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Cake day: June 3rd, 2026

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  • Arduino

    STOP USING BRAND NAMES, I am TIRED of seeing it.

    It’s not “Arduino”, it’s “microcontroller”. STM32 “blue pill” compatible clones are cheap enough to give away in bulk. You don’t even have to consider going 8 bit anymore.

    It’s not “Raspberry Pi”, it’s “single board computer”. Although dtb overlays and such are slightly more annoying on other boards, there’s literally not much of any difference functionality wise. AND the other boards are cheaper.

    There’s no reason to use the big brands. Unless you are working for someone and your boss demands “enterprise support” Red Hat style, of course.




  • I recall hearing about a contract with some EU based company too, though. For both one way and two way satellite IP. No idea if that’s still in effect. Also no idea if Starlink is still in effect. Well, apart from the star-to-cell bullshit Kyivstar is trying to do with the AI generated landing page. Or were trying earlier this year.

    Also, I recall someone complaining that if you order Starlink for one location and then put the unit in another, it will go “roaming mode” and limit speed. Doesn’t hurt too much but that sucks! I would imagine that if you are stationary enough you may as well take time to set up line of sight directional antenna shit on land to some other object.