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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:01:44 JST iced depresso
   > CCP bans accurate GPS radios because they want everyone to have incorrect map data to throw off invasion plans
   
   :neocat_cofe: ah, the stupid shit we do
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     ロミンちゃん (romin@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:01:42 JST ロミンちゃん

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     @icedquinn US military don't give us accurate GPS either :l_really:
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     ロミンちゃん (romin@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:06:16 JST ロミンちゃん

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     @icedquinn prosecute? The can just make them disappear :l_sigh:
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:06:17 JST iced depresso

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     @romin i remember ccp was trying to prosecute people for contrbuting to OSM lmao
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     zxcvfadsf (zxcvfadsf@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 15:26:39 JST zxcvfadsf

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     @icedquinn @romin The CCP still targets OSM groups.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 16:46:54 JST 翠星石

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     @romin The US military used to make GPS for civilian use almost useful by messing with the accuracy, but eventually other positioning technologies improved to the point that the wrong-action takers would just use other positioning systems or inertial guidance instead of GPS, so they decided to allow receivers to have reasonable accuracy.
     
     They still require that receivers shop working at high airspeed (so you can't make a GPS guided drone, so no fun) and that's usually implemented via proprietary software it seems.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 16:47:01 JST 翠星石

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     @romin The US military used to make GPS for civilian use almost useful by messing with the accuracy, but eventually other positioning technologies improved to the point that the wrong-action takers would just use other positioning systems or inertial guidance instead of GPS, so they decided to allow receivers to have reasonable accuracy.
     
     They still require that receivers stop working at high airspeed (so you can't make a GPS guided drone, so no fun) and that's usually implemented via proprietary software it seems.
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