@maple *brings blankets* have a good charge!
Someone reminded me of the Channel 4 dating programme Naked Attraction and I really want it to be broadcast in the USA so I can watch the moral outrage they're bound to have over it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Attraction
Also it'll help get rid of the stereotype they have of us being all prim and proper
elon musk
https://jalopnik.com/elon-musk-says-hyperloop-tunnel-is-now-just-a-normal-1835024474
Elon Musk's hyperloop project is now literally just a tunnel
His company spent two years and fuck knows how much money developing a tunnel
I can only imagine that the BFR is just a catapult at this point
I came across this, a video about little tiny wireless LEDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsUsByrOveE
I'm thinking that those, combined with an induction loop in a necklace or something, might be useful for cool cyberpunky light up makeup effects
Or hiding wires might just be easier, I don't know, I know bugger all about things you apply to faces
USPOL, WWIII
@gemlog problem with that is most countries do follow international IP law, which means that any products without the right licensing can't be sold there
so if huawei did ignore it then their products can't be sold in a lot of countries, not just the USA
@gemlog not with bluetooth it won't
Sure, SD cards could still be supported in MMC mode, and wi-fi certification isn't too important, but bluetooth requires licensing
licensing that huawei cannot now possibly get which means they can't use bluetooth any more
this isn't even going in to the much larger issue of one idiot being able to prevent a manufacturer from certifying any of their products against international standards, that is the massive problem here
@penguin42 SD cards and Bluetooth require licensing, so if they did that then the products involved would be banned in any country that abides international IP regulations
@LaserScheme all the time!
one of the best parts of being an octopus being wiggly is
@dashie patents for the z80 are up
could have z80-powered phones I guess
Okay this Huawei thing is really bringing up a few issues around a lot of standards bodies being based in the US
The SD Association is based in California which means that Huawei can't say their products support SD cards
And the Wi-Fi Alliance is based in Texas which means Huawei won't be to certify that their products work with wi-fi
And the Bluetooth SIG is based in Washington, which means they can't use Bluetooth
This is a problem
@maple maple can set +v!
Hedgehog wrangler, cat feeder, octopus whomst love smol critters
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