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tnel7706/16/20253 repliesview on HN

Both your example and theirs would be better tests than a desert.


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PaulHoule06/16/2025

The desert is bad enough. On a hot day you get convection which will vary the refractive index of light and spread out the beam. I wonder if they have active optics on the transmitter to fight this.

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freeone300006/16/2025

The US is always geared up and ready to fight the previous war.

sailfast06/16/2025

Unless, you know, we often fight in deserts that are remote?

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