It’s like the word “fish”. Fish is plural when you’re talking about a whole school of fish. But it’s “fishes” if you’re describing different species of fish.
“Coffee” is plural when there is lots of coffee, but “coffees” when describing different varieties.
Thanks! It was fun to put together. I posted the parts list here:
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Thanks! Yeah, the USB mount was nice so I could pre-charge the batteries before putting it up out of reach.
Here’s the parts list for this #meshtastic build.
RAK Wisblock Meshtastic Starter Kit:
https://store.rokland.com/products/rak-wireless-wisblock-meshtastic-starter-kit
6dBi low-profile antenna:
Antenna cable:
https://store.rokland.com/products/uflipex-ipx-mini-pci-to-n-male-pigtail-cable-extension-rg178
Waterproof junction box:
USB-C mount:
5w USB-C solar panel
3.7v Li-ion battery pack:
Important Note about this battery pack: the positive and negative leads were reversed when I compared it to the plug on the Wisblock board. Use a needle to lift the tiny plastic clips at the end of the wire holding the metal leads in place. Then you can pull them out (don’t force it) and slide them back each into the other side. BE SURE TO VERIFY the polarity with the Wisblock plug. You can damage the board if you put it in backwards!
Wisblock mounting bracket:
https://www.printables.com/model/891096-rak19007-wisblock-base-board-mount
2” metal washer with 5/8” hole
Rubber washer with 5/8” hole
Zip-ties, screws, etc.
A step-bit like this one is SUPER handy to drill the 5/8” holes in the junction box. I also had to use it to increase the size of the hole in the metal washer since it came with only a 1/2” hole.
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Built two weatherproof outdoor #meshtastic relays. One with a solar panel. 
You can play Spite and Malice using two decks of normal playing cards. Pretty much the same game as Skip-Bo. Personally, I prefer it.
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I noticed that the npm package is version 0.1.4, while the github repo has 0.2.1. I see you’ve made some improvements, which are great and I’d like to check out. Will they be hitting npm soon?
Oh no! If only there was an industry that could be placed anywhere, at any size, that could consume this energy for a profit, and could immediately be throttled up and down as the supply allows!
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-solar-power-oversupply-problem-19953942.php
Survivorship bias. If they died from salmonella poisoning, they wouldn’t be around to tell you about it. 
Tonight we started our Advent Calendar puzzle and read the first chapter of Luke. We will read a chapter each night and do a puzzle until Christmas Eve. #bible #puzzle #christmastraditions
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According to my chocolate advent calendar, there’s only three more days until Christmas!
Not invalidating the person’s rights. But corporations don’t have the same rights.
Example:
Corporation refuses to hire black people and blasts racist remarks across their web site. Illegal. Fines. Shut it down.
The CEO of that company refuses to shop at a black-owned store and blasts racist remarks across a personal blog web site that has nothing to do with his corp. Asshole. Might get his ass beat. Might make people not want to buy his company’s products. But not illegal.
It was the mental (or legal) gymnastics they had to use to force it into a 1st Amendment issue.
Corporations don’t (or at least shouldn’t) have 1st amendment rights. Only the people do.
In general, I think a sole-proprietorship with no employees would be exempt. Think: freelance developer. Presumably, that freelancer is hired by another company that IS paying the tax.
There’s also the situation of S-corps, LLCs, or married-couple-owned businesses. If a sole-proprietorship hires one employee, are they now subject to all the taxes?
Obviously this is a sliding scale that requires far more macro- and micro-economic study than I’m willing to put into it at this time.
I like the direction, though, and to ponder the edge cases.
Citizens United determined that corporations are people. That’s dangerous. Corporations should not be able to “contribute to” (bribe) political campaigns.
We still need a way to “tax” or “tariff”(or whatever word you want to use) foreign companies. Not sure the best way to do that. They will be able to get around the multi-level-supply-chain revenue tax, so maybe tariffs on those goods as long as the US has a competitive industry.
Tariffs are useless unless the US can compete. Otherwise it’s just another tax on the people of the US.
Sure. We definitely need to abolish Citizens United. That goes without saying.
Not that that would completely eliminate bribery, but at least it would make bribery illegal again.
Wholly-owned subsidiaries can be considered the same company for this thought exercise.
I think that argument is as spurious as “if the worldwide currency is deflationary, then nobody will ever spend any of their money.”
There are too many benefits of incorporation (risk mitigation being a big one). And of course the tax rate is flexible and can be adjusted so that is continues to be worthwhile to incorporate.
Maybe. Maybe supply chains would become more efficient because the excess multiple levels aren’t cost-effective.
Taxation can only (and it’s still a stretch) be considered theft if you are held against your will, including simply that you were born there and have no means to flee. As this is difficult to distinguish, I’m in favor of abolishing all personal income and sales tax.
Businesses CHOOSE (and go to great lengths) to be incorporated within a legal entity (or layers of legal entities: USA, California, San Francisco, etc) and therefore agree to be charged a cost of doing business in that jurisdiction. That tax is NOT theft.