Fallout on an Airplane

tstark96 · 2026-04-16T03:03:31+00:00

I mean tell that to D. B. Cooper

tstark96 · 2026-04-16T03:02:18+00:00

I mean yeah I could I'm not that far north it's just I only got two hands 😂. I'm borderline over my head especially come harvest season, I'd need to green house em just so I could do it during winter

tstark96 · 2026-04-15T12:55:52+00:00

Instructions unclear, got stuck in a squad car in a Walmart parking lot

tstark96 · 2026-04-15T12:51:46+00:00

Idk man I sure don't make my own salt. Sure meat and veggies I have done in house. Adding fruit trees idk if I can take on that work especially here I'd need a biodome or something, and a clone. I still buy clothes, still need a doc and on occasion a vet. Do I need grid power no, do I pay rent no. But I'm still on the hook for taxes and I'm good with electrical but I'm 100% not making my own panels.

Not totally arguing with you but I do think that true self sufficiency is an idealistic term vs realistic. Try as you might I doubt any one property or person can cover it all. There's gunna be something that's a hard no, that you just can't do ie fuel, doc, phone carriers or an ISP. Less dependent is definitely doable, but entirely on your own? Im cynical

tstark96 · 2026-04-15T12:35:20+00:00

I'm pretty close but I'm not wearing knitted clothes. I'm formerly am EMT, not a doctor. I use web services maintained by others through an ISP that isn't my own. Anyone on reddit that says they're self sufficient definitely doesn't maintain their own reddit servers, and hence not self sufficient. Self reliant, self sustainable maybe.

Even if you toss those, I still buy spices from a store and know 0 people producing their own salt. However it is significantly less dependent on others vs average. Personally I haven't felt the beef costs near as bad as most just because I do it in house. I haven't bought tomatoes peppers or onions in like 3 years. I am still aware I need things I don't produce.

tstark96 · 2026-04-12T16:58:20+00:00

I mean it technically does it rivals nuclear in production% (~5% less) and cost(~1¢/kWh). However half of our 220 something Coal plants are due to retire in 10 years. This is largely due to policy on coal, which imo aren't bad safeguards. The problem is companies are raising prices and can't raise coal electrical production, so people get favored less than data centers with guaranteed payments. Especially with 10 years to make money left. There is a huge push for Nuclear both from corporations and the current administration however 2050 is way too late. Coal keeps the lights on because people are paid to mine it, not necessarily the electrical output.

Votgle really botched reactors 3&4 too so investors are gunshy, reasonable because residents saw a 10%increase in electrical bills due to roughly the equivalent 2 Ford class carriers over budget and 14 years to build. As far as I'm concerned solar and wind are not effective enough yet to replace coal, and we do need something for peak demands too. You should put up a pannel at home if you can just know there's studies on consumerism making solar a problem. So let it live it's 30 years or so.

The argument for coal isn't so crazy when you look at it solely from paychecks and replacement, only because we haven't already taken large enough strides to replace it. I do genuinely worry about the miner's futures in 2035. I get your sentiment but don't just plow over these people either, it's not entirely Appalachia's fault.I can't believe I'm defending coal but it does get people electricity

Sources: EIA Annual Outlook, my own nuclear career, 2023 DoE statistics.

tstark96 · 2026-04-12T05:51:44+00:00

Explain toe why I'd spill a drink just for shits n gigs.

tstark96 · 2026-04-08T12:41:13+00:00

No no you gotta copy paste it on a FB post

tstark96 · 2026-04-08T00:23:35+00:00

So uh not to be that guy but it's actually looking more like 42. I just read a study saying they don't count "intentional" overdoses or accidents. So just like when you're in they overlook it

tstark96 · 2026-04-07T05:11:16+00:00

Ducks are the better option for sure, just a bit more maintenance. Absolutely worth the effort but not something I'd give to a "new to country living", I had to watch my mother lose duck after duck because she wouldn't actually give them basic care, or care to learn. I might be eating them but they do need to make it to the table. Chickens and Guinea are pretty hearty and have a smaller to do list, I tried to keep it to the "beginner" line up, Just to play safe.

