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    • PakoonP
      Pakoon @Gators1
      last edited by

      @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

      Yeah, but no tech company ever wants to admit that porn applications are 50% of the usage of their technology. They all want to act like its for the betterment of humanity or whatever.

      Are you suggesting that porn isn’t for the betterment of humanity??

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      • Gators1G
        Gators1
        last edited by

        Maybe some genres…other’s not so sure.

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        • PakoonP
          Pakoon @Gators1
          last edited by

          @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

          Maybe some genres…other’s not so sure.

          Yeah, I’m not talking about Mexican dolphin rape videos.

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          • Gators1G
            Gators1 @Pakoon
            last edited by

            @Pakoon said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

            @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

            Maybe some genres…other’s not so sure.

            Yeah, I’m not talking about Mexican dolphin rape videos.

            TBH, I put that on the socially useful side of the list given I know who the rapee was.

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            • Gators1G
              Gators1
              last edited by

              Pretty cool explanation of how phased arrays work without the maths. When he was showing the example at the end, I so wanted to put a square over the return and send an AIM 120.

              DIY sonar scanner (practical experiments)

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              • JamJ
                Jam
                last edited by Jam

                My curiosity is indeed tickled, but not to the extent that I would try to follow in this guy’s footsteps.

                "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                • Gators1G
                  Gators1 @Jam
                  last edited by

                  @Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                  My curiosity is indeed tickled, but not to the extent that I would try to follow in this guy’s footsteps.

                  You think that’s complicated, this shit looks like it would take months to build.

                  SonicSurface: DIY ultrasonic phased array for levitation, haptics, and directive audio

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                  • TazzT
                    Tazz
                    last edited by

                    Good examples of phase array. Most military aircraft with air defense capability now use phase array radar. I recall seeing these big Pave Paws antennas back in the 80’s

                    PAVE PAWS - Wikipedia

                    PAVE PAWS - Wikipedia

                    GTFO

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                    • JamJ
                      Jam
                      last edited by Jam

                      Where I first encountered “phased arrays” is with RF antenna systems.

                      According to the document below, the phased array antenna system was first invented in 1905 by Karl F. Braun. He invented a number of other things as well and shared the Nobel Prize with Marconi.

                      https://www.qsl.net/va3iul/Antenna/Phased_Array_Antennas/Phased_Array_Antennas.pdf

                      "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                      • Gators1G
                        Gators1 @Tazz
                        last edited by

                        @Tazz said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                        Good examples of phase array. Most military aircraft with air defense capability now use phase array radar. I recall seeing these big Pave Paws antennas back in the 80’s

                        PAVE PAWS - Wikipedia

                        PAVE PAWS - Wikipedia

                        They got much smaller after the 80s due to some improvement in materials science. I now have one in the bumper of my car and a bigger one in the nose of my jpeg F-18 . The newer AESA radars operate on multiple frequencies that helps it avoid jamming.

                        Active electronically scanned array - Wikipedia

                        Active electronically scanned array - Wikipedia

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                        • TazzT
                          Tazz @Gators1
                          last edited by

                          @Gators1 SAR radar has been out for a while now (20years?). I’ve seen some images they produce and it’s amazing the quality resolutions they have.

                          This Lynx system can easily show tire tracks on dirt roads. Two passes and they highlight the changes in images. Blue for new targets and Red for old targets that are gone from the second pass.

                          Lynx® Multi-Mode Radar

                          Lynx® Multi-Mode Radar

                          GA-ASI's Lynx Multi-Mode Radar is a high-performance system that provides high-resolution, photographic-quality imagery that can be captured through clouds, rain, dust, smoke and fog.

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                          GTFO

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                          • Lob12L
                            Lob12
                            last edited by

                            Pakoon is taking notes and thanks you.

                            [IMG] https://image.ibb.co/nhhF0Q/new_sig_lob12.jpg [/IMG]

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                            • O
                              oyaji @Jam
                              last edited by

                              @Jam said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                              @Hog

                              We are in big trouble if he ever gets a third term.

                              Not necessarily. Sure would require a big change, though. Probably would not happen, but it could.

                              Framers of the constitution must have considered term limits, but left that out. The reign of King FDR caused that to change, but here is no reason the change couldn’t be modded. Just would not be easy.

                              © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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                              • Gators1G
                                Gators1
                                last edited by

                                Billions of dollars of tech investment to kill a $300 pickup truck and a towel head.

                                APG-81 AESA Radar for the F-35 JSF

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                                • B
                                  Blanks
                                  last edited by Blanks

                                  Well if that haji hadn’t of run that stop sign in his little Toyota then maybe he wouldn’t be in pieces!

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                                  • Lob12L
                                    Lob12
                                    last edited by Lob12

                                    They also blew up Lithu’s speedraft for overfishing just before.

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                                    • Gators1G
                                      Gators1
                                      last edited by

                                      Why is she shitting on my quantum porn needs?

                                      Quantum Internet: No One Needs This

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                                      • PakoonP
                                        Pakoon @Gators1
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

                                        Why is she shitting on my quantum porn needs?

                                        Quantum Internet: No One Needs This

                                        Does quantum porn mean that the old in-and-out trick can be both in and out at the same time?

                                        Right Right Right Alex Delarge GIF

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User
                                          last edited by A Former User

                                          https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/12/proton-mail-says-that-the-new-outlook-app-for-windows-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service/

                                          Euro users now get a pop-up allowing them to opt out of the 700+ third parties Microsoft shares your Outlook data with.

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                                          • ?
                                            A Former User
                                            last edited by A Former User

                                            Boston Dynamics have retired the hydraulic Atlas that we’re all familiar with. They’re replacing it with an all-electric model:

                                            All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics

                                            I have a feeling this new model is the one that’s going to be pushing us over with sticks and knocking shit out of our hands.

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