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Converting a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device Also known as: we have the Clicks Communicator at home. I try to, but quite often end up with a bunch of stuff on my desk. From various aliexpress orders and projects I’m working on, all the way to gifts and stuff I didn’t have time to find a place for.
- ▪Converting a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device Also known as: we have the Clicks Communicator at home.
- ▪I try to, but quite often end up with a bunch of stuff on my desk.
- ▪From various aliexpress orders and projects I’m working on, all the way to gifts and stuff I didn’t have time to find a place for.
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| Original publisher | Github |
| Canonical URL | https://bkovac.github.io/modem-thing/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:20:24 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-15T13:46:52.493Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-15T13:46:52.493Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | HwuDWFkNS3HN · 1 stories |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Converting a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device Also known as: we have the Clicks Communicator at home. The thing The motivation. I don’t organize my things well. I try to, but quite often end up with a bunch of stuff on my desk. From various aliexpress orders and projects I’m working on, all the way to gifts and stuff I didn’t have time to find a place for. That is exactly how this project came to be. At one point in time I had, lying on my desk: Various, hopefully openstick compatible, models - namely the: MF800 - one I ended up using UZ801 - OK size, but no battery or sufficienet visible GPIO USB drive form factor one I ditched because of other issues The Clicks Keyboard for iPhone 16 Pro Max (gift from my cousin - too bad I don’t have an appropriate iPhone 🥲) The Adafruit…
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