Practical Engineering video explaining why this is an inherently difficult task, even for a country that has the money to better maintain their grid.

https://youtu.be/uOSnQM1Zu4w?si=NNPwYuamX0CoE1Bk

I have a tattoo that means “I don’t know, I don’t speak japanese.” It works when an English speaker asks me what it means, and it also worked with the Japanese when I lived in Japan and didn’t speak the language.

“And Russia’s internal security service, the FSB, recently said it foiled a Ukrainian plot to destroy its last remaining aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The ship, launched in 1985, has been undergoing repairs since 2018.”

I hope Ukraine can still make this happen. That would a be huge win, even if the carrier is never functional and isn’t in the black sea. Imagine if Russia no longer even had a carrier. That’d be one way to put them in their place.

Army combat uniforms even come pretreated with it.

It could potentially work out like netflix letting users keep the discs they had.

I 100% would not want an image like that to pop up in front of a coworker. I’m on board with you, OP.

They don’t follow the grid frequency because the EU or US regulations require it, they follow the grid frequency because physics demands it.

This is only supplying like 3.5 amps, so not going to trip any breakers.

Or there could be poor signal due to terrain.

Because Jordan had an active role in shooting down Iranian drones and missiles while Iraq did not.

Yeah that’s exactly what I’d want. Thanks for the link.

That method of use would not replace what the garmin inreach does. I’m more looking for something to notify authorities of my location in the event of an emergency, rather than to communicate between hikers.

Sure the R1s are large, but R2 and R3 are much more reasonably sized and are planned to be lower priced. It seems that these new EV companies like to go with fewer of their higher end cars in the beginning to fund the production of the larger volume, more economic models later.

Oh nice, the only ones I’ve heard of before are the Garmin inreach and similar. Good to know about this.

I got into ham about a year and a half ago. Super interesting, I just didn’t have the time because I was in a pretty intense school. I’d love to tinker with meshtastic, but is that a solution for hiking? Would you need to rely on a node being within range of you in order to convert your message into sms or something?

Seriously. Don’t cover your eyes and pretend you can’t see why the government treats US companies different than companies that are directly in the hands of adversaries. They might not care if Meta uses it to profit off of us, but they certainly do care if China will use it to achieve an advantage over us, militarily or otherwise.

I’m really excited for this. I’ve considered getting a licator beacon for emergencies while hiking and camping, but didn’t want to pay a monthly subscription for something I wouldn’t use every month.

https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2017/03/6068dd200535b55f-600x400.jpg

The first two minutes of this video are very on point with this meme.

https://youtu.be/MlLRvMs4ouY?si=Qpjvgt-5TSOb3cTZ

I call my dog, Mila (pronounced Myla, I just was dumb when I tried to spell it when we adopted her), Mylar Balloon.