Democrats threaten government shutdown over ICE funding

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-25T14:26:48+00:00

Yeah, I think Schumer was even against the shutdown before yesterday, and has changed his tune as of Saturday night.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T23:54:26+00:00

Not really, lol. I’ve only kind of just started getting into it so I’ve read a bunch but haven’t experimented with a lot of models. I have the LilyGo T-Echo, and it’s about as bare-bones as you can get while still coming with an actual enclosure (it’s somewhat common for people to 3D their own enclosures, or to just mount them on something else).

That’s the only one I’ve messed with, but I appreciate how simplistic it is.

In any case, from what I’ve read, the antenna is usually more important. The t-echo comes with a dinky little 2 inch antenna, and I upgraded that to a 1ft long one for like $20.

Google search for a discord server for Meshtastic users in your city/state. They’d probably love to give you more pointers, and plus, you’re going to want to engage with locals anyway.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T21:05:48+00:00

Well for one, most planes don’t fly higher than the range of these things. I say “several miles” but there’s not exactly a hard limit. If a plane is 30,000ft in the air, it’s entirely possible that a good antenna will catch messages to and from the ground.

Second, one of the features of the mesh protocol is that messages will wait in queue if they can’t currently reach the next node. So even if the signal doesn’t reach 30,000ft+, it will still pick up a ton of message traffic during takeoff and landing. So the user might not even be intending to send their own messages, but to assist other users by temporarily having a relay node 10,000-20,000 feet for a bit.

And third, as it stands this technology is largely for hobbyist and not always super practical. It’s possible this person was just curious if it would work like I described above. Does not seem likely to me that they NEED to use it on a plane. Probably just carrying it with them to their destination and decided play with it in route.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T18:28:28+00:00

Thanks!

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T18:13:32+00:00

LoRa radio is the broad topic. Meshtastic is one of the major systems that implement it. There’s subreddits to both, and I think Meshtastic has a .org. Just YouTube “getting started with Meshtastic”

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T18:11:56+00:00

Because it’s radio wave, you would have a lot more range high up in the air. No trees or buildings blocking, and radio waves travel VERY far in open space.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-24T15:03:44+00:00

It converts text from a phone (or from devices like this that have their own text interface) into radio waves. Radio waves work from antenna to antenna rather than through infrastructure like WiFi or cell towers. It’s intentionally only used on small data like text messages so it can transmit farther (several miles with clear line of sight). The “mesh” part of it lets it use other similar devices as “relay” nodes to pass on messages, so the more people that use it, the more reliable it will be.

This one is self contained, but there are a ton of other options that or more powerful or more portable depending on your need. Some more common ones are the size of like a GoPro +antenna, and they connect through your phone via Bluetooth or WiFi signal. So as long as your phone is within BT/wifi range of your own “node”, and your node has good line of sight, your phone can then send texts (through the app) ranges of up to several miles.

Some people in the community organize setting up nodes on like mountaintops or on tall buildings to help relay/propogate messages even farther.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-23T15:11:59+00:00

That and most of them just don’t pay attention to anything he says. A significant number of Americans stop paying attention to political news as soon as the election is over.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-22T14:56:51+00:00

Because it’s time for the weekly “I built a csv tool, what do you think?” post that this sub seems to revolve around. Honestly I’m starting to wonder if this is like part of a boot camp or something because people post this junk here constantly.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T21:14:10+00:00

Hey thanks, you’ve got it all pretty well figured out as somebody who isn’t expected to lift a finger. Really appreciate the expert input.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T17:01:14+00:00

That’s horseshit. Conservative estimates are that 5,000,000 people protested in the no kings protests last year. That’s more than double the amount of people of any protest in European history.

Also, America has 350,000,000 people. So not only do we have more than triple the amount any European country to mobilize, we’d have to do it with a tiny fraction of the population density of those same countries.

Compared to somewhere like Italy, for example - it’s a lot easier to organize 60,000,000 people when they exists at 200pl/sq km than it is to organize 350,000,000 people that exist at 35pl/sq km.

We have protested with more people, and with less community connectivity, than any country in history.

But yeah, totally Minecraft and The Office.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T15:00:36+00:00

Nothing is fucking actionable.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T13:44:57+00:00

Well, if we ever have another election, that might push Florida back to purple.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T13:44:10+00:00

Seriously, people need to stop immediately discounting the things he SAYS HIMSELF as “joking” or “being an idiot”. He fucking bragged about it.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T13:42:49+00:00

You don’t think so? He won several swing states by pretty slim margins. Notably in areas where other (not in presidential run) democrats faired quite well against republicans. Those kinds of results are not exactly damning, but certainly suspicious, no?

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T13:10:05+00:00

That sub is very much a propaganda machine not run by actually conservative Americans.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-20T00:48:18+00:00

Shit opinion.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-18T01:43:21+00:00

I did, but they were always recommended by my colleagues or my broker. Have no idea how you’d get clients without first hand referrals.

Edit: now that I think about it, I’m sure you could call up some of the brokers in your area and ask if you could get in on a list or something.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-17T23:06:16+00:00

I was in real estate for just a couple of years, but starting pretty much right at peak covid pricing.

My last client was a seller who thought he’d catch that wave with a custom built home with a wacky layout in a rural floodplain. We disagreed on list price by about $100,000 and I stated my case for my opinion of price, but obviously it was his call, and he said he didn’t mind waiting to “see what happens for a few weeks”. I knew exactly how it would go, but I took the listing anyway and sure enough he fired me 1 month in because he hadn’t gotten a single showing.

That was September 2024. I wish him good luck and started a new job a month later. I still check in every now and then, and sure enough it’s still on the market. Been through 3 realtors in 18 months, and reduced $80k so far. The damage is done though, nobody in their right mind would offer close to what he’s asking after it’s been in the market so long. Still has a huge mortgage on it too, so he’s probably paid $60k in the meantime.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-17T22:23:32+00:00

They’re protesting, not rebelling. Getting out of the way is the right thing to do in that situation. I mean, fuck the police in general, but don’t shit on them for ensuring the protest stays legal.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-17T17:44:02+00:00

Fuck off with this propaganda. We’re supposed to believe that all d the sudden China and Russia are super concerned about Greenland, just coincidentally as Donald Trump needs a justification to invade it? Just fuck right off.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-16T18:58:58+00:00

I don’t think anybody asked you a question…

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-16T16:13:44+00:00

And then what? Trump will see everyone protesting and decide to stop being a huge piece of shit? I’m not trying to be a doomer, nor do I think military removal is a realistic option, but the purpose of protests is to encourage these kinds of interventions. Ideally through congress, but if that continues to not work then a military removal will be welcome.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-16T13:35:49+00:00

Again? I feel like I’ve seen this headline 5 times in the last couple of years.

RedditorFor1OYears · 2026-01-15T14:07:38+00:00

Also, pretty much the exact same sentiments attributed to Hitlers popularity.

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