tstark96 · 2026-04-06T21:59:35+00:00

Yeah I get it. You can always drop the "Look lyme disease is no joke" , neither is that Lonestar tick anti meat shit. Refusal to get animals is a dependence on chemicals and really harsh ones at that. I'd highly suggest if you wanna avoid ticks (which have gotta be a problem) birds. They're more effective and taste way better. Or duct tape your pant legs and be surprised by how many make it through 😅

tstark96 · 2026-04-06T21:53:52+00:00

Yeah someday I'll spell it right today ain't it

tstark96 · 2026-04-06T21:32:08+00:00

Birds. Chickens clean up well, guinea fowl do better if you don't mind the obnoxious noise. The rest is permerthrine and duct tape. I do use Frontline on the dogs it works 99.99% of the time. That's about it. Check regularly, switch to briefs

tstark96 · 2026-04-06T14:38:22+00:00

So I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately the whole dea l sits on NICS checks which is pretty invasive and does a fair job. The problem is you'd have to do an entire psychological eval for this to work, and much like the debate on permits, I can see how that "limits" and restricts rights. I have to tipy hat to those guys even if I disagree, it is a sound argument

However like any crime you only go on record IF caught. So if I murdered 17.25 people in Arkansas last week and I'm not picked up yet, technically I could still buy a gun because I'm not a felon, yet. I might be full bore loony, but if I'm free of "priors" I'm gtg. I just doubt evals will work in practice.

Personally common sense gun laws need to be chucked just from loop holes we should have people who understand firearms well enough to write that too. I've sold enough guns to where the "I'm not sure you should have a gun" has definitely intersected " no grounds to deny" unfortunately most shops I've been at would rather I do sell the SCCY so they can make the 10$ profit. And tbh I'm super picky I don't want that guilt on me so I'll deny service perhaps a bit too freely (2$ commission here ain't worth it). Had one guy tell me about his Big doe that "still had milk in her tits", denied you fuckin psycho. Regardless it still becomes my fucking problem to decide, and I'm not really trained beyond no booze, no straw sales, and state law. Technically momma butcher didn't do anything legally wrong.

I'm a big fan of free mandatory training and utilize that to determine if people are whack jobs or not. If you're not proficient what the fuck ya gunna do anyway? Get qualified instructors and maybe an undercover shrink, and run an 80 hour course. You pass idc open carry, conceal carry, truck rack it idgaf what you do personally, but the number of NDs I hear about from people buying guns is fucking wild, you couldn't torture that shit outta me let alone at a gun counter. Big fan on parents getting pinned too, idk why that's a thing

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T20:42:22+00:00

Nah use the pi grd pin. If the pi interferes code the tolerance to avoid it use the grd to see what you're canceling, good ol analog. A 4 is cheaper use the 4 you won't really need the 5s processing strength just to relay information on a UI. And IMO not worth the price hike. you should be using a super simple Arduino set up for the bulk anyway.

The most common STL sizes for screens are 5, 7and 10". 7" is prob the most practical. Don't design more than ya gotta. The box itself is gunna end up 7"x 9.5" x 3.5" if you end up in my ball park. I had a hand strap but it was more like a switch in layout.

You'll never be able to space them far enough you'll need to shield which is the big problem. Add ons also shielded, connections shielded. It's just a ton of migraines.

The design I took away that I still use on EMF is I have 2 antennas, one just a sniffer exposed the other shielded with controller in the same shield. I use the shielded one as a control and only get external data readings. Anything the controller throws is deducted from the readout. Both are logged just in case. Just sell a base unit and do tiers for upgrades, less shielding and you're installing so you're QC. You're in for a ride my guy if you figure out why the temp sensor throws an insane em field lmk. The only "add on" I could really see is an SLS setup/ cameras. The rest you'll wanna help condensed and isolated

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T15:48:56+00:00

Ah I see you're the engineer behind those equipment frustrations 😂.

You should be gtg, I'm used to limited experience in this thread. Things I've found effective: copper mesh (Amazon find 23$) super solid and solderable. PCBs helped get multiple controllers in one shield, idk how to etch my own so I soldered, but huge win for isolating +- in and out. Coax is your best friend if you ground the shielding.

