Post B1lFVjusTSXEsufcf2 by MemeIntoMori@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B1l6dcisCk9NIrjwDA by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T01:30:56.888204Z
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How am I getting nodes from 4 and 5 states away
(DIR) Post #B1l79q5G41de0aZVr6 by Nudhul@shitposter.world
2025-12-30T01:36:46.837482Z
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@pwm get noded
(DIR) Post #B1lEZnQtF6FCzj0xE0 by MemeIntoMori@poa.st
2025-12-30T02:59:54.953868Z
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@pwm MQTT?
(DIR) Post #B1lEdttj9CEYCiSZRA by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T03:00:38.216391Z
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@MemeIntoMori yeah but I'm dialed into a private one, so it must be another local node rebroadcasting received mqtt packets??
(DIR) Post #B1lExgXqVEnCaAevBI by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T03:04:13.571271Z
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I really hate people who take tech that is supposed to be an alternative to the internet and decide"You know what would make this great? If we tunneled it through the internet!!"No, retard, you just invented another shitty internet chat app and Discord already has that market cornered.People who tunnel Meshtastic through MQTT are morons.
(DIR) Post #B1lF2nXnuI7Bjq4rcu by MemeIntoMori@poa.st
2025-12-30T03:05:09.425834Z
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@pwm I randomly connected to a node on a mountain top the next state over the other day and it showed me nodes in several other states. Seems that if another node is connected to MQTT it passes it's handshakes on. I'm new to this, I could be wrong.
(DIR) Post #B1lFVjusTSXEsufcf2 by MemeIntoMori@poa.st
2025-12-30T03:10:22.943964Z
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@vic @pwm I agree. Meshcore seems like it's the way to go. No MQTT, just node to node with an emphasis on strategically placed repeaters and clients. Also it allows more hops.
(DIR) Post #B1lL8zuDSYQxXUtqxU by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T04:13:29.084669Z
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@MemeIntoMori yeah it will forward any packets with ttl (hops) left.
(DIR) Post #B1lLRn31UOhXAAypvc by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T04:16:52.927525Z
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@MemeIntoMori @vic hating on mqtt is contrarianism imo. Just don't use it if you don't wanna
(DIR) Post #B1lLatrBXhwet4mrQ0 by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T04:18:31.862689Z
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The problem is that someone else uses it on my behalf.I don't want my transmission going through the internet, and I don't want to receive transmissions that have gone through the internet.Obviously there's no way to stop it from happening aside from forming your own private mesh with likeminded friends, but that defeats a lot of the versatility of the mesh network.
(DIR) Post #B1lM6ivJjCZYFEtWHQ by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T04:24:16.821566Z
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@vic @MemeIntoMori you can toggle that off (iirc it is off by default), and the meshtastic firmwares will respect it. It's a flag on the packet. Also, all the packets on channels are encrypted symmetrically, and direct messages are done so with asymmetric crypto, if you don't want to broadcast unencrypted position or node info packets, don't. From observations in my area almost no clients are using the public mqtt, so if it's in use it's on private servers (as it should be).Tl;dr redditors (spiritual) have whipped themselves up into a fury over nothing because they haven't looked at what is actually going on under the hood. Thanks for reading my blog, like and subscribe and leave a comment down below; it really helps me in the algorithm.
(DIR) Post #B1lMJQoqLpbrrLvTai by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T04:26:34.948098Z
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The fact that MQTT is even supported is contrary to the entire point of it being a fucking mesh network.People who connect Meshtastic to the internet are retards. Same goes for people who connect ham radio to the internet.You will not change my mind on this.
(DIR) Post #B1lMoowEj5npdoLrHs by KingOfWhiteAmerica@poa.st
2025-12-30T04:32:15.863738Z
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@vic @pwm @MemeIntoMori Seriously; ham radio should by now be flooded with cat memes on an entirely separate, parallel internet.
