheist non lo è

@sjvn oh! We're at the same event!

@mwl@io.mwl.io’s post made me revisit RCS in a very small role: a safety net for individual files.
Paired with nvi, a tiny wrapper lets me snapshot configs before risky edits. Simple, local, no magic.

Example wrapper I’m using:

#!/bin/sh
#
# safeedit — RCS-backed safe editing with nvi
#

set -e

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "usage: safeedit <file>" >&2
exit 1
fi

FILE="$1"

if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
echo "safeedit: file not found: $FILE" >&2
exit 1
fi

DIR=$(dirname "$FILE")
BASE=$(basename "$FILE")
RCS_DIR="$DIR/RCS"
RCS_FILE="$RCS_DIR/$BASE,v"

mkdir -p "$RCS_DIR"
chmod 700 "$RCS_DIR"

if [ ! -f "$RCS_FILE" ]; then
ci -l "$FILE"
else
ci -u "$FILE" || true
co -l "$FILE"
fi

exec nvi "$FILE"
nvi protects the session; RCS protects the decision.

Original post by @mwl@snac.bsd.cafe: https://io.mwl.io/@mwl/115814245521209100

#nvi #RCS #Unix #SysAdmin #ConfigManagement

@lasolitaLaura_ Mannaggia, non ho camomilla in casa.
Provo omettendo la camomilla, tanto non credo che sia un ingrediente essenziale.

Happy New Year!

Bringing A Yagi Antenna to 915MHz LoRa

If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol more generally. LoRa is a great, low-power radio communications standards, but sometimes the antennas you get with the modules can leave you wanting more. That’s why [Chris Prioli] at the Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club in the great state of New Jersey have got a Yagi antenna for North America’s 915 MHz LoRa band.

Right out the gate, their article links to one of ours, where [tastes_the_code] builds a Yagi antenna for the European 868 MHz LoRa. Like [tastes_the_code], the radio club found [Chris]’s antenna gives much better reception than what came with the LoRa module. Looking out their window, instead of two Metastatic nodes with a stock antenna, one club member is now connecting to two hundred.
A simulation of the radiation pattern. Looks like a Yagi, alright.
Now, the Yagi is directional, so you only get that boost pointed down the axis of the antenna, but at least in simulation they estimate a 7.7 dB front-to-back gain vs under 3 dB for an omnidirectional antenna. Not bad, for a simple 3D print and some stiff wire!

If you don’t want to re-invent the wheel again, check out the GCARC’s GitHub for files if you’re in North America. If you’re in Europe, check out [taste_the_code]’s build from last year. Of course whatever band you’re operating in, Yagi isn’t your only roll-your-own option for a LoRa antenna.

hackaday.com/2025/12/31/bringi…

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