Time to cancel some cards

So, middle school

Microwave point-to-point radios are fastest because they travel through air, but more importantly, are typically the shortest path possible by line-of-sight.

Being 66.7% of speed of light doesn’t matter terribly when you consider that the cable path is shorter by more than 66.7% of path taken by satelite link.

Rtlsdr too

Radio waves are a specific wavelength/band of the EM spectrum. Light is not radio waves, just as radiowaves aren’t light. Microwaves are another specific wavelength.

They’re both electromagnetic waves.

Step 1: take the magnetron out of a microwave oven

Step 2: …

Two things can be true

Yeah- that is a bit odd. Who and if not intentional, how?

Holy shit, that AI chat is too good.

Yep.

https://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/LM555

2mA minimum, and that’s just q current. It’s gonna be much higher when you’re actually using it for a clock.

I’m sure the casio’s main power sink is the display. I bet the refresh rate could be reduced for better battery life.

People also don’t realize how incredibly stupid humans can be. I don’t mean that in a judgemental or moral kind of way, I mean that the educational system has failed a lot of people.

There’s some % of people that could use AI for every decision in their lives and the outcome would be the same or better.

That’s even more terrifying IMO.

This is where “universal basic income” comes into play

It’s definitely an arms race. One other outcome is that it gets too expensive to be cost effective and slows down that way.

So I still don’t quite understand patents,

Does it forbid someone from selling the intention? Making the invention? Can I not even make an invention for personal use if it’s patented??

There’s a dozen ways they could jump the air gap.

Ultrasonic to a phone or Alexa/Siri/etc, connect to an unsecured network, send data to a neighbor’s smart TV which is connected to Internet, Bluetooth or other to a phone

They moved our jobs and production, and for what? Cheaper trinkets and widgets?