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@crackurbones

Correct as was the norm at the time. Telegraph wires, atleast before they starded duplexing and quadraplexing them (which came later) were simply a dc signal that directly correlated to the morse. Dots and dashes were just direct DC pulses.

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@Lainyboy

Its a tricky subject matter legally sometimes and perhaps morally. There are instances that basically act as support groups for MAPs where rape or sexual interaction with minors is strictly forbidden. Then there are instances where pedophilia is encouraged and acted upon. Its important to recognize these are very different things.

long and short of it. if youve ever seen a post or anything to suggest that an instance supports sexual interaction minors, then yes, the FBI should be shutting them down. and we should all be appalled. If on the other hand it is more of a support group for MAPs where such activity is strictly against the rules then there isnt much the FBI can do, and in those case its questionable how we as individuals should respond as well.

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@Lainyboy

Oh I think you were just tagging in new people, nvm.

@pernia @xianc78 @redneonglow @georgia @lnxw37a2

@Lainyboy

You replied to my comment but didnt say anything. Did I miss something?

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@Lainyboy

I cant speak much to pedos on the fediverse. I havent had much involvement in those circles obviously. But if your telling me there is a problem with pedos praying on minors on the fedi then that is very concerning indeed.

I'd urge you if you saw any predidation on minors on the fedi to please anonymously call them out (or not anonymously) so me and others can be aware. I'd also suggest police involvement if it is really at that point (im not one to resort to police usually but pedophilia is a concerning line).

@pernia @redneonglow @georgia @lnxw37a2

@Lainyboy

I wish I knew what to say. Obviously I care about you and want to see you do what makes you happy, and I wish that meant not leaving the fediverse.

The only suggestion I can think of is to start new. Create a new account and dont tell people who you are other than a few people you might trust. Then maybe people will leave past mistakes behind you.

I believe in forgiveness. If a person said or did something that hurt others, and they recognize that was wrong and try to change, then I will absolutely respect and support them. I dont know what it is you did in the past or what specifically people attack you for but I am sorry they arent focusing on who you are rather than mistakes you made.

I can understand and relate tot he liberal thing as I saw some of that too. I tend to be centrist with a slight left lean. This generally gets me a lot of hate from a lot of sides and the FSE crowd I know you have a connection to often is very intolerant of views that arent on the extreme end of the spectrum. I saw alot of them go from praising me to talking shit on me too. Luckily for me I never really had much respect for the way the FSE crowd handled themselves so it didnