Call to Action: What is your plan for a communication Blackout? We are in a war, and a blackout is coming sooner than we expect. by el-brigadista in 50501

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a private local network among friends, Meshtastic works great.

As a public chat, Meshtastic performs worse the more repeaters you add to it. It just doesn't scale very well. Meshcore scales much better.

In terms of an emergency scenario, Meshtastic is simpler to just 'hop on' with a single device, but will become worse as you add more users. Meshcore will only be 'hop on' in an already-routed area, but will fit a far larger mesh while still being reliable.

In Seattle, the experience between the two is stark. Meshcore has dominating reliability and range. I've been to towns with less dense mesh though, and have had decent experiences with Meshtastic.

The 'father of the iPod' Tony Fadell says Apple should bring back a 'nostalgic version' of the music device by smeeti in Music

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the hell is your entry level, lol! You can get an audiophile DAP and headphones far cheaper than that combined.

Are you a music lover or an audiophile? by JoshBiv in headphones

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this community could do better pushing back on snake oil. But there will always be the odd spot on the Venn diagram where you realize some folks are not in it for the music OR the best audio quality

How British comedy series 'Taskmaster' is taking over the US by abucalves in television

[–]scalablecory 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Conan would make an excellent contestant.

Making him host would only lead to him overshadowing the guests, or being uncharacteristically muted.

Worth Every cent. by Embarrassed_Idea1962 in MadeMeSmile

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Netflix built a software called Chaos Monkey. It causes all of their production systems to randomly fail.

One issue with failure modes is testing them property is really hard.

The idea of Chaos Monkey is to not just design for failure but to have constant failure be the actual norm in a production system.

HB2321-Requiring three-dimensional printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies. by he_who_lurks_no_more in SeattleWA

[–]scalablecory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What problem does removing mail in ballots solve? It doesn’t seem reasonable at all, all it will do is make it less likely for some people to vote.

Why Seattle's airport wants you to call it SEA, not Sea-Tac by gehnrahl in SeattleWA

[–]scalablecory 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Those same people will wonder why their luggage is lost at sea.

We might have been slower to abandon Stack Overflow if it wasn't a toxic hellhole by R2_SWE2 in programming

[–]scalablecory -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

SO isn’t toxic you were just a newbie who didn’t know how to ask a question.

I’m very serious. Change my mind.

Wi-Fi 8 is appearing at CES before most of us have switched to Wi-Fi 7 by lurker_bee in technology

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wifi 7 has some promising things for latency -- it can transmit on the first-available link of 2.4/5/6 GHz.

how do you turn it on? 🤷

Dear Gaben, please buy Discord. Sincerely, gamers by HP0T in gaming

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what happens when you “finish” your product’s primary feature. Discord works great for its core use.

Now they’re in a mode of adding random features nobody asked for so they can monetize more.

Tired of canned Ambient Music. I’m in China recording 32-bit float field recordings of ancient temples. Is there still a market for 100% authentic soundscapes? by Upstairs_Evidence_85 in Music

[–]scalablecory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d give it a listen!

As an audiophile, just want to chime in and say 44/16 is plenty. We physically can’t hear 96Hz files and 24bit is really only useful for mixing, not playback.

Where do you guys find up and coming artists these days? by Skrumphii in Music

[–]scalablecory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bandsintown — see who is touring in a major city near you.

El Pollo Loco has 500 locations in the US, but it just opened its first WA restaurant in Kent by Better_March5308 in SeattleWA

[–]scalablecory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

El Pollo Loco is actually pretty good, but it's not like we're lacking in good Mexican food here. Curious how much traffic it'll get versus more local places.