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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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Haha, what a great idea! I love it! Sending me a signal about things you don't want me to record!
I would build two things. First, an antenna that detects and (using multiple copies) locates these signals on a real time, public-access map.
Second, I'd build a security camera with a wide angle lens that turns ON whenever this signal is received.
Sure, 90% of people don't know how to do these things -- but I do, and I can put them in a store and the results on a website. Most people know how to buy a thing and plug it in, or access a website!
Then I'll manufacture a ton of them at a factory here in Vietnam, and you will be able to buy them at a reasonable price. I'll make a tidy sum, pay a bunch of taxes that will build highways and schools, and you'll have more freedom than you started with.
We all win!
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I think you dropped a 9 or two.
I'm some sort of mercenary science hermit. So take any statement I make about human beings with a grain of salt :D
Science hermits unite!
I'm less successfully mercenary, though, so I know what I assume is a representative sample of tech muggles. Having thought about it, 1% of people could figure this out, and maybe 0.1% wouldn't have to use other people's tools to do it.
Hm, uniting people in general is like herding cats. Uniting hermits? Sounds hard. I'll stick to science :D
Being mercenary is largely overrated -- better to try and live a calm and happy life filled with friends and family.
Many opinions have been offered on whether the most valuable attribute in warfare (and by this I mean business) is loyalty or bravery, but few people are willing to admit it's actually just hunger.