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lepinkainen

@ lepinkainen @lemmy.world

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  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Human people. My source is the old ham dude who gave us the ham exam I managed to bungle and haven’t gotten around to retaking.

    He was the type who used morse code at gigabit speeds with a funky looking sideways key

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Finland. The questions for the basic test require you to actually know your shit, they’re specifically worded so that you can’t wing it

    I failed it, that’s how I know. By a few points but still 😀

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Both can coexist, more options is better when talking about decentralised systems

  • 1 year is a stretch ig

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  • Yep and depending on contracts, some things will be affected more than others.

    DIY PC builders are the first ones to suffer

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • Internet routing is a bit more complex, but basically yes.

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  • It all depends on the environment and the amount of nodes. I’m not exactly controlling Fort Knox here so 100% reliability isn’t a big point

    It’s still cool to be at the store 2-3km away and get a notification that the fridge door is open, via a completely independent network 😀

    I get the exact same notification via the internet, but it’s not as cool

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • They dropped the morse requirement because people just stopped taking the test

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • The HAM license isn’t a trivial checkbox test, at least not over here

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  • Controlling home automation remotely without any internet access.

    Tracking dogs, people or vehicles - again with no internet.

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  • There was a massive power outage in Portugal not too long ago and people used Meshtastic to communicate between cities to see who had power.

    It does work, but it’s not a Final Solution

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  • Now let me introduce you to APRS 😁

    It’s pretty much the HAM equivalent of Meshtastic

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  • Antennas and location.

    I can see one node on top of the tallest building around here and it allows me to connect to nodes 20-30km away.

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  • They’re a mesh walkie-talkie, but you don’t need to walkie or talkie 😁

    Meshnet means that if A can see B and B can see C, then A can message C, it’s routed through B automatically.

    Also it’s text only, not enough bandwidth for speech

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  • Nope, it specifically uses free frequencies. The same ones that are used by RC hobbyists and RF based remotes

  • Going to a Protest? Don't Bring Your Phone Without Doing This First

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  • iPhones do by default, you need to specifically turn on fixed IP at home to identify the damn phone reliably

  • 1 year is a stretch ig

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  • Console part prices have been negotiated years in advance.

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  • Yes. Because they don’t have the same networks, relationships etc.

  • What do you think the internet will be like in a few years? Why?

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  • We’ll get web of trust on top of the “main” internet and smaller Tor-style networks will pop up.

    Also people will go analog and local, use systems like Meshtastic or good old Amateur Radio

  • What do you think the internet will be like in a few years? Why?

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  • I’m hoping some trusted organisation like EFF will come up with a web of trust system people can use to tag sites and content as reliable and not AI generated/ “enhanced”