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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.

      ♙♙♙ Michael Waltz added you to the group.

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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
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                        Pakoon is taking notes and thanks you.

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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
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                              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

                                    ♙♙♙ Michael Waltz added you to the group.

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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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                                        • JamJ
                                          Jam @Pakoon
                                          last edited by

                                          @Pakoon said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:

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                                          On the off chance that you are a fan of Anthony Burgess . . . . and possibly one who appreciates Joyce.

                                          It’s time for (me) for a re-read of Re-Joyce, reviewed here 14 years ago.

                                          Book Review: "ReJoyce" by Anthony Burgess

                                          Book Review: "ReJoyce" by Anthony Burgess

                                          To paraphrase the opening lines of the "Scylla and Charybdis" episode of Ulysses , this is "a great writer on a great brother writer." ...

                                          “My book does not pretend to scholarship, only to a desire to help the average reader who wants to know Joyce’s work but has been scared off by the professors. The appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce’s big joke; the profundities are always expressed in good round Dublin terms; Joyce’s heroes are humble men.”

                                          –From the Foreword by Anthony Burgess.

                                          "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                                          • Gators1G
                                            Gators1
                                            last edited by

                                            Sucks they have masks on. I wanted to be able to recognize them next time I see them making my coffee at Starbucks.

                                            Hayden Field  /  Apr 17, 2024  /  Technology

                                            Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office

                                            Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office

                                            Nine Google workers were arrested Tuesday after sit-in protests, including a nine-hour sit-in at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office in Sunnyvale.

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