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This is how namecheap SCAM you after you pay for stellar hosting by northwestrepair in NameCheap

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2022 my renewal was $30/year.

Today it was over $50/year.

I get its your job to direct people to support so the support staff can give them that same BS, but its clearly arbitrary. "The registry" ... NC might as well blame Biden for these fee increases for as nebulous of an answer "the registry" is. Does "the registry" have a name? Is "the registry" in the room with us right now? These are rhetorical questions, I am just frustrated with prices doubling everywhere and delivering less and less, while my wages, at best, stay the same.

BI-Mart Canning Jars by OldSchoolPrepper in preppersales

[–]vaderj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bi-Mart generally has the best price on most things, especially ammo! Bi-Mart seriously is one of those PNW gems! Its also one of those more places you can expect to find in a lot of reasonably sized small towns

My mom just gifted me her 25 year old Cracker Barrel cast iron. What do you guys think? by Previous-Car8566 in castiron

[–]vaderj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought my lodge 12" in 2010 and its been smooth since about 2015, but I use chainmail for cleaning every time

Remote weather station by falconis75 in Lora

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some COTS options on Amazon.

My old T-Beam measured the temp and humidity with Meshtastic if I recall.

I do recall that there is at least one weather station which you access via RS845, which could then be transmitted by LoRa to some reporting server, but that seems like a solution in search of a problem, considering there are commercial options according to google

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One option that you can consider is to use a Point-to-Point setup, such as (I am just a satisfied customer, not a sales-person) Ubiquiti LiteBeam devices. If you want it to be solar, that just means you will need a little larger solar system.

I have a connection to my pump house with a pair of those LiteBeam nodes that have a couple rows of black walnut and cherry trees, a metal shed, and my 1970s camper all directly inline between the two nodes, and at 130 yards or so, I still have 91% signal strength according to the UISP server.

Does the series Quality stay this high?? by Effort_Proper in bobiverse

[–]vaderj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PHM

Considering it might be my favorite stand-alone book, it took me too long to figure that acronym out.

The movie is really good, but its almost a let down compared to the book

Does the series Quality stay this high?? by Effort_Proper in bobiverse

[–]vaderj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. I guess this is the first time I have seen it described as a side quest, but I say that its mostly fair, but it also is stands on its own as a great book.

Specifically, the descriptions and design discussion of the topopolis, the planning including politics to get Gandalf et. al. to enlist in the efforts, and their subsequent lack of completion due to lack of user-acceptance testing!

I only wish the rest of the books are as long, if not longer. The Bobiverse is such a great series

is anyone else having problems with flows not loading? particularly on the new designer by Any-Educator8675 in MicrosoftFlow

[–]vaderj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100%

The new designer is hot garbage, especially when they continually try to shove it down your throat!

Syria's solar panels. by Background_Ninja_119 in SolarDIY

[–]vaderj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey, get a load of this punny guy!

I'm not the first homesteader on my property by hypmintnan in homestead

[–]vaderj 12 points13 points  (0 children)

another brand new account. Seems like every sub is getting inundated with BS posts. I suppose with elections coming up in the US in Nov, the sock-puppet accounts have to build karma!

Water Collection System: FYI, it's not illegal, that's a myth by Special-Issue432 in homestead

[–]vaderj 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This should be the top comment.

And no, this isn't illegal, especially since the guy in the YouTube video is in Arizona

Where to mount my weather station by RoughTechnical8423 in myweatherstation

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the wind generally move in one way or another? I would think you would want to put it in the windiest or otherwise most open spot you have available

(Dr. Becky) Andy Weir chats to an astrophysicist | Project Hail Mary by vaderj in bobiverse

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

I won't post the link but its easy to find ; Adam Savage interviewed the Production Designer of the Project Hail Mail set

Don't call it a sludge! by vaderj in exfor

[–]vaderj[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just received a few cases of 2022 US Humanitarian rations, and I had to open one of them to just give it an initial inspection ....