(DIR) Post #B1lMzLpPIVLCXjB7nk by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T04:34:09.058250Z
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Sorry, best we can do is boomers connecting it to proprietary internet gateways by Icom and reinventing Discord but with a Windows 95 interface
(DIR) Post #B1lNI4rKbzj5Pu0YUK by KingOfWhiteAmerica@poa.st
2025-12-30T04:37:33.475531Z
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@vic @pwm @MemeIntoMori Tbh I remain hopeful it’s actually out there somewhere, entirely under my radar. It’s technically possible.
(DIR) Post #B1lNWqzqR2o6lZ2Hvk by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T04:40:11.904060Z
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@KingOfWhiteAmerica @MemeIntoMori @vic blissful and ignorant shall we all remain, amen
(DIR) Post #B1lOD0dYywB2pQiP7A by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T04:47:49.743884Z
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It's absolutely possible, and very necessary. Ham radio is a gold mine of potential, but the best any of the centers of gravity in the ham community can do is "lookie here we have a chat room through the internet now, sign up with your callsign!!"If I didn't know any better, I'd say they were intentionally hamstringing it.There have been a few decent starts to projects, with Pat being a great example, but they never catch on because the current ham community (old people who want it to be 1990 again, but who can blame them?) can't comprehend using something other than a dot ee ex ee installer on Microsoft Windows from some sketchy site.What really kills me is that none of this is new. AX.25 support is and has been built into the Linux kernel forever. All we need is modern tooling to make it simple enough to setup and configure on a Raspberry Pi or whatever, and cheap, versatile hardware interfaces to work with shitty Baofeng radios that everyone has.All it would take for the ham community to move forward in a massive way is a cheap Chinese clone of the Signalink available on Amazon that works with a UV-5R, and a lightweight mesh daemon that runs on Linux with a web interface and web API and which talks to the radio via a sound card device.But no, everyone get on Winlink Express like it's 1995, click through the menus, buy insanely expensive gear that is incompatible with other brands, and call those other brands gay while the entire ship sinks into obscurity.Modern ham radio is a travesty.
(DIR) Post #B1lOjSXQmWlcd3JutM by pwm@darkdork.dev
2025-12-30T04:53:41.638032Z
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@vic @KingOfWhiteAmerica @MemeIntoMori > All it would take for the ham community to move forward in a massive way is a cheap Chinese clone of the Signalink available on Amazon that works with a UV-5R, and a lightweight mesh daemon that runs on Linux with a web interface and web API and which talks to the radio via a sound card device.This is LoRa meshes now. with an even lower barrier to entry than buying a baofeng or even running linux. It's pretty neat.
(DIR) Post #B1lPUYcLzpiZ5u54xk by vic@shitpost.cloud
2025-12-30T05:02:11.746932Z
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Cell phones killed ham radio, and then broadband internet chopped up its corpse. Then Starlink drove the final nail in the coffin of "popular" appeal, since now we can't even say it's needed for emergencies anymore because Starlink is better in pretty much every way.The only people who use ham radio now are 1) boomers who want it to be 1990 again, and 2) those who distrust any centralized service and are prepared to bend some rules, if needed, to communicate when none of the above (cell phones, cable, Starlink) are available/acceptable. Both are very niche audiences, so attempts to revive ham radio are largely failing despite a slight resurgence in 2020.That's why I've given up on ham radio despite it being superior to ISM tinkering in every way. At least Meshtastic doesn't require a license and someone can just buy a thing and be up and running...Though of course even that is becoming prohibitively expensive now, with the little WisMesh Pocket devices costing $90+ and having long lead times.I remain hopeful on Meshtastic, but the hardware is going to have to become more widely available, and in today's tariff- and embargo-happy environment, that's an uphill battle.Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.
(DIR) Post #B1lPtnNaFWna7ICsiW by MemeIntoMori@poa.st
2025-12-30T05:06:47.089208Z
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@pwm @vic Fair point. 📻