"My local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide."
  • extremeboredom@lemmy.world
    English
    168·
    3 个月前

    Fascist/authoritarian scum the world over are TERRIFIED of the concept of regular human beings having the ability to communicate with each other without being censored, coerced, and surveilled. This is a nightmare scenario for them: people speaking freely

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 个月前

      It’s also worth mentioning that the bandwidth requirements of actual, honest, information and news, are appallingly low. The level of slop and waste in our current social media landscape is in no way representative of what it takes to communicate effectively.

      100 years ago we used to get the word out to broadcasters at 100 baud over teletype.

      So, imagine a network that uses less than 1% of the bandwidth we currently use. It’s a pocket-sized situation that almost disappears into the noise of everything else, yet is free, accessible, and effective. Radio and mesh networks are absolutely up to the task, even if they have to be covert and/or mobile.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      Right, this doesn’t get enough attention. Either weirdly or completely understandable. Especially since the Egyptian uprising I think scared a lot of governments.

      • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        Make no mistake. The Arab Spring also taught governments around the world that “shut off the internet” is a crucial element in crushing mass dissent.

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      Surely Trump will swoop in and prove he doesn’t tolerate authoritarians murdering civilians outside of the U.S. in an attempt to suppress their free speech.

      Bc if he does approve, he’s supposed to add him to the official good guyz list of exceptions along with Saudi Arabia and all the other benevolent murderous dictators. Otherwise shit just gets way too confusing.

  • ramenshaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    3 个月前

    My ex’s dad was a ham radio guy but this seems excessive.

    I should start making some meshtastic/meshcore devices…

    • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
      16·
      2 个月前

      I got my Meshtastic node running tonight for the first time. I expected to be out of range because I have line-of-site to very little. My node currently shows 160 other nodes online. Woohoo!

      Already looking at another client for Meshcore.

      edit - now at 285 nodes

        • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          2 个月前

          Basic external antenna. Sitting on my desk with all my computer stuff.

          I thought I’d have to climb on the roof to see another node.

          Bought two haltec v3 last night so I can also try meshcore.

          • northface@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 个月前

            Cool. I accidently broke the display on my LilyGo pager, but have a LoRa ESP32 devkit that I should get going with… Probably a good fit for meshcore.

            • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
              1·
              2 个月前

              My heltec v3s were DOA.

              Waiting a v4 from china. I messed up and got it without a display. Probably going to order another with display.

    • cobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      7·
      2 个月前

      I got into MeshCore after Benn Jordan mentioned it in a recent video. Turns out there’s already a network spanning hundreds of kilometers in my area. I’m making a couple companion nodes so I can communicate with my partner, who lives an hour away, in the event of an emergency where there’s no power or internet. Also making some solar repeaters to improve coverage in my area.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 个月前

      My grandfather was a Ham guy, amongst a great many other brilliant things.

      One of many things I wish he’d have lived long enough for me to experience with him.