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Comment · 1 year ago
Quite a few Ubiquiti APs can be reflashed with OpenWRT.
Comment · 1 year ago
I really love their Switches, Routers and directional radio link stuff.

But: Mikrotik has problems with end-user Wifi - Their APs are old and weak.

Comment · 1 year ago
By looking at the security history of Checkpoint.. uhm.. :-)
Comment · 1 year ago
At least in Germany solar panels are absurdly cheap right now.

You can get a ~440W panel for around 40€. Latest generation and industrial grade.

There are dozens of shops where you can pick them up after ordering.

Comment · 1 year ago
RIP Cariad
Comment · 1 year ago
> 1) Do they post SatDump data somewhere?

Don't know.

> 2) (I doubt it but) Is it under a free license?

SatDump is GPLv3

Comment · 1 year ago
Cool stuff!

Also keep a close eye on the Opensource SatDump project. That's a group of (mostly ham, but not all of them) radio enthusiasts that are listening to all kind of science satellites. They managed to decode many of them.

They are far far beyond the old 137MHz analog NOAA stuff. Collecting crazy broadband from S- or X-band is no challenge for them.

Comment · 1 year ago
On the HCI interface. That's not a OTA attack.

If an attacker can write raw data the HCI interface you are doomed anyway.

Comment · 1 year ago
As far as I know all nav sats have emergency beacon payloads (Cospas-Sarsat). All providers (Beidou, GPS, Glonass, Galileo) joined this.
Comment · 1 year ago
> Galileo

Which has optional cryptographic signatures of its positioning data. It's not spoofable anymore (but still jam'able with strong transmitters).

Free for use.

(https://www.gsc-europa.eu/sites/default/files/sites/all/file...)

Same for the HAS (High Accuracy Service) which offers precision down to 30cm without additional correction data.

Also free for use. But requires a special receiver as it's using an additional band.

Galileo was the ugly duckling for a very long time - but it turned into a shining one after it aged a bit.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Kicad brings its own Python and is fully interfaceable.
Comment · 1 year ago
TA is IMHO far from useable when planing complex tours in a country.

I even prefer reading Reddit travel reports or indexes of travel books for reading stuff on that website.

Comment · 1 year ago
I tested it with several places I know very well from my "manually planed" tours. It was "aware" of them all. Even the more hidden recommendations.
Comment · 1 year ago
LLMs are stellar for trip planning. They can spit out a lot of potential options for a country or region.

I just add all the suggestions to a map and then plan way around them. Also doing some manual research like opening times.

Why I love this? I really don't want to research too deep into my destinations as this kills a lot of the magic seeing seeing them in person.

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