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This is for the US, right? Can you pay the rent with your bank account or is this just direct cash/check to the landlord?

BitcoinWell has direct billers and etransfer in Canada but not sure about US. I'm guessing your landlord isn't a large rental firm? I think IBEX allows bitcoin to fiat transfers via their service. That's if your landlord wants another account to manage, not sure what fees would be like.

This won't help you, but BullBitcoin in Canada allows bitcoiners to pay direct to bank accounts, billers or e-transfer. Maybe someone else knows of something similar in the US.

Seems like an overreach. I'll just assume it's family members trying to get in on the same card or their discriminiating against the recently bearded/beardedless or something like that. Shame! 😆

Your face is on the screen and card. Shouldn't need an ID.

Works for me. I don't see much spam on noStrudel and Amethyst.

Cool. I want to get my ham licence at some point soon. Just have to study some finer points of radio parts, I've done alright in the online tests.

Mesh is fun hobby and there seems to be a lot of people receptive to the idea. Especially if you can find some people who recreate outdoors.

I think it has some use for families who don't want their kids having internet/cell phone but still want to talk to them.

Not sure on throughput. It's probably not super high. It's meant to be low power, low bandwidth. It's mainly text based messages. Routers are just nodes that listen better and have more priority, they need to be in optimal spots.

Most connection are within a few KM, but with the right setup it can go further.

Most nodes can handle about 100 other nodes in their active list, the list just rolls off after that. Messages should still transfer through although the network, but I havent had to deal with a network that big.

Overall it's not a replacement for internet and not really geared toward huge numbers of people, but it's useful in many ways. I'm actually using it at work for comms as well. It's lots of fun and pretty cheap to get into.

Meshtastic is based around text messages but you can tie in servers and sensors as well. We have BBS (bulletin boards) and AI prompts on our network. There are some other systems built on LoRa that can send data like internet, but it's meant to be low power and low bandwidth.

It's an alternative to cellular networks and great where no comms exist (hiking, hunting, backcountry skiing etc).

meshtastic.org is the place to start. I would suggest some videos from The Comms Channel on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/@the_comms_channel

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This is where the laughing while crying emoticon is perfect.

Not doing something is doing something.

A few days ago a few buddies and I linked two small cities and a small town together with #meshtastic nodes. Initially we added a node in the middle and got a link between all three. Then I moved a node up the tower on my end and replaced the antenna (with a smaller cheaper one 😆) and surprisingly ended up getting a fairly solid direct connection to the other city ~70 km away! When the direct connection doesn't hit then the linked connection works.

Had a few hills to get over and found a great spot, been discussing link for a few months. Now to optimise hops and figure out if router mode would benefit anything.

#lora #mesh

How's that? If you had ONLY bought at the very peak you're still up 25%. If you were smart enough to start stacking all the way through the bottom of the bear then you're around 170% to 350% up. Patience is a virtue. We're not done yet. Remember there is only 21 m, people keep forgetting that.

When we don't get what we deserve

That's a real good thing, a real good thing

When we get what we don't deserve

That's a real good thing, a real good thing