I'm still mad at RAK wireless for using JST ZHR-2 (1.5mm) and PH (2.0mm) connectors on the same board. It's like, "yo, just pick a standard and stick with it." (Preferrably PH 😉)

But what's even worse is that they don't even document that the battery collector is a JST PH connector in their datasheet!

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisBlock/RAK19013/Datasheet/

These are the little details that make the difference between a good product and a great product.

I got you, llama. Get it fast, riseup sweeps files every 24 hours.

https://share.riseup.net/#UAG4Igxf65LcZW1npX15ww

This pack has 5 versions of the model, including a complete redesign. So you can see the mistakes I made and hopefully learn from them.

The main problems I had this time around were: tolerances for moving parts and designing so the parts could be printed without supports.

Enjoy.

Gary seems like a good dude, and these prices are fair.

I say this having

- built 4 heltec v3 nodes

- designed a custom add-on battery case for the stock heltec v3 case

- built out 4 Tdecks, and

- am working on a custom solar node that has features I can't find in any existing build

If you are on the American East coast and want something turnkey, go to Gary. Heck, even if you're in the midwest. There's not a lot of sellers of ready to go gear. Most people will have to add a battery, print a case, and will want to upgrade the stock antenna.

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I'm not sure I can do any better than the link preview or front page, but it's a group of hackers who have taken it upon themselves to secure infrastructure.

I salvaged some microprocessors. Are there any projects out there who could make use of these?

Since people seem to be super interested in what the US politicians are doing right now, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you that nobody is coming to save you.

https://iamthecavalry.org/

If you want your privacy, you have to take it. If you want your tech to be secure, don't expect government (or corporations) to have your back.

I have a pile of hardware that I need to put to good use (mainly the solar meshtastic node), and some hard drives to disassemble/destroy.

Annoying chores like cooking food so I have something to eat, and cleaning up so.I have equipment to cook with are getting in the way.

I purchased them. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09YYH57WZ

And this is the MPPT board I bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08DY28BXW

I can't vouch for either of them since I don't have everything wired up and tested yet.

Beef is some of the fattiest meat around, so I guess cook with lard?

If you were just doing a low carb diet, I'd say eat some nuts, but obviously those arn't made of meat, so that won't fit your diet.

Oh, olives sold in oil. I need more coffee

Wait what?

/me checks our bottle of olive oil...

Yeah, just one ingredient.

I'm asking for projects that I haven't yet thought of yet. Probably 20 gauge or smaller and low enough amperage that isn't going melt the wire.

XT look like they can only handle large wires. I don't see any 2-pin JST connectors.

I want something like Anderson Powerpoles, but for smaller gauge wires. Something standard that I could attach to every small device and small battery that I buy so I don't have the "wrong connector" problem.

Currently working on inventorying the seeds we have (how many seeds, species, varietal, year packed for, etc.).

Then we'll pick out what we're going to plant, how many, where (optimizing for sunlight, drainage, trellising, crop rotation, and companion plants). Then we'll be able to order any seeds that we don't already have.

Once we get a 3 year crop rotation planned out, it should get much easier. Doubly so if we keep our inventory up to date as we go.

Second print is done. Model is on point now. 🔥

I added explicit supports when printing the case and managed to break the case when trying to remove them. But that aside, the cover fits very nicely now.

If I was going to do it over, I would optimize for "zero supports needed". The part that attaches to the Heltec case would be flat on the bottom. The shell that would cover 5 sides of the battery would have pegs (on top when printing) that would snap into holes on that flat side of the other piece. Not sure if I'm explaining it well, but it makes sense in my head.

However, it's not worth it to me to re-design the case and print a couple more units. I only really needed one case for myself, and I already have two at this point. No sense in digging this hole any deeper. 😂

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Do you have a suggestion for a standard connector for small wires? I'm a huge fan of Anderson Powerpoles for larger wires, but I don't have a go-to for smaller wires (e.g. those on little LiPo batteries)

Daniel was able to get a rough estimate of Signal users' geolocation without the user's knowledge nor consent. When he told Signal:

"Signal instantly dismissed my report, saying it wasn't their responsibility and it was up to users to hide their identity"

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I have a battery discharge protection circuit which should address that. When the power gets too low it just cuts off to avoid that wonkiness.

I hope it works as well as advertised when the rubber meets the road. Also, I just realized that I soldered the wires on my battery harness without that circuit in there. Oops. Guess I'll get to do it over.

I can confirm that answer #1 is correct.

If you post your username, people can figure out your phone number with the default settings. Turn off the ability to contact you by phone number to close that privacy problem.

Signal is better than SMS. 💯

Having said that, I don't like that they still collect everyone's phone number in a huge centralized database, are hostile toward any other clients, don't let you connect to another Signal server, don't have any documentation on how to run your own server (last time I tried, the server software wouldn't compile/run), intentionally block the completely open source fork of Signal (Signal FOSS) from the F-Droid app store, waited years to fix security issues with their desktop client, and a number of other things.

Part of my problem is that I have used them since it was called TextSecure and so I was used to them making cypherpunk choices instead of "gain market share" choices. Don't get me wrong, I still use Signal. It's just not my first choice.

And if not, consider paying someone to host things for you instead of getting on some huge (more centralized) server.

I like this idea. I have custom channels, but they are either private or quasi-private (like the HackerComms channel, which will be at every HackerCon from now on).

I got the weather on LongFast when I was visiting Seattle, which was an absolute delight. Might be better on its own channel, but than again, I wouldn't have found it if it weren't on LongFast.

I feel like bots could have some potential. Like send "/channels" on LongFast to see channels, and then something like "/7day" to get the 7 day forecast on demand. Could be done with a computer over serial or MQTT with a node that is on wifi. Probably already several projects that do it, if you can find 'em. Link us to them if you know of a meshtastic bot program that actually works.