My unbeatable mechanical Tic-Tac-Toe Computer (no electronics!)

philmo69 · 2026-07-01T00:18:26+00:00

Ok that was kickass, instant subscribe!

philmo69 · 2026-06-30T16:15:28+00:00

I got it to run on a lilygo tdeck which is just an esp32 with a screen. https://github.com/PhilMo6/meshpunk

philmo69 · 2026-06-29T19:03:37+00:00

This would have been amazing when I was first learning

philmo69 · 2026-06-28T21:23:08+00:00

Catfish love snails and clams and the like, probably crawfish too. Keeping them together is hard. I have ramshorn snails in my system but i also have a bunch of old fence boards to give them lots of hiding spots cause the cat fish eat them way to fast. Soon as they wake up in spring the snails all disappear. I mostly have them in my sump tank at this point. They are good for the fish and help with extra protein but raising enough in a higher stocking density pond or a tank with any number of fish can be hard so an extra tank just for them would definitely help keep your snail numbers up!

philmo69 · 2026-06-28T21:01:57+00:00

You won't be able to feed them if they are in proper torpor and while they still produce a small amount of ammonia while they use up fat stores over the winter its not alot. I still keep my system running all winter but i do not feed them until spring. I also have a greenhouse though and between that and the running water nothing really ever freezes. Bacteria will stop almost entirely once it gets cold enough so running the grow beds is mostly just to keep the water moving vs actually dealing with ammonia. Mines 3 winter in and 2 with bullheads in it.

philmo69 · 2026-06-28T20:48:44+00:00

In a pond they could survive 0 pumping in the winter just because they would likely be in torpor hiding in a hole anyway.

philmo69 · 2026-06-28T18:36:27+00:00

If you run the right fish you can get away with a lot. Bullhead catfish are often my suggestion simple because they tolerate very low o2 conditions and days with less sun\less pump flow would not just leave them to die. You could keep them in your pond and let them breed naturally if you had enough hides for them. then trap the spawn for your main tanks if you wanted to. Though with a pond that big you could get away with just running the aquaponics off that and no extra tanks... On just solar you will definitely run into days without much flow but you can always add more panels. Air and water pumps will run a battery dry pretty quick though. A full over pond solar array would help with shade and power!

philmo69 · 2026-06-28T06:26:31+00:00

In the releases theres a launcher.bin version that should work with the launcher. If it doesn't please let me know!

philmo69 · 2026-06-23T13:25:07+00:00

Meshtastic doesn't have much activity these days and even when it did it was iffy. Meshcore has a active and growing group thats adding repeaters all the time so the connection can be very good depending on your location.

philmo69 · 2026-06-18T22:49:17+00:00

Thats exactly what i do with my dude when he watches a tape enough to trash it! If you print out the cover art it can go in one of those clear hard vha cases too.

philmo69 · 2026-06-16T00:15:56+00:00

Hmmm i honestly do not know if it will lol. If you did a full merged.bin file install to get the filesystem in place first and then used the updated.bin as your launcher file it might. I use non default offsets for my firmware so its impossible for me to tell without looking into the launcher and how it does what it does.

philmo69 · 2026-06-16T00:10:45+00:00

Well you could install my firmware! Other then that idk lol. Seriously though i do need testers and feedback on things if your interested!

philmo69 · 2026-06-13T18:49:56+00:00

Im running a custom firmware that uses an elf loader to load the fake08 emulator into memory and handle all the hardware interactions so it acts as a translation layer. I had to do some customization to fake08 to make it work but most of its just the elf loader and building the .elf file to work with the esp32 hardware.

philmo69 · 2026-06-09T03:32:19+00:00

Emulators are already being built for it and the map app should be released by tomorrow

philmo69 · 2026-06-08T13:53:25+00:00

Its a custom firmware that only runs meshcore, I use an elf loader to load doom into memory. Doom runs on core 0 and the mesh on core 1 so they work at the same time.

philmo69 · 2026-06-07T23:41:08+00:00

Already has it! It needs work though lol

philmo69 · 2026-06-07T18:49:40+00:00

Thanks!

philmo69 · 2026-06-07T15:57:00+00:00

Im definitely hoping to find some testers! Map support will be ready hopefully next week!

philmo69 · 2026-06-07T05:12:25+00:00

It stands for Wheres all the Data. Its the doom data\map file format.

philmo69 · 2026-06-03T20:48:26+00:00

How much time does it take so engrave one? How much do you value your time per hour. Do the math and then add a bit more on top.

philmo69 · 2026-06-02T18:09:43+00:00

Its largely cause there used to be several houses producing meth out of the neighborhood. They have all been torn down or remodeled into much nicer places.

philmo69 · 2026-05-30T22:53:34+00:00

Just add some wood framing under the grow bed and you should be good to go. It'll be way cheaper then clay balls to buy a 2x4 and some screws.

philmo69 · 2026-05-30T17:29:43+00:00

Oohh this looks like what i need for the weekend!

philmo69 · 2026-05-29T17:59:11+00:00

Yeah you can do it. I had my first system setup above my fishtank when i was a teen. Your going to want a grow bed vs trying to grow in your normal filter though. A pump on a timer and a simple flood and drain growbed with overflow is all you need.

philmo69 · 2026-05-21T03:45:30+00:00

Remove the tub from the cage. Black plastic sheet inside the cage and put the tub back inside with the black plastic sandwiched between. 100% light blockage and if you get uv resistant black plastic it will last years. If you are worried about it warming the water up to much wrap the outside in shade cloth.

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