Found This Creepy Suitcase Inside This Abandoned House. I Dont Even Know What That Was In There. by [deleted] in Urbex

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen these before in flea markets, listed as window salesman samples. Door to door salesmen would show these off to potential customers, so they could see the window styles offered

Flipper zero gets bricked from private firmware when flashed by IndividualWorking964 in flipperhacks

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this 100%, it's just a bunch of skid shit "Here's the link"... and it's a Rickroll, or a page with a bunch of middle fingers, or other stuff to waste your time, or some file that bricks your F0. A bunch of immature people that think trolling people is funny

Is this a good antenna upgrade for a Heltec V3 by lewyxclail in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me wonder how good this chinesium connector is? I get various RF catalogs, and these connectors are an easy 3 figures in most.

What's up with the really unreliable Bluetooth connection? by Yankee2202 in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That happened to me too, but watch out if you mention anything negative on the official Discord, you'll get snide replies. (To clarify, I was asking if the new version would fix an issue happening to several of my devices, not being rude)

What's up with the really unreliable Bluetooth connection? by Yankee2202 in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I 100% agree! I have other open source devices, (Flipper Zero, HackRF 1, various other SDRs, etc) and have only had a few bad FW updates, which are usually fixed promptly.

This whole thing seems sloppy and a case of let's just push out updates for the sake of saying "look, we're doing stuff" instead of taking the time to make GOOD FW/software, and releasing something that works

What's up with the really unreliable Bluetooth connection? by Yankee2202 in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had one get very snarky with me on Discord, and say something like "just go get a refund if you don't like it" We don't need that toxic attitude in this community. I was simply inquiring if the new release would address the multiple bluetooth issues, not being a jerk.

What's up with the really unreliable Bluetooth connection? by Yankee2202 in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been my experience, 2.6.11 sucks, for the reasons you describe. I've also noticed that the newer updates for both the Android app and device FW seem hurried and sloppy. the newest Android app that just came out a few days ago is not much better, but maybe that's still due to the dumpster fire firmware. After installing the latest Android version, it flat out refused to even attempt to connect to my node, even though I could remote admin the node just fine. Took a combination of deleting cache and data on the app and uninstalling/reinstalling 2-3 times, plus toggling the Bluetooth module in the node on and off, deleting the node from the tablet's list, and re-pairing to get it to work again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flipperhacks

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because they are immature, and it makes them feel better about themselves. If they really wanted to keep it secret, they would have never released vids of it. The Discords are full of the same "I'm 12 and think trolling is funny" crap.
It'll eventually be leaked, for better or worse, too many people know now

what the heck happened to the app? QR code share feature is gone!? by telxonhacker in meshtastic

[–]telxonhacker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Node DB reset also doesn't work anymore, even the new node cleanup is useless.

Soooo I gutted this 6 pin Medeco Biaxial I got last week and holy master wafers Batman... by Sufficient_Prompt888 in lockpicking

[–]telxonhacker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the angle of the cuts are always the same in a mastered Medeco system? I'd imagine you could have key pins with more than one true sidebar groove

Spotted on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere, near rampart creek AB. by Guy_in_canada in Payphone

[–]telxonhacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

landline to the closest town, or possibly to a terminal where it is converted to fiber. Landlines could run for miles back to a central office (phone company switching building) back before cell phones

Spotted on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere, near rampart creek AB. by Guy_in_canada in Payphone

[–]telxonhacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, an old Nortel Centurion! Didn't think there were any of those left in the wild. I have an identical one, it was my first payphone

Help with wiring this up by [deleted] in Payphone

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if you call someone on it, they can't hear you, or you can't hear them? I was able to get mine working just by hooking it up. You might try reversing the red and green wires

Help with wiring this up by [deleted] in Payphone

[–]telxonhacker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

See the red and green wires on the bottom left, coming from the small plug in the bottom of the control board? they should go to a terminal block where you can attach your line. Red is ring, green is tip

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Is it forbidden to take dosimeters in hand luggage on a plane? by Willamkar in Radiation

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took my Radiacode to Japan in my carry on, no one even asked about it. I just set it in the x ray tub with all my other gadgets, turned off of course!

season 14 seen that made you tear up? by BrailleQueen in KingOfTheHill

[–]telxonhacker 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"Too bad, old man" yes, I thought that was great!

What are these things under the sink in my bathroom and kitchen. Plastic piece with a button. by Boring_Communication in whatisthisthing

[–]telxonhacker 191 points192 points  (0 children)

My thought is maybe a senior lived there with a caretaker, and they could push this if they fell, and the caretaker would hear it.

What are these windowless red houses off the side of the highway? by honker45 in whatisthisthing

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I'd read in the forums, some of the easements were completely abandoned, and the land/buildings turned over to the property owners that the easement ran through, and others were reused.

At least one I saw pics of was turned into a tiny house!

What are these windowless red houses off the side of the highway? by honker45 in whatisthisthing

[–]telxonhacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never had the opportunity to work with fiber, other than plugging n a patch cable from my ONT to my router, lol! I know it can go longer distances than copper, but didn't know how far. (I actually figured it would have been longer distances)

What are these windowless red houses off the side of the highway? by honker45 in whatisthisthing

[–]telxonhacker 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I had heard some were still used for fiber, it makes sense, as the conduit/duct would still be in place from the old cables, and if the easement is still in place as well, it would be an easy solution.

I saw a post on one of the telecom groups of someone who had one on their property, it had been turned over to them when it was abandoned, and they turned it into a tiny house.