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New comment by derekenos in "An Introduction to Meshtastic"

derekenos — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:31:50 +0000

I set up my first node after the last major Verizon outage that rendered my cell phone useless as a mobile communications device. Now, when the next outage happens, with the always-on base station that I have at home, I can bring a portable Meshtastic radio out with me, paired to my phone via Bluetooth, and retain the ability communicate wirelessly back home, or with any of the other many nodes in the extensive network here in the NYC / Hudson Valley region. I also enticed a couple of local friends to install them and we often opt to text over the mesh. I see it as a thing that is fun to play around with now, but which may become critical at some point in the future.

New comment by derekenos in "Thin desires are eating life"

derekenos — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:17 +0000

Reminds me of what Frithjof Bergmann called our "poverty of desire" in his (excellent) book: New Work New Culture: Work We Want and a Culture that Strengthens Us

New comment by derekenos in "Alan Kay's talk at UCLA – Feb 2024 [video]"

derekenos — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:20:49 +0000

Ha! Thanks for the correction. Comment's no longer editable.

New comment by derekenos in "Alan Kay's talk at UCLA – Feb 2024 [video]"

derekenos — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:48:09 +0000

My favorite:

Is it really "Complex"? Or did we just make it "Complicated"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubaX1Smg6pY

If you're interested in kids + computers + education, this 1955 Technology in Education House Committee Meeting is a surprisingly great watch, and has Kay alongside Seymour Papert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsQn1Rs-4A

New comment by derekenos in "BrachioGraph – the cheapest, simplest possible pen-plotter"

derekenos — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:41:07 +0000

I was inspired by my Maslow CNC to build this polar plotter: https://derekenos.com/project-weezel

New comment by derekenos in "Show HN: Strange Attractor on an Etch a Sketch with Raspberry Pi Pico"

derekenos — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:49:18 +0000

Here's the source for my relatively recent ESP32-based Etch-a-Sketch build: https://github.com/derekenos/iome/tree/master/appliances/ske...

More pics/vids: https://derekenos.com/project-sketchy

New comment by derekenos in "Ask HN: Resources to encourage teen on becoming computer engineer?"

derekenos — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:38:13 +0000

I found working with relatively simple 8-bit microcontroller architectures (e.g. Atmel AVR, Microchip PIC), studying the datasheets and programming them in assembly, to be an effective and gratifying introduction to the basics of CPU architecture.

Plan C: Maker Pods, Projects and Play

derekenos — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:21:44 +0000

Article URL: https://makezine.com/2020/08/18/plan-c-maker-pods-projects-and-play/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24210634

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