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matttrotter

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Hi, I'm Matt.

I build IoT systems on top of AWS. LoRaWAN and cellular (NB1/NB2/NB-IoT & M1) are my protocols of choice. I prefer PostgreSQL, Python, and Asyncio.

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Yeah I see what you’re saying, but there will always be the tech equivalent of the back room whisper - a private and authentic conversation. The platform may change, but it will exist because there’s always a need for it. Now, Signal fills that need. In the future… tor on open source hardware? Something else?

The Swarm Tile looks easily integratable into PCB designs. And, it's very low power. Although, I wonder why they need about 3 Watts power consumption when transmitting. At their low transmit frequencies (148-150 MHz), I would think they could lower that number to less than 1 Watt since the wavelengths are so long. But hey, if you deploy your sensor in a sunny location with solar panels, then why not?

There are so many smart people in transportation research and development. They've developed solar energy harvesting concrete for heaven's sake. But when will we see such improvements? I think when our transportation problems get much worse than they are now. Now, it's just "ok". Sure we have slow trains and broken bridges, but on the whole, people can get around the USA. It needs to get much much worse.

As great and useful as datetime is, I still have to google the syntax every time I want to use it. Maybe that's because there are so many different time formats and standards, but I wish it were a bit more intuitive.

And prepare for them to give you strange faces! I had a manager look at my estimate and then told me to multiply it by 3, which I thought was ludicrous. Turned out to be accurate.