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vinney...axkl60d ago
radio is the ultimate permissionless communication tech. even (most of) the internet relies on infrastructure that can be disappeared - but very little can physically prevent me from passing electricity through a circuit and sending electromagnetic waves into the air. #ham #radio
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The Daniel 🖖60d ago
What’s really cool is that you can broadcast bitcoin transactions over radio.
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A.A.Ron60d ago
There are potentially legal consequences if you transmit without a license. The most likely of which is they tell you to stop. If you are worried about it, pay the $35 and get license.
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vinney...axkl60d ago
still permissionless. you guys are talking about after-the-fact consequences, not insurmountable barriers to action.
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vinney...axkl60d ago
that doesn't make it not-permissionless. you can "get in trouble" for using bitcoin, too, but you don't need permission or an invite to **do it**. i can **Just do radio** similarly. it's just electromagnetic waves.
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vinney...axkl60d ago
exactly. it's just physics
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vinney...axkl60d ago
yes.
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A.A.Ron60d ago
Hell yeah. Become ungovernable! Fun fact: the callsigns of the recently deceased stay active in the FCC's system for up to 10 years.
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brito60d ago
The online exam is pretty easy. Multiple questions with the same answer that you can practice with phone apps until you get almost all of them right.
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brito60d ago
Wasn't meant specifically for you, rather for those reading the conversation that are interested on the topic. Situational awareness matters. The more people on radio, the better.
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vinney...axkl59d ago
i installed geogram recently!
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brito59d ago
Nice!
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brito58d ago
Working on that feature. It is called "postcard" where you basically use phones to physically transport messages to another part of the country. Messages are of course verifiable and if desires, private.
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vinney...axkl58d ago
sneakernet 🫡
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atyh58d ago
sneaker net mesh grids are so the future of free digital sharing. ive been pondering simple “subscription” mechanisms that grab the most recent copy of an item as you, say ride your bike past a broadcast node stashed on top of a Starbucks
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vinney...axkl58d ago
god yes i'm drooling
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brito58d ago
On geogram they are called "collections" because you can synch files/folders with books, games, videos (this is for the prepper world) but it isn't yet working specifically as a sneakernet. This is the basic structure to permit sharing, searching and browsing files: https://github.com/geograms/central/blob/main/docs/collec… I haven't yet ported the collections to the most recent version of geogram but should arrive within a month or so. First solving the topics of bluetooth and radio networks until they are more solid.
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atyh58d ago
im interested in a simple protocol. probably hashes with timestamps
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brito58d ago
If you look, there is a single json with that hash and update info. The rest is for additional features. For example: when searching you need to find info fast when having more than a million files that include movies and books. So there is another json there which includes text from videos and summaries from PDF books to ease finding them inside an ocean of files. 1 TB memory cards are cheap nowadays, so we needed a way to search things at level offline with delays. Difficult to get simpler than two or three files as you see there.
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