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  • Seriously, yikes. This is going to be very bad in the wrong hands. Cool concept though.

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have developed a novel method for imaging objects beyond the line of sight, which they’ve named “Wiffract.” This technique leverages the interaction of Wi-Fi radio-frequency (RF) signals with the edges of objects that need to be imaged, guided by the principles of geometrical diffraction theory (GTD). With the appropriate mathematical model, Wiffract can produce remarkable outcomes, such as “reading” shapes and letters through walls.

    The researchers explain that when an RF wave encounters an edge point, it generates a cone of outgoing rays known as a “Keller cone” in accordance with GTD. Wiffract’s mathematical model can capture the edges of stationary objects by utilizing GTD theory and the corresponding Keller cones. Once it identifies “high-confidence edge points,” Wiffract can reconstruct the shapes of objects while enhancing the resulting edge map further through advanced computer vision techniques.





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    1 year ago

    That’s exactly my point, the news is the bitter pill we have to swallow all encapsulated in the sugary entertainment. You can’t blame people for wanting entertainment, but if you call yourself a journalist, then they should act like one.





  • Honestly, you may be right in that it serves right wing agendas but I have no idea since I’m not right wing. I do know they deserve to be made fun of regardless if they think it helps them or not. I feel that a lot of them are fascists, racists, trolls, etc. so it doesn’t really matter if we make fun of them because they’re pretty ingrained. I also don’t think it devalues CRT or makes anything normalized, we’re just making fun of hypocrites.





  • the vast majority of new housing has been market rate

    Hmmm, market rate is determined by price fixing so the people living there have to make more so they can live there and then the rent is price fixed up, and so on, and so on, and so on…

    Raising taxes doesn’t help anyone in the short run since by the time it gets to being put towards something, it would probably be tax breaks for the tech companies. You’re right, I skimmed your comment because I knew what your goal was and you’d say anything to try and reach that goal; Build so there is money for investors, open the zoning laws all across the board so you can bulldoze and build more luxury apartments that families don’t want and the middle class and lower can’t afford. Trickle down housing takes 30 years to see results, all of your points are meaningless to me because you’re not operating in good faith.


  • “Blah blah blah,” again? So you’re going to ignore that there is a shit ton of empty luxury homes and the price fixing? This isn’t my first rodeo, I’ve heard all of your arguments before and yes, they can be added into the mix but those aren’t the main focus.

    • Make it so airbnb’s can only be operated by an owner that lives on site and one other location and for 2 units total for that owner.
    • Corporations can only own a 20 unit (10-30, that number has to be researched) or more apartment building and then have to operate as a hotel if they’re running airbnbs. If condos or apartments, they have to provide all levels of income.
    • Condo or rental high rises being built can’t buy their way out of providing all income units.
    • No more price fixing or extreme legal consequences.

    I have found that the people calling for just changing the zoning laws usually have a bulldozer right behind their shoulder waiting to be sent.

    PS Trickle down housing doesn’t work. The end.