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$25 RTL-SDR dongle to sate intellectual curiosity about radio $5 / mo // $ 60 / yr digital ocean droplets for intellectual curiosity about web dev Not exactly
by pizza 8y ago
$25 RTL-SDR dongle to sate intellectual curiosity about radio
$5 / mo // $ 60 / yr digital ocean droplets for intellectual curiosity about web dev
Not exactly within budget but ~$400 gym membership (from Costco.. so, factor in the amortized cost of that, too, I guess) for 24 hr fitness for 2 years - going to the gym has been a HUGE game-changer for me. Never really did it before with any discipline, and already within 3 months there have been great dividends for me. I'm much stronger than I was just 3 months ago. Much less anxious and stuff too.
- apacheCamel 8y agoThe DO droplets are such a great investment. Using them to learn and develop is such an easy thing to do and they can be used for almost anything. This last weekend I set up NodeJS and Postgres just to tinker with and it has been a blast to learn something new. At $5 a month, it is hard to pass up.
- eivarv 8y agoCan you recommend any specific RTL-SDR dongle?
- pizza 8y agoI bought the one that RTL-SDR.com sells with the dipole antenna kit (see: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/). They make a good point about avoiding counterfeit dongles, plus I'd like to support them for making a useful centralized resource.