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iceleel t1_je4lcvc wrote
Reply to comment by Tobacco_Bhaji in OnePlus and Oppo set to leave parts of Europe, report says by Captain_Smartass_
OnePlus 11 is the best phone they ever made and one of cheaper snapdragon gen 2 phones in west
iceleel t1_je4l2pi wrote
Reply to comment by IRMacGuyver in OnePlus and Oppo set to leave parts of Europe, report says by Captain_Smartass_
Oppo makes most of the money in China. It makes no sense to sell brand.
ChessCheeseAlpha t1_je4di8p wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Super cheap and super effective. I’m sure all the weapons manufactures just love it
Ok-Anywhere1022 t1_je4ccj5 wrote
Reply to comment by Wrinklestinker in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
yeah they’re called fpv drones but this honestly isn’t good for the hobby with so many excessive rules and regulations coming around
StatusSea5409 t1_je49azr wrote
Reply to comment by WolfPrevious5869 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
DnD modern age edition or DnD IRL Edition
wigglex5plusyeah t1_je496fb wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Micheal Reeves did it, hilariously in 2019
IronicBread t1_je46rwh wrote
Reply to comment by abramthrust in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Nah that's not it, doesn't take long to learn and you can train using simulators. Learning to fly them isn't a big barrier to entry.
MirLivesAgain t1_je44hc3 wrote
Reply to comment by MayIServeYouWell in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
There are counter security measures for these things. I think they have a jamming gun and one that just shoots a giant net.
WolfPrevious5869 t1_je43dvj wrote
Reply to comment by StatusSea5409 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Wait what
Neo_Techni t1_je434h9 wrote
Reply to comment by ChampionshipKlutzy42 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
If communism can't succeed without the support of capitalism, then you're admitting it can't succeed.
And communism will always have greedy fascists in charge, and always has
Wrinklestinker t1_je424wl wrote
Reply to How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
I’ve seen them use drones with VR headset and a regular Xbox controller, is this something you can have as a civilian? It looks really neat
skyfireee t1_je409dg wrote
Reply to comment by CygnusX-1-2112b in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Its not THAT effective in warzone, thats why you do not hear much about famous turkish UAV's anymore. It is very easy to distress any signals in area using low qualified soldier (driver + operator) and RLB-vehicle. When we see a drone putting a grenade (whatever side of conflict it is), ok, great, you wounded 2 soldiers in trench. What about other 12.998 that nearby?
wakomorny t1_je3xthn wrote
I'm not scared of apple doing this. I'm scared of every Android manufacturers copying them
JediMattawan t1_je3w7pb wrote
Reply to comment by PMmeYourRobots in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Thank me later
apocolipse t1_je3vuu7 wrote
Reply to comment by CygnusX-1-2112b in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Logistically speaking, the size/weight of improvised explosives that deliver results terrorists are looking for are typically too heavy for small drones. Terror devices also typically employ various amounts of miscellaneous shrapnel, to get the most effect out of limited explosive power, but also significantly increasing payload weight. To make any use out of explosives that weigh enough to let the drone still be pretty fast, you'd have to swarm them. That'd be a pretty effective tactic, but it obviates the benefit of drones over just using any other long range weaponry, precision guidance. If you're just going to spray and pray, do it with something bigger. For super precision individual strikes, a racing drone could maybe take out small targets, 1-3 people, but that's not a terrorists target. And even worse for those cases, they're extremely loud and easy to spot, they wouldn't be too difficult to evade. They're fast and nimble but that's relative, you're looking at 60mph averages, especially with a payload. You can dodge a 60mph car, you can probably dodge a 60mph drone.
