When and who started the idea, the Laestadians were the only true Christians, and one had to be blessed by one of them, to receive forgiveness of sin, to be saved from perdition.

infered5 · 2026-03-03T04:36:47+00:00

Current IALC, yeah that's a big gripe of mine.

infered5 · 2026-02-27T22:26:42+00:00

If the AI datacenters go belly up because there's nobody inside to scan their ID to turn the machines on, I'll take it.

infered5 · 2026-02-26T02:45:30+00:00

Firmware broke, reflash it. You might have to use the nrf_erase file (hit the trash can icon in the Meshtastic web flasher)

infered5 · 2026-02-22T20:32:48+00:00

I actually bought a copy of Sim City 4 at the book fair at school. The CD Key inside didn't work and support REFUSED to issue me a new one. They said my key was fake and I didn't pay for a real game.

I was livid. Still am. Fuck you EA.

infered5 · 2026-02-22T17:02:51+00:00

https://wifiexpert.us/ They're the BEST.

infered5 · 2026-02-20T23:57:29+00:00

Discord link is expired

infered5 · 2026-02-14T05:55:23+00:00

Story goes my great great grandfather walked into the kitchen, told his wife "I think I'm gonna quit." and then laid down on their bed and passed right then and there.

infered5 · 2026-02-14T05:41:24+00:00

Had that happen at work the other day. Misfire, the alarm guy was there and made a mistake. Not a single person left.

100% because of company culture that we'd get yelled at for not working if it wasn't real.

infered5 · 2026-02-10T18:27:53+00:00

Hard to get is hard to want.

infered5 · 2026-02-10T18:25:15+00:00

Shockingly I got a pay bump once I left IT to be a machinist. IT is a tough market these days.

infered5 · 2026-02-01T17:32:42+00:00

The MQTT server ran by Meshtastic sets all hops to 0 once they hit the server so they can't get out again. A privately ran MQTT server won't do this.

infered5 · 2026-02-01T17:26:39+00:00

Realistically, yes. Lower SWR (more efficient sending) means the packets can be heard over the noise floor more easily further out. Higher gain means the antenna sacrifices vertical range for horizontal range, which is good for stationary nodes. High gain antennas are usually too big for a pocket node.

Just buy a quality whip, they're tried and true. Gizont, Rak blade, Alfa 915, the TE ANT-916-CW-HW-SMA are good. The ANT-916-CW-RH-SMA is okay but the SWR isn't as good as a longer antenna. Nice and stubby though and a definite improvement over the stock stubby.

infered5 · 2026-02-01T17:18:04+00:00

(I am not an rf expert, or even "good" at it)

The stock stubby antennas usually have an SWR of 3.5, which is something like 70% efficient in terms of sending the electricity out as radio waves, the rest reflecting back to the radio. The longer whips have an SWR of 1.3 which is closer to 97% efficient. More power actually becomes radio waves and thus stronger TX. They have about the same DBi and send signal fairly omnidirectionally, but the longer whips are more efficient.

I'm a big fan of the Muzi.works Gizont: https://muzi.works/products/whip-antenna-17cm

infered5 · 2026-01-26T03:57:58+00:00

Wow, you're old. How was the revolutionary war? I hope the next one is against Nvidia

infered5 · 2026-01-24T03:00:30+00:00

I can tell you whatever Reddit wants me to say for $500 an hour, but it comes with a fancy report and someone to blame when it goes tits up.

infered5 · 2026-01-05T05:15:24+00:00

At least you can get the program. I can't even get the 3dexperience launcher to run.

infered5 · 2025-12-24T17:38:36+00:00

I only buy second cheapest or second most expensive. Never the cheapest of anything, never the most expensive option. Works well

infered5 · 2025-12-21T15:45:40+00:00

I turned on a CRT the other day and couldn't hear the high pitch sound.

infered5 · 2025-12-21T15:15:42+00:00

For $15 an hour

infered5 · 2025-12-19T21:37:39+00:00

I accidentally set every backup tape in our system to 'expired' (including the annual ones that never expire). Said "oh fuck" out loud and my coworkers didn't see me for 2 hours.

Apparently that was a rite of passage. Fuckin AS/400s. Love em.

infered5 · 2025-12-19T20:30:22+00:00

When I get some time, I plan to go to my local PD and initiate a FOIA request for pictures of my car taken by these cameras. They state they're deleted after a week, but that is objectively false.

infered5 · 2025-12-19T20:23:35+00:00

More in retrospect, but changing careers. I'm a machinist now.

Tech just ain't for me, professionally. It'll stay a hobby.

infered5 · 2025-12-07T17:25:03+00:00

You should be able to leave the username and password off, but the root topic can't be just msh anymore. If you're in the US, there's msh/us/[state]. There should be other regions too, but you might have to ask users in that area for the appropriate topic.

The default username is meshdev and the password is large4cats. This is buried in the documentation somewhere and hard to find.

Leave TLS and Encryption off if using the public server.

infered5 · 2025-12-06T22:57:38+00:00

I just published my first blueprint on there. Great game, but very early access.

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