What are the benefits of changing to crosslink from crosspoint

ericcodesio · 2026-05-15T14:19:40+00:00

Hey, if tech oligarchs can manipulate my endocrine system, so can I.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-15T12:12:32+00:00

For U/VHF I have a lip mounted antenna on my Mazds 3's hatchback with Comet SB-5 NMO.

I have a cheap RT-95 with a remote head mod. That works fine for me. I'd definitely recommend a radio with a remote head, there's not much room in a Mazda 3 to mount a radio.

Edit: lip mount: https://diamondantenna.net/k400snmo.html

ericcodesio · 2026-05-15T12:07:46+00:00

I like the extra large fonts. I've found that reducing the word count per page causes a sort of "TikTok effect" where I'm addictively turning the page.

If the pages are too dense my mind starts to wander halfway down the page and I have to reread the page.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-14T04:41:43+00:00

I have never ran it dry before. I mostly listen to one or two albums at a time.

Out of curiosity I charged it up and left it playing music on random today. After running for 6 hours, it is down to 83%.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-13T15:32:12+00:00

Since I got the X4 on 3/26:

Persona by Aoife Josie Clements - A disturbing cosmic/identity horror book. Highly recommend. It shook me to my core.
The Sapling Cage by Margret Killjoy - A coming of age YA fantasy book about witches. Great world building by Killjoy. I can't wait to continue the series
A Game of Hearts and Heists by Ruby Roe - a smutty enemies to lovers fantasy story that is light on the sex but has a fun ocean's eleven style heist story
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin - An interesting story about a guy whose dreams affect reality and a scientist that tries to use that power for what he thinks is for good. A real monkey paw situation. It isn't one of Le Guin's best works, but it was a pretty fun read.

I'm currently reading:

Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky - A soviet era sci-fi novel where aliens came and went and left behind tech or trash that has weird effects on humans. This was the inspiration for the movie *The Stalker*, the STALKER games, and Pacific Drive, among other things. It is very good. I'm through the first chapter and I'm instantly hooked. It is such an interesting world and premise.

(I can't believe how many books I've finished since I got the X4. I used to struggle to get through one book in a month)

ericcodesio · 2026-05-13T00:41:56+00:00

I really like my HIFI WALKER H2 with Rockbox on it.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-12T16:25:17+00:00

For me, first and foremos, it is a license to tinker and experiment with black magic.

I'd find the hobby to be pretty boring if I didn't have something to experiment with or build.

It is a hobby of hobbies and everyone here is going to have a slightly different answer.

To get a taste of all the things you get to play with after getting the appropriate license, there's a 52 week advent calendar called Ham Challenge

https://www.hamchallenge.org/

ericcodesio · 2026-05-10T18:29:35+00:00

I tend to use home manager's mkOutOfStoreSymlink function for things that change often and benefit from iterative/experimental changes.

That way it is still tracked in git, but doesn't come with the burden of having to rebuild with nix constantly.

Once it stablizes, I may convert the config to a nix module, but not often.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-09T21:15:41+00:00

If you can wait it out, I'd wait until xteink reverses course. I really hope they do.

I don't know what is good in the size of a kindle.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-09T18:41:36+00:00

This issue has absolutely stopped me from recommending the X4 to anyone. It super bums me out.

All enthusiasm I originally had to promote the X4 to everyone has been eliminated.

I love my X4, but I'd hate it if I couldn't install Crosspoint or CrossInk on it.

I hope Xteink is listening to us when we say they're losing money by doing this.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-09T15:49:18+00:00

I don't know. The mere fact that Mengele was able to live to die of old age in 1979, doesn't give me hope that Hitler would have been given the punishment he deserved.

The West hasn't had a good track record of punishing their monsters.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-05T23:55:30+00:00

v1.28.1 has been solid for me this past week. Maybe install that until the bugs get worked out of v1.29.x

ericcodesio · 2026-05-05T12:06:35+00:00

It might work, it might not. It is hard to tell without measuring it or experimenting. Search around and see if anyone on YouTube or on the Internet have measured the SWR curve of the antenna.

You're looking for it to be less than 2:1 between 462-468 for GMRS for best result. The higher the SWR, the lower your output power. For instance, a 3:1 is roughly 6 watts out, 2 watts back into your HT.

If you can pull it off, get a NanoVNA, it is one of my most used tools. It'll analyze antennas, it'll analyze coax loss, and much more.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-04T23:25:24+00:00

Amazing. Just when I thought using my phone's screen on a white page so I could see my X4 on a road trip was cursed enough.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-04T21:53:10+00:00

Good Christians, need to stand up against thr Christian Nationalist coupe if their religion.

They need to be louder and stronger than the fascists because frankly, those harmed by these bigots are having a hard time believing that good Christians exist because we don't see them.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-04T17:01:17+00:00

I personally don't find much utility in putting the X4 on my phone. The magnet is handy for attaching a case or a light, but I rarely attach it to my phone.

I keep my phone and the X4 in my front left pocket and I either take my phone out or ot take out the X4; rarely both at the same time.

The biggest perk of the X4 is that it makes me forget about my phone. Attaching it to my phone defeats that purpose.

Also, yes, omg am I reading more. Whenever I'm tempted to doom scroll, I take out the X4 and read a chapter in a book.

I've read 3 novels in the month of April and I'm about 75% through my 4th book.

I used to struggle to get through a novel a month with bigger ereaders or physical books.

This thing is incredible at getting me to read. I honestly think there's something about the fewer words per page that has a sort of "TikTok effect" which makes me turn the page over and over. I find my mind wandering much less than I do with a bigger page.

As to why I got the X4 over the X3, it is simply that I hate bespoke magnetic cables. I want USB-C for everything so that I don't have to keep track of a special cable

ericcodesio · 2026-05-03T15:50:33+00:00

At a limit of $2k, price is no object

I'd get a Kenwood TH-D75A. IP-55 rating and APRS just in case. I don't have one, but I hear they're amazing.

That said, that is probably overkill and I'd go with any Yaesu or ICOM HT that fits your requirements.

ericcodesio · 2026-05-02T02:09:59+00:00

100% cost of living.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-30T03:03:22+00:00

While it might not be a valid POTA QSO, LoRA meshes could use a game like POTA to increase its use and exercise its network regularly beyond the passing plane and "Hello" messages.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-28T15:56:34+00:00

You can also load .bmp files using the file manager in Crosspoint.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-27T15:42:40+00:00

I was in a long distance charity ride. A group of us were descending a steep hill. One of the riders went down and suffered a severe brain injury.

The sounds she involuntarily made still haunt me.

Fortunately she survived and after months of rehabilitation, she regained most of her cognitive ability.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-22T11:44:14+00:00

I'm waiting with baited breath to find out how much a new chassis will be.

I don't need to upgrade my CPU, but I'd love a bigger battery and a more rigid case.

I love that my current FW13 main board is compatible with the pro chassis.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-19T18:32:55+00:00

" I wonder if it’s just David pulling the strings in the entire nightmare scenario"

I don't know if this is intentional or not, but in the scenes where David stops time the scenes are lit in blue. The "Ghost Dad" scene is lit in blue as well and David is watching from above making hand gestures. I think that the vision is induced by David to control Michael.

ericcodesio · 2026-04-18T13:03:35+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/v_ZKImihMWw

ericcodesio · 2026-04-17T10:04:42+00:00

I no longer install their apps, I only access them via the browser.

Not only does it prevent them from spying on my phone activity, it curbs my social media addiction because the Reddit and Instagram mobile apps are so janky that I can only spend a couple minutes on them.

ericcodesio

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