@Daniel Batten In your latest newsletter, you mentioned that "Casa dos Ventos studied batteries, concluded it was cheaper to waste the power than to store it" and cited the article below. I wanted to highlight this to my social network, but don't see that in the article. Is there maybe an archive of an older version of the article that had that in there? https://www.bnamericas.com/en/features/brazils-casa-dos-ventos-mulls-investing-in-batteries

I support BIP54. Insult me if you disagree.

I'm considering selling the dozen or so LoRa nodes (Meshtastic, Meshcore, Reticulum) that I assembled, some of which have custom cases. A few months ago I had some money and blew it on buing a bunch of different makes and models of mesh nodes. My goal was to determine the pros and cons of each. My conclusion is that it doesn't really matter very much. The variables that really count are (MCU, antenna size/position, battery, and tx power). The battery size and antenna options are mainly a function of the case design and accessories. And for the question of whether you want a standalone unit with a keyboard and screen or not is something you can determine without buying anything. There are pros and cons to the completely standalone units, but I generally like them. Just depends on the use case. Considering that I can easily swap around antennas, and to some extent cases/batteries, my question to the crowd is: what is most important to you? A huge antenna, or a small node that is easy to carry? A huge battery, or something lighter & smaller? Having a tiny screen, do you care?

This one is too good to not share 😆

Does anyone know how to get your node's public key from Zeus? I can't find it in the documents, nor anywhere in the app.

I'm glad to have found a group of people who spend their time and energy working on solving problems instead of talking about AI or politics. #NoContext

This looks like at least one season's worth of saved seeds. View quoted note →

Parts arrived, and as I expected, I got some surprises. The pump is not 3/4" GHT, it's something smaller (1/2" NPT, maybe?). The documentation doesn't say what it is. Next, the intake requires a reinforced flexible tube so it doesn't collapse from the negative pressure. Third, it says the pump doesn't want any inflow pressure, so that's another challenge. And fourth, the pump says it wants constant voltage, which conflicts with the electrical timer. So now I'm improvising and adapting so I can overcome these issues. Whee! View quoted note →

Another post liberated from Mastodon: "We're interoperable, so you can be sovereign. Digitally sovereign communications require open standards and interoperability: the freedom to pick and mix backend components, and the ability for separate deployments to federate and communicate on your terms. That's why we build on Matrix - the decentralised open standard no single vendor can own, control or shut down."

Element Blog

We’re interoperable, so you can be sovereign

Interoperability is the foundation of digital sovereignty; it’s the key ingredient to ensure that end-users stay in control, rather than the vendor.

Original source:

Matrix.org's Mastodon

Element (@element@mastodon.matrix.org)

We're interoperable, so you can be sovereign. Digitally sovereign communications require open standards and interoperability: the freedom to pick ...

"Private companies imprisoning customers to wait for the police feels so dystopian"

Waymo turns in teens who were drinking, shooting Orbeez from robotaxi in San Mateo – NBC Bay Area

Stolen from Mastodon. Original post:

Infosec Exchange

Ron Bowes (@iagox86@infosec.exchange)

Private companies imprisoning customers to wait for the police feels so dystopian: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/waymo-teens-drinking-shoot...

@Whitepaper Books requires a password to see if they have the book people want to buy?

Any normal sysadmin would just manually run commands to upgrade a VM from Debian 12 to 13. No me. I'm going to move slower and use this opportunity to safely test my backup and restore process. It's more work, but I earn more peace of mind as a result. Some people are just built differently.

The art of collecting seeds

I want to meet the person who needs to throw together a homemade water filter and says "oh let me just make some activated charcoal real quick". Who just has that lying around or can make it in a pinch? And if you're not in a pinch, why wouldn't you just buy an actual water filter instead of buying the components to make a DIY water filter? This just doesn't add up.

@ZEUS came through for me again at Steak & Shake. 40K sats in value, 21 sats in fees. Nice.