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xkcd #3307: Spectrum Allocation

Title text:

Rumor has it that they're finally auctioning off the zeppelin navigation bands, but everyone is worried that the scary boat captains will express interest.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3307/

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

All modern wireless infrastructure

HE KNOWS

This must be the most significant meta reference since what, the explainxkcd namedrop in the title text that one time?

[–] Marmaduke@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also maybe it's a reference to the 2.4 GHz band, used by a ton of wireless protocols, most notably bluetooth and wifi.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And zigbee, and that long-distance wifi-like one, and that low-power stuff esp32 connects to...

And your microwave oven.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] spinning_disk_engineer@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it's referring to xkcd 2347, which has become a bit of a meme. Not sure what the other thing is about.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Thanks. Though they don't really seem like the same thing at all which is why I was confused