Post ATTf231nUJPYQXQAzI by flamingspork@tacobelllabs.net
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 (DIR) Post #ATTf231nUJPYQXQAzI by flamingspork@tacobelllabs.net
       2023-03-10T16:00:00Z
       
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       the IEEE were cowards for not making Wi-Fi stand for "Wireless Fireless"
       
 (DIR) Post #ATTfPCJ79aunrnYlhw by mosssupply@tacobelllabs.net
       2023-03-10T16:04:11Z
       
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       @flamingspork fun fact: WiFi comes from the inversion of FiWi, a shortening of FireWire
       
 (DIR) Post #ATThOuaLFC4ioKbpQG by ids1024@fosstodon.org
       2023-03-10T16:26:33Z
       
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       @flamingspork In contrast to the two main methods of telecommunication used prior to its invention: wired telegraphs, and beacon fires on hills lit to signal an invasion by IBM.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATTnUSEk9fQGLuX6bQ by coregaze@mstdn.social
       2023-03-10T17:34:47Z
       
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       @flamingspork to be fair, it wasn't the IEEE.  that was the WFA, who are not a standards body but like to pretend they are.