For having a dedicated topo setup I would recommend OSMand. CoMaps/OrganicMaps does contour lines too but you can configure things way more in OSMand and it makes a huge difference. I have both apps so here are screenshots of the same place to compare
I have one sitting next to me right now! Good battery life and surprisingly good range for such a tiny node. Just don’t lose those fancy charging cables!
If you don’t want to use a phone because of privacy concerns there are also stand alone meshtastic devices with blackberry style keyboards too
I love ones that make it seems like you’re talking down to a kid
Flapjack, doof, pipsqueak, piece (as in “you piece”), dingodile, jackwagon etc.
Shit and fuck are just spicy filler words anymore so you gotta switch it up
Yes you are both correct, I’ll fix myself
Yeah, but have you seen some of our distopian level parking lots?
There was a pilrimage/challenge a friend of mine went on. It was walking 20 miles each day for 3 days for a total of 60 mi/96.5 km. That was in upstate NY where there are plenty of hills to keep it interesting
Blisters, chafing and fatigue is common but many people do that every year
My great grandparents immigrated from Eastern Europe to the US. My Grandma told us about the time one of their relatives came to visit them. She remembers that he almost never took off his shoes, even when sleeping. They asked him about it and he said it was to run out the back door if the secret police came. He was amazed that nobody else in the family did the same, and then even more amazed to learn that nobody HAD to
Learning the manual of arms (procedure of loading, firing, unloading a type of firearm) is a YouTube video away and isn’t hard. If you can use a drill, a stapler or a nerf gun you can figure out how to make a gun go bang.
The difficult part is technique that makes the bullets go where you want them to. Shooting fast is easy, just mag dump in a general direction and you’ll eventually hit something. Shooting slowly and accurately is way more effective and responsible. Basic marksmanship takes a bit of practice to hone but anyone can do it, including you reading this.
But shooting fast AND accurate is a skill that takes consistent practice to hone and keep. That’s what makes competitons like USPSA so challenging
Reading is always good, and waay better than scrolling. Audiobooks/podcasts are also cool and if you can’t fully commit yourself to writing maybe just jot down an outline to flesh out later
I listened to a 99% Invisible episode on how EMS got started. Totally worth a listen
For a while (60s-70s) there was a stigma that early Paramedics couldn’t provide adequate care because they were not doctors and nurses though in reality they spent lots of time training in hospitals working with them.
You can even see this in tv shows like Emergency. Any time they have a medical situation they radio a hospital to get direct medical advice from a doctor. It also gives a (kinda) realistic reason to explain what they are doing to the viewing audience
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OSMand seems kinda clunky but it lets you do more stuff to really customize it if you want but I still find myself getting lost in the menus sometimes. But I like it for hiking/outdoorsy stuff
Organic Maps/Comaps is slick and smooth and really easy to use for most everyday stuff we’d use Google Maps for
Other people have mentioned it but one of the best things you can do is a little mapping of your local area on OpenStreetMap. Try to include the places you go to the most, or at least making notes so other know what needs added. That makes any app or service that uses it better for yourself and others around you
Yes and no. It’s more I want the big socials to have competition and shrink
I really like the T1000E. It’s all in one so no DIY if you aren’t about that. It’s small (think of a thick credit card) and has pretty good battery life too. It’s really easy to just slip into a pocket or bag and go. Of course the performance isn’t quite as good as nodes with big antennas but it does very well for the size
Beach umbrellas are mostly used on sunny days so I can see that.
Nukes. We know they have them and missiles to deliver them. Any situation where a wildcard like North Korea uses nukes in any offensive capacity is terrifying. “Nuclear War: A Scenario” is a great modern book on how things could go to hell if one single North Korean nuclear missile is launched towards the United States.
Artillery. In any case of open war on North Korea anyone within artillery range of the NK border will be bombarded with heavy shelling. Even if it lasted for just an hour or two before the batteries were eliminated the civilian casualties and destruction would be like a large natural disaster. Now imagine if chemical shells were added to the mix, because they have those too.
China has the most leverage to help North Korea on a humanitarian and diplomatic level without risking war, so if it could be done the best chance is through them.
True and say what you want about American wars, they don’t take territory for themselves. Russia on the other hand
ECHO!