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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 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 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 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day 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] 9 points 3 days ago

I expected Saddam Hussein to hide inside.

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

Where is Saddam?

[–] [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 3 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.