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@tek maybe it was me

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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek I had someone slide into my DMs because they saw me on Meshtastic. They asked me where I was because they wanted to know how far their node was reaching. Sure, bud, sure👌
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@tek I had someone slide into my DMs because they saw me on Meshtastic. They asked me where I was because they wanted to know how far their node was reaching. Sure, bud, sure👌
@ericr OK buddy. 👍
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek to be honest, I do not see that much overlap between linux users and mesh* users.
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I might be mistaken, but ham and meshtastic doesn't seem to be either/or. The venn diagram of ham radio operators and meshtastic operators has a huge intersection. The good news is that it's a very cheap system to experiment with. Rokland sells complete radios and radio kits for pretty cheap. So don't let my challenges dissuade you.
@DaveMWilburn @tek that's true probably a lot of the same people using both solutions. Alright I won't completely write it off. I live in a populated area so there are probably some mesh devices nearby.
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@DaveMWilburn @boscoandpeck For sure. You can get going with the mesh for like $30, no license needed. It’s fun! I really enjoy it for hobby experimentation. I just don’t recommend it for life and death things. If you count on it to communicate in an emergency, or help your friends find you in a national forest, or find your lost pet, you’re probably in for a bummer.
@tek @DaveMWilburn for $30 I guess you can't go wrong. That's the cost of lunch for 2 people nowadays.
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek screw it, that's all i wanted anyway.
anyone got a recommendation for a good meshtastic radio?
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@tek screw it, that's all i wanted anyway.
anyone got a recommendation for a good meshtastic radio?
@AVincentInSpace The Seeed T1000-E is dead simple to use. I have a RAK4631 strapped to my backpack for a daily driver. Both of those are great.
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek kernel patches. diff left or diff right..
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek this might make me get a meshtastic device
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek so zero "likes" for me there as well?😅
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
The tinder theory is funny. 😉
My wife just asks what it is good for. When trying to explain (no internet needed comms) , she has this "oh another toy" looks. 😉
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I want to like #meshtastic but it has proven extremely ineffective in Alexandria VA. I have to walk a half-mile from my home and up a bridge to have any chance of being heard and relayed by anything, even when I use an aftermarket antenna. I hope it would work a little bit better in a regional comms/power outage because more people would probably be firing up their devices and joining the local mesh.
Also, I have to force-stop and restart the Android app most of the time whenever I lose and want to reestablish bluetooth connectivity with my T-Echo radio, and the radio itself seems to unpredictably hang and require a manual reboot every few days.
It'll probably just live in a drawer until/unless there's some sort of outage.
#meshtastic coverage in my area in Germany is also quite thin - I usually see my 2nd node and another dudes one. The node list usually lights up when a node flies ✈️ across 😉
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Thanks! I'll give that a shot!
Update: I was able to make contact yesterday on the NOVA mesh. I suspect one of the local ham radio operators has a rooftop setup that's getting me connected a little bit better.
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Update: I was able to make contact yesterday on the NOVA mesh. I suspect one of the local ham radio operators has a rooftop setup that's getting me connected a little bit better.
@DaveMWilburn fantastic! Glad that is working better (and who knows, maybe some folks will say something on the public channel over the weekend)
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Reddit post:
My wife called Meshtastic "Tinder for Linux users"
I'm never going to emotionally recover from this.
@tek And now it is completely unusable
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@tek And now it is completely unusable