They're honestly most effective in Ukraine because Russia is just terribly incompetent. For military use they're effective at rendering stationary equipment inoperable, or taking out a lead truck in a convoy, or blowing up an ammo depot. They're easily deflected with proper equipment since we know what tech they're using (2.4ghz or 900/433mhz control links, 5.8ghz video links), Jamming them is actually easy, just Russia sucks and can't wipe its ass and shit on its elbow at the same time. If they had enough explosive capability to, say, blow up a bridge, you can bet the Kerch Straight bridge would be gone by now.
Timbershoe t1_je3t5om wrote
Reply to comment by juanincognito in iPhone 15 Rumored to Lack SIM Card Tray in France and Likely Other Countries by [deleted]
>The sim card has exactly nothing to do with your stored settings.
Apple has stored a digital SIM on the cloud backups for ~5 years.
Cellular Apple Watches have a digital SIM, which is part of the user profile that’s regularly backed up.
>Sim card is the carrier information, all the sim card does is give you a phone number.
Not exactly. The physical SIM holds the ICCID which is a 22 digit code that’s unique and holds redundant information alongside your personal identification.
For instance it holds your country and network. That’s really not needed on a smartphone, it’s been done digitally via carrier settings and GPS for over a decade.
>Phasing out sim cards is a bad idea, now your hardware is locked to your phone number.
That isn’t how this works. You can change networks and phone numbers with a digital SIM. It’s just carrier settings.
In fact, the current digital sim iPhone can support 8 different phones numbers on one handset at one time.
Think of it like setting up aa new email account. Your phone isn’t tied to the one email, and the email isn’t tied to your phone. It’s just a communication route.
>When your phone dies you don't have the luxury to take the sim out and use another phone.
No, you have the luxury of just signing in on another phone and your entire profile (including the digital sim) downloads to your device.
TheMagicalSock t1_je3pscm wrote
Reply to comment by PMmeYourRobots in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
If you have an iPhone, you can open the link in safari and read the article in reader mode.
YouJustLostTheGameOk t1_je3lmwt wrote
Reply to comment by Lopsided-Simple-422 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Lol, ok Alex jones
[deleted] t1_je3l73p wrote
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CygnusX-1-2112b t1_je3iexu wrote
Reply to comment by Boringredditor6 in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Well... You're not wrong. Crowds make me irrationally nervous on edge and anticipating something terrible happening.
OcotilloWells t1_je3eqyk wrote
Reply to comment by Delbert3US in How racing drones are used as improvised missiles in Ukraine - They are light, fast and cheap by speckz
Even worse, I was just reading (I think on Hackaday) that at least some DJI drones transmit both its location and the controller's location coordinates unencrypted.
The thing is, you take that into consideration and there's ways you can mitigate the risk in that. Also, how quickly can the Russian figure that signal out, convert the drone coordinates into whatever they use, and pass that to a gun or missle battalion fire direction center? As well as how quickly that FDC can get that to a gun/missle section that can engage that coordinates? I'm sure the Ukrainians can say, with fair accuracy by now.
Muted_Sorts t1_je3dyxo wrote
Reply to comment by juanincognito in iPhone 15 Rumored to Lack SIM Card Tray in France and Likely Other Countries by [deleted]
>I've always had a sim card because I've always been on GSM networks.
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>The phones without sim cards were CDMA / TDMA networks.
Thanks for this clarification. Appreciate it.
juanincognito t1_je3d3sp wrote
Reply to comment by Timbershoe in iPhone 15 Rumored to Lack SIM Card Tray in France and Likely Other Countries by [deleted]
The sim card has exactly nothing to do with your stored settings.
Sim card is the carrier information, all the sim card does is give you a phone number.
Phasing out sim cards is a bad idea, now your hardware is locked to your phone number.
When your phone dies you don't have the luxury to take the sim out and use another phone.
Trashy_Pizza_Stealer t1_je3cqkl wrote
Haha! Get fucked.
iceleel t1_je4lexg wrote
Reply to comment by -Kapido- in OnePlus and Oppo set to leave parts of Europe, report says by Captain_Smartass_
On the plus side Nord 2T supports 80 w charging