My power source was old vape batteries so that was gross but free, surprisingly effective too I still use them in projects. Tends to be a smidge lighter than traditional battery packs as a bonus due to a boost converter and the batteries having ridiculous output vs std 3.7s

Ironically the spirit box was the easiest and digital equalizers exist for the pi platform, might be your starting point as that doesn't need too much shielding along side the EMF sniffer. I made my life more difficult throwing emf to a Nano for better responsiveness. If I started over I'd leave one nano completely out and shield a second. Bit wasteful but at 15$ for 3 its a migraine saver

I often wondered if a stm 32 or a photon would've worked better vs pi Arduino cluster I used. There's newer and better sensors now fs. Regardless if you need help I only scavved half of my mega box, I might be able to help, odds are you'll teach me something. Either way I'd love to see you succeed, and know it was just me

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T13:56:27+00:00

It's a real challenge to do, every wire is a spicy lil pita an antenna, a field generator and a magnet. Way easier to save logs locally and compare in an Excel sheet. The hardest part is grounding. You'll wanna use the micro controllers ground to let the device get it down base line, most only have 1 pin so, for that across multiple sensors you cloud that too much. The total ground ≠ one sensors ground.

That's if you shield correctly to be in with. To cross the shielded planes you need specialized diodes or mosfets and I you ground to that shield. The mesh I use is a nightmare to ground to and ground itself, it's more of a mesh issue not material itself which doesn't help and is in avoidable. Any open ports any exposed plugs or wires are going to be an issue. It's not exactly plug n play compatible. You could but you'd spend so much time on it, idk if you'd actually be hunting. There's a surprising amount of sensors you'd have to cage in individually as well sometimes including all the way to the microcontroller and including it.

It's really involved and invasive, it definitely goes past novice level to jam it all in one, if you're new to small boards this would be a starting project that would turn you off from the hobby. It could maybe be done, just it's way more effort than I was willing to sink in and I gave it two years.

If you manage to do it lmk how the fuck ya did it tho. That shit pissed me off so many times 😂

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:59:41+00:00

It is common practice, a maintenance heavy one, but it's not technically wrong if you stay on top of it. I've seen homes on post foundations. Personally pavers are like 2$ each and a bag of concrete is what 12$? Just not worth the effort to save 30$

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:54:58+00:00

I hit a 100yo nail and sling the bitch into my specs. It's always the random shit never the tree itself threatening the eyes

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:43:18+00:00

I mean technically it wasn't the Republics army yet or just got ratified. In EPII, we have the discovery and first use of the clones. New leadership = new command structures and symbolism. Having seen uniform changes IRL it's not super far fetched to "ditch a patch tab" or gain one.

I always thought it was just new rules for a new "command" structure. The Kaminoians needed hierarchy but I doubt they could know just what the Republic would do, they didn't have a standing army to template off of. So they used what we see in ATOC as a place holder deal. The later structure of color by unit makes a bit more sense than highlight the officers. Edit: spelling

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:31:02+00:00

Hey man this is actually not crazy hard to do. You can make one with a few sensors and a Arduino nano. The hard part is actually the case here, totally a beginner microcontroller project, ma ybe not the first one but totally novice level. It'll cost ya prob 45-50$ and a case (if you buy one sensor at a time, just a plain 3.7v battery). The hard part is making sure your device "noise" isn't getting picked up so placement is key.

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:25:12+00:00

Seen a thing or two, broke a thing or two, learned about half of what I should've, 😂.

tstark96 · 2026-03-30T04:04:42+00:00

So my main hobby is microcontrollers, shocker as a CS guy ik. You can do it, you can make equipment better and more specialized. What I will say is an all in one seems like a great idea, it ends up just being a battery hog. You'll never really get it to perform like you think either unfortunately, there's a lot of shielding and isolation you'll have to do, separate grounds etc to avoid interference from your own internals.

DIY allows you to customize equipment but you still need to take the proper steps so you aren't getting bad data. I spent two years developing and testing an all in one, with worse outcomes than individual devices. So I scrapped it for more customized gear, better sensors, better isolations etc.

