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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago

This is why you should support your local squirrel population.

Little buddies have been waging a war against this for a long time for us. We need to give back.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Since it only has a receiver and not a transmitter, it's probably completely useless

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, it just goes to its extraction point! ...somehow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

When eaten by squirrels the mind control protocol is activated.

[–] lastunusedusername2 1 points 3 days ago

When it grows into a majestic oak the roots connect to the underground surveillance network

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

There's no way, without violating the laws of physics, can you fit any kind of 2.4Ghz modem into something as small as an acorn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

You can with a sub-wavelength antenna like a nintendo joycon has, it's less than 10mm in X and Y axes. It will just have terrible reception, like a nintendo joycon has.

Also it could be a higher frequency which would allow a smaller antenna.

[–] RmDebArc_5 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wait till you hear what ARM originally stood for

Tap for spoilerAcorn RISC Machine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Ironically, microcontrollers with wireless small enough to fit in an acorn are likely to be ESP32-based, which doesn't use an ARM CPU.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

This must be what that one cop was afraid of

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Where is Saddam?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I expected Saddam Hussein to hide inside.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

But they won't even disclose that ACORN stands for Asynchronous Connector for Optical Relay Network!? Sounds like they were bought out by Big Oak...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I fucking knew it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

first birds, now acorns? fvck, man...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Powdered by Kickstarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digistump/oak-by-digistump-wi-fi-for-all-things-arduino-comp

This is the real oak and acorn by digistump, the shittiest microcontroller.