Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

@ai6yr Yeah. Pretty wicked when I get it all working properly.

I mainly want to monitor and record temperatures in various rooms, coolers, and freezers, and I want precise data (0.1 C accuracy). Then I might play with other sensors.

I don't want to depend on WiFi and the Internet. LoRa solves that. The primary stuff I want to monitor is about 950 feet from here but LoRa gives me range up to several miles.

@ai6yr
I messed with the ESP32 back in 2019. Fun but had no serious use for it.

These days in my spare time I got my PIC development system back up and running and created some PIC-centric precision temperature sensors. Now I'm working on getting a Raspi talking to an SX1276 LoRa. After that, I'll develop software for the PIC to control a LoRa module and get them talking. Then I'll probably do a PC layout for the PIC and LoRa to easily produce small sensor modules I can install in various places and network them all together with the Raspi. The Raspi will upload the data to my server and it becomes available to monitor. That's the current fun project.

@europesays There's a "funny" story of a conversation that took place after WW2 between a US officer and a Finnish commander.

"You know there are half a million Russian soldiers stationed here in Finland."

"Really? Where are they located?"

"All along the border with Russia, two meters below ground."

@europesays Getting the job done, one Russian at a time.

@catsalad @evacide @web_martin I'm with you.

@jbenjamint @Infoseepage Follow the money. It's all that bunch thinks about.

I think it's about cheap easy access to mineral resources -- petroleum and rare earth mining, and Elmo is behind the scenes pushing for it.

@jbenjamint @Infoseepage Follow the money. It's all that bunch thinks about.

I think it's about cheap easy access to mineral resources -- petroleum and rare earth mining, and Elmo is behind the scenes pushing for it.

@marcusjenkins I did also. I do an automatic monthly donation but I gave extra.

Editing authority? Not sure what that means here. Maybe Elmo doesn't know what a Wiki is.

@murodegrizeco I'll look into that. Thank you.

@Bronwyn Yes, when discussing history with people, I usually point out that all kinds of things change, scenarios are different, every imaginable thing might happen, but one thing that never changes is human nature. You can depend on this. The way people were in Roman times, in Greek times, in Egyptian times. in ancient Chinese times, is the same as today.

Humans need to evolve at least one more step before we can have a "Star Trek" kind of society. We're still too brutal, too selfish.

@Bronwyn Makes me ill to think about the fact that women don't feel safe. This is 2024, for chrissake. WTAF?

@gleick Yes, I support Wikipedia (with money) and use it. It's a fabulous resource.

So Linux always has 26 different ways to do everything. (That's not a complaint.)

Having not worked in a "Linux shop" where programmers readily exchange tips and tricks, I've done Linux for the past 21 years by myself. And I continue to wonder what is the best way to do this simple thing? So I thought I'd throw this out here.

On a Raspberry Pi I have both Python 2 and Python 3 installed. For years I've only used Python 3. But the default command "python" runs Python 2. For Python 3 I have to use python3.

To reverse this situation I can create aliases in .bashrc. Is that the easiest / best way?