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Fuck it, why not (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is this what people think? That you need an internet connection tion to use GPS?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man not everyone had a moment in their lives to stop and think about it. And it wasn't taught in school. No need to act condescending.

[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

You're inferring a tone where there isn't one.

I was asking if this is a common misconception as I had assumed the userbase here was generally pretty tech savvy, and confusing GPS with internet seemed particularly strange.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That’s what I thought. I figured things like the original garmins had a quantity unlimited but very narrowly usable data plan, like old kindles. I did know that gps was invented before the internet was widespread, but I figured that today it was like fax machines, where the vast majority don’t actually have a landline connection anymore and use the internet instead.

Based on this comment section, I gathered that it was something else, but still didn’t expect it to be fucking radio.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey don't feel dumb. There's a billion things the smartest person on the planet doesn't know.

It's a pretty clever system honestly, I found it fascinating.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I don’t feel dumb, lol. It’s very far from my areas of interest. I’m sure I’ve got more incorrect opinions about all sorts of fields I don’t think much about. The important thing is, I know how to research.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You also didn't open with "how do you expect it to work" without actually knowing how it works.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't call a satellite uplink "offline".

[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

There is no "uplink", eg transmission of data from the client back to the satellite.