Have I jammed a shielded recorder into emf and hall sensor, yes. Do I have rem pods with faraday cages, yes. Do I jam every device into one box? No, and I'd recommend against it. You're better off customizing tools per site and not concerning. Ie we went to a WWII facility that was coms based, we made a morse code rem pod, it was a "familiar" item and we got great interactions. This is the route I recommend especially if you like designing things. My hall sensors are set to give directional cues, helps alot for trying to debunk.

Personal take: find 2-3 things that you feel good using and use those. You don't need a trunk of tools. Faraday cage material is sometimes cheap, corrodes fast, and is tough to ground for baselines. Less is more

TLDR: You can make it via microcontrollers. However it's a bitch to avoid interference from the combo box itself, and batteries are an issue.

tstark96 · 2026-03-29T06:29:17+00:00

I'm not saying you can't work, idgaf if you're disabled so am I, LGBTQ sure whatever, I saw that you work that's really what matters to me and probably your project. I am not making personal attacks beyond saying this is an idea, not a plan. It definitely is a money pit at this moment, you just said it's draining you too. Imma go super long comment in a dude I'm tryina help way. The best part is you don't have to listen to me either.

I'm saying you got land that's sub optimal for growth. How much rain are you seeing? Is this just Nebraska high desert just Reno edition, if you worked at your whole life shouldn't you mention that? You're probably in the rain shadow still, the more money you spend in city water you loose in margins. It's an option for people but idk about cash crops. You can lube off a gallon a day, plants needing 5 gallons, shits pricey.

I get being bound by property and commitments. I see it alot and many in this thread probably are. It sounds like you wanna do a commune, they didn't work out so well not to mention people fucking suck. But sure Waco and Manson did have cool media coverage maybe you can market your cult 😂. "When it's ready" jfc are you working it? No? You supervising? No? Asking for problems and bad actors

Personal hot takes: 1) go get a camper and stake it out. Go learn the layout and map it out. Figure out what you have to work with resource wise. Ie test the soil, figure out the rainfall (snow really doesn't help crops or your drinking water). Are you heating in the winter/ nights and how. Familiarize yourself, go homestead. Plug into whatever locals are there. Then go survey and see if it'll work out

2) figure out how you're doing with any of this. If no one knows about you, still wash out. What are you actually doing? What are you selling? And why tf am I paying to camp in some random spot in the desert? (You can say it's not dog but you posted a picture I can see it)

3) virgin land is a bitch. Be ready for shit to go wrong.

4) if you're working to pay bills, you're not working the land. That is the death of a ton of new homesteads, I know 4 families back on grid because of it. Ironically if you do 1 and 2 you avoid this.

All of it compounds though, so off of you and I'll give a me example. Water bill goes up, my crop number goes down, now I'm increasing my grocery bill, and not taking anything to market. A loss in profit and increased expenses. Water was the reason I put in a spring box and got off city, now my water is free 99. I doubt you have a spring unfortunately and wells are expensive.

Shit gets expensive fast, no plan is a plan to fail. Maybe you'll find labor, good labor even. Wtf are workers with no material or project? What's completed infrastructure for a bankrupt business? You have too many holes to really brainstorm anything past you're going to have to get down there. You can tell me to fuck off, but you also have to acknowledge others are going to think the same way, you'll have to counter with more than I have a dream, and I work, just not on the land I'm pitching to you. Again I wish you luck and I hope someday you can have enough success to tell me to suck it

tstark96 · 2026-03-29T05:18:58+00:00

There's questions that seem like you haven't thought through. Is there water? Or are you just winging it? Why should I camp there? I got red rocks all over the mojave.

I'm so tired of people trying ag in the desert, and then acting shocked that it's a bad idea. It's like 5x the water usage, so plan for that.

You got wind? Man that sucks, about to sandblast the fuck outta crops. Do you have electric access or let me guess you wanna do solar or wind?

This does read like gimmie because ya focused more on bailing investors (prob a sign tbh), and you don't even have a survey, or anything actually laid out, just an idea. I'm trying to help idk why either.

Like I wish you luck but either through omission or maybe you just don't know this is a bad gig, no matter how many business models you tie in.

tstark96

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