Nostr notes by drbrain

Two problems I found with Meshtastic are that it's unreliable ...

2026-06-02T16:41:17Z

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Two problems I found with Meshtastic are that it's unreliable enough that there conversations are unlikely, and there's no block button. MeshCore solves each of those

From Seattle over MeshCore I can see conversations all the way up to Squamish BC but for Meshtastic I get mostly "hey"… "hey" that just barely reach Everett. I think Puget Mesh is a good driver of this, similar for West Coast Mesh when I visited Los Angeles

aurora was just barely naked-eye visible in Seattle last night ...

2026-01-20T18:17:46Z

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aurora was just barely naked-eye visible in Seattle last night https://mastodon.social/@drbrain/115928744790228147

in Seattle, already 25mm since midnight and 41mm this event!

2025-11-14T16:53:16Z

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in Seattle, already 25mm since midnight and 41mm this event!

are they Taco Time NW in Canada, or the inferior version?

2025-06-03T20:23:22Z

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are they Taco Time NW in Canada, or the inferior version?

when they notice, how long after will you switch the image to the ...

2025-06-03T17:27:33Z

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when they notice, how long after will you switch the image to the Costa Concordia?

and if you’re a rail fan there’s the Railway Museum where you ...

2025-05-11T16:14:34Z

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and if you’re a rail fan there’s the Railway Museum where you can drive your own train: https://www.railway-museum.jp/e/

A mildly weather-related place to tour is the flood control ...

2025-05-11T16:09:33Z

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A mildly weather-related place to tour is the flood control facilities https://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa//edogawa_index045.html

snow sticking even on the roads in Seattle (CN87uo, SE of ...

2025-02-02T17:54:44Z

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snow sticking even on the roads in Seattle (CN87uo, SE of downtown)

I learned a new crime against typography in Google Docs If you ...

2025-01-14T00:38:45Z

I learned a new crime against typography in Google Docs

If you have two separate lists you can't make a nested list of one be bulleted and a nested list of another be numbered. Google decided the right thing to do would be to have all of them use the same styling

if PJM is Pulaski, Marshall, and Jasper counties it seems like ...

2024-12-21T02:00:29Z

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if PJM is Pulaski, Marshall, and Jasper counties it seems like more than enough power for homes in all three with a total population of ~90k people

I don’t understand 2.5GbE WAN, 1GbE LAN. Separate WiFi6 and LAN ...

2024-12-03T00:21:05Z

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I don’t understand 2.5GbE WAN, 1GbE LAN. Separate WiFi6 and LAN traffic aren’t enough combined to reach 2.5GbE. It makes me doubt if the board itself can support more than 1GbE of traffic on the WAN interface

It's a very impressive storm, now with the same winds as a ...

2024-11-19T22:35:10Z

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It's a very impressive storm, now with the same winds as a category 1 hurricane https://mstdn.ca/@ingalls/113511792746996371

judges have been impeached and removed, but this seems to take ...

2024-08-28T21:38:05Z

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judges have been impeached and removed, but this seems to take almost as much political capital (will of both houses) as expanding the size of the Supreme Court (will of both houses, plus a President to nominate acceptable candidates).

There is precedent for changing the size of the Supreme Court. I haven't read about other reforms, it seems term limits would require an amendment which is even more difficult than expansion.