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Yeah, the "you can just download it from the internet" mentality is a fairly valid criticism of the __utility__ of these RTL-SDR projects, but don't let it take
by lxe 8y ago
Yeah, the "you can just download it from the internet" mentality is a fairly valid criticism of the __utility__ of these RTL-SDR projects, but don't let it take away from the excitement of learning, building, and finally receiving these images. These images that you receive are some of the very few photos of the Earth that actually don't come from the Internet!
- sandworm101 8y agoI'm in the military. The ability to scrape weather data from a satellite or tune a random radio while huddled in a tent, or on the deck of a ship at sea, is VERY appreciated. My SDR dongle is in my strange tools bag, right beside my lockpicks. You don't need them every day, but once in a blue moon they might save a life.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThat's the spirit! If this mindset doesn't exemplify the hacker mindset/ethos, I don't know what does.
- lifeisstillgood 8y agoI love the "strange tools bag". And what else is in there :-)
- sandworm101 8y agoNothing too extreme. A powerful wifi dongle with a few antennas. A kick-ass waterproof laser pointer. A 20,000mwh cellphone charger. Spare cellphone. Spare name/rank tags. An small aviation knife. Just problem-solving stuff for long road trips.
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- lifeisstillgood 8y agoThank you
- tyingq 8y agoSimilar experience listening to fellow passengers in a metal tube, 5 miles in the air, over the middle of the ocean, going 500+ mph. "This wifi internet is so slow..." While I'm thrilled it works well enough to read email.