this is absurd
outta control
hilarious
jeezus .. that song
I really didn’t plan that soundtrack. I wouldn’t intentionally listen to that awful cover of an already brilliant song. But eff it, kitty somehow nailed the transitions … and in a single take!
Just arrived: Retia.io’s Nibble Zero – Meshtastic/Meshcore node. Paired with the Flipper Zero is a match made in a sunbeam.
Her brother is quite cute as well: RP2040 Meshtastic Nibble
Waves that purr
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I found Joe Frank in the mid 90s
via some low frequency station
KDVS?
people who’d come through our apartment
very much hated my playing KDVS
“they talk soooo much. wah wah boo hoo”
so they were forced
Joe Frank was esp good at cleansing the floor
those that’d stay were first caught off guard
then quickly drawn in
it was an acid test of sorts
Google Maps’ “Measure Distance” feature tracks the distance between my node and St35 as being 95 miles as the pelican flies. St35 is 4 hops away. While there is a much higher concentration of nodes in NYC, the geographic spread here in Northern California is considerably larger.
It makes sense that I can see others nearly 100 miles out, as the connections between nodes is line of sight, then extended by connections and the relaying of data node to node within the mesh network. So looking across a flat valley to join distant nodes, then connecting with others in the mesh around the bay makes for a rather healthy spread.
Mind you, I’m not using the stock antenna that came with this LILYGO T-Beam SUPREME, so with it I’m connected directly to BIC who is 41 miles away who connects me to the next, then the next, then the next node. Not bad at all.
I’ll check the app when I’m back in NYC to confirm that this observation is in fact correct. It’s possible the spread isn’t something I notice while there because I’m entirely distracted by the sheer number of nodes on that map.