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I bought a t1000e "tracker" hoping that I could use it to track my bike if it got stolen. Well despite it being called a tracker and having a mode called "tracker" it doesn't really work as a tracker. It turns out it's really more of an external radio for my cellphone. It gets me onto kind of a city wide chat channel. Nice but not what I was after.

The really frustrating part is that I think the network and the devices can support a decent tracker ...but it'll take the right combination of dozens of confusing settings. I gave up after about two months of trying various combinations. I even went to a meshtastic club meeting but everyone there agreed that my tracker would not really... track. Sigh.

Just one guy's opinion and with just a singular goal. If you're into Ham radio or like the idea of low power radio chirping communicating across great distances... then jump right in.

He asks this question entry month

Sync. But I'm an old guy with habits that are hard to change

I have yet to find the right combination of settings to make my T1000e into an actual tracker. Please let me & the world know if you do. Instead what it seems to be is a small auxiliary radio for my phone, one which doesn't transmit well.

Yes but note this is the only way avacado is like beer

Ummm Trump is megalomaniac authoritarian wanna-be king and Vance would only be a dubious improvement...which is why Trump selected him. Vance has no chance in an election.

Wait, what's a "private" Facebook photo?

"Don't look there, look over here!"

The swamp appears to be still undrained

+1 for Firefox Nightly with add-ons, anything else is sacrilege

Yeah that's real hot glue & electrical tape holding it together and I'm sure the vape companies are making high quality circuits...

Slightly less dull but I took that same light, added a circuit board from a disposable vape and an extra battery from another vape ...

and made it rechargeable.

What a great effort and an amazing compilation. He's calling for a report but this paper all by itself moves the ball forward by putting so much information in one place, with sources and little commentary.

"Oh shit, steam is really making Linux viable" [2 years late]

Screw this company. I helped a cousin who had to install this company's device in her car. Such garbage. 80s technology that barely functions, has a rigid maddening procedure and demands retesting while driving. I used it when I borrowed her truck and you learn to hate it in seconds. Auto shops charge hundreds to install this thing and hundreds more to remove it later. All along you pay the company approximately $100/month to use it. There are heavy fines for any mistakes and high charges for "calibration". I hope this somehow impacts intoxalock negatively.