brad
@brad@posiwid.net
Oh no, an idea for a project!
Looks like that might actually work...
@deshipu Do share!
I've been playing around with KiCad for the first time, and I'm quite the noob. I was going to make my own INA3221 board to simplify (and clean up wiring) I've experienced with other INA boards.
@bplein I try to steer clear of KiCAD, because I find its user interface unusable.
This is still work in progress. The chip is a cheap microcontroller, and I'm still researching if I can write the servo pwm code for it the way I want.
Ordered a #meshtastic radio from Rokland, the "WisMesh Pocket v2", after the ARROW @W8RP presentation by Blake #KE8SQU the other night.
When it arrives my plan is to work this into my Ann Arbor "Bike Every Park" parks challenge - throw the node in a backpack, stop at a city park, see if there's coverage there, make a suitable note, move on.
First to try is Burns Park which I know is near @W9TNC which should be easy. From there start mapping out radio terrain.
@brad The ARROW ham radio club is talking about putting a Meshtastic node up on one of its repeater sites, which would give us coverage to the south side of Ann Arbor. We do have a few trees here to get in the way.
🗞️ OK folks, time for a refreshed round of #RSS reader recommendations. What do you use to consume #blogs #news etc.?
(Only interested in #OpenSource solutions, and preferably ones that are web-based or otherwise able to be synchronized across devices.)
What's the Python IDE of choice?
Don't say VS. I only ever used that when I got paid to. vim is fine, but I'm wondering what others use.
Mac/Linux.
@KC8JC sadly I use VS sometimes, but a lot of times I just use Notepad++ or BBedit (RIP TaxtWrangler).
@KC8JC Emacs, always emacs. Steep learning curve, but it's the last editor you ever have to learn.
Tounge in cheek, but with a grain of truth
My memory of the "personal web" at that time is that it felt like it was a linear progression from BBSes, gopher, Usenet, and IRC. More graphical and more widely accessible, but with a lot of the same community spirit.
The article goes on to say that Kaspersky is banned from providing software to US users, which I guess is possible to enforce to a certain extent.
I'm in Shanghai right now, seamlessly using a VPN to access blocked content (including the linked article), so I'm a little skeptical.
Farmers in Bastrop, TX were hopeful when Elon Musk bought land nearby, but now he’s turning the area into “an environmentally hazardous industrial park.” Authorities won’t do anything because they’re understaffed and “intimidated by their powerful new neighbor.”
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/elon-musk-vs-organic-farmers-bastrop/