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  • I took some antenna theory courses back in the day and yes, you are correct. Some frequencies reflect off the upper atmosphere so there would be a longer effective range at higher incident angles (going into the top of the head) but it wouldn’t completely block radio waves. Going from memory, the wavelengths that reflect off the upper atmosphere are long enough that a tin foil hat wouldn’t cause much interference anyways.

    TLDR: Fashionable, but not practical.



  • Personally I think the biggest hurdle will be moderation and defederation as it pertains to the first amendment. I believe there was already a supreme Court case where blocking a user on Twitter (from an official govt account) was deemed unconstitutional. This precedent might mean a govt instance is not allowed to defederate with any other server unless they defederate with all(?) This is pure speculation on my part, but I can guarantee it would go to the courts.








  • Yondoza@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.mlJust sayin
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    9 months ago

    I understand your sentiment, but it took all of a half second to think of one scenario that would cause problems in the proposed system.

    As frustrating as it is to hold off on a good-intentioned change, it is far more detrimental to charge headlong without considering the consequences. The systems that are in place now are there for a reason. Some of those reasons are greed and corruption, but others are because of they fulfill people’s needs. It would be stupid to build a new system to address the greed side without addressing the need side.





  • Yondoza@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.mlDuck
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    1 year ago

    What about a fertilized but unhatched duck egg? That’s kinda both a duck and not a duck.

    I think you’d consider a roast duck a duck, but what about a duck drumstick? Would you say that’s not a duck? If so, how much of the roast duck needs to be connected for it to be a duck?

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