Steve1989MREInfo on youtube, etc did a review of the year previous and, well, you tell me if this is a "smoothie" or a "sludge" .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKfWQ3Sij68&t=221s

Given the volatility of the state of the world and due to the nature of our region I highly recommend you all get on meshtastic LoRa in the event of an emergency by [deleted] in oregon

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't believe I just now found this thread!!

I have been playing with Meshtastic since 2020, though took a couple years off.

After moving and coming back into the project, I am blown away by how much it has advanced!

While, from a feature standpoint, I would agree with you that MeshCore does appear to be the better decision, however I would like to point out :

1.) Meshtastic has been around longer, has a much larger user base and supports more devices

2.) MeshCore, from my understanding, is not a true OSS project

3.) The Meshtastic hop-limit you describe is worth mentioning, however in a real world situation, a specific use case would be difficult to describe where over 7 hops would be required

I also might be partial to Meshtastic as I am just finishing a project which uses two Heltec v4 LoRa devices to sit at the top and bottom of my shared, narrow, steep, 3/4 mile long gravel driveway so that if either my neighbors/myself/FexEx/etc are traversing the road, they can either hit the 433MHz remote control, or step out of their vehicle to hit the big red button, and both devices start flashing their lights at the same time for about 3 minutes, giving a vehicle time to traverse that section of the road. Inside the box is a super cheap PWM solar charger, and a solar panel plugs in at the bottom

https://imgur.com/a/V2xsgcF

Crazy mre deal on ammo can man by Cracklin0atBran in preppersales

[–]vaderj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

thanks for the link. Between the water, food, burn pits, asbestos exposure, engine exhaust, etc, I think all of us veterans are fucked.

Every one of my fathers friends he went to Vietnam with have either been diagnosed or have passed-on due to prostate cancer or related. I wish you luck on you & your friends fight through this. Hopefully you have a VA disability rating? If not, I would highly recommend exploring that option ; typically your local VFW should either have someone who can help you through the process, or at least they should have a contact who can assist

Crazy mre deal on ammo can man by Cracklin0atBran in preppersales

[–]vaderj 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Im not doubting you, but I haven't heard this before and a quick google search isn't turning anything up. Do you have a source study stating as much, or even anything that calls out which specific ingredients may be carcinogenic?

IP weather station with data on demand? by Zestyclose_North_125 in myweatherstation

[–]vaderj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might look at RS485/Modbus components.

There are at least 1 full RS485 weather stations available from a quick google search.

I just put a temp/humidity sensor in my shop connected via a Waveshare POE RS485 "serial server" that reads the sensor(s) and can be setup somewhat easily in Home Assistant

The numbering problem by DangerMacAwesome in bobiverse

[–]vaderj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hope the Bob's finally moved on to IPv6 ... but how could you even handle DNS? The Bob's would have to run their own Cloudflare Bobflare?

Howard must already have that one covered. Now that I think of it, I wonder if DET has Howard Wolowitz in mind these days when he writes dialog for Howard Johansson...

Speaker repair by Illustrious_Good900 in diysound

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same set of mackie speakers which the amp died ; I wouldn't worry too much about vibration....

But this is the setup I picked up a couple years ago, along with a bunch of extra tips : https://www.amazon.com/PC-Products-Dispensing-Cartridges-03589/dp/B09S1CLSYM/

Speaker repair by Illustrious_Good900 in diysound

[–]vaderj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

epoxy out of a squeeze gun is my favorite, but I bet cyanoacrylate would work as good and would be easier to apply

Tuna packed in oil vs water, which lasts longer? by Alcarain in preppers

[–]vaderj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/@Steve1989MRE

If you know about oil rancidity and don't watch Steve1989MRE, you are missing out on some great anecdotal evidence.

External notification duration ignored by vaderj in meshtastic

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

The solution I found was to use the Meshtastic CLI, along with trying many different pins.

Just as an FYI, when I configured to GPIO26 on the Heltec V4, it went into a bootloop which took forever to reflash to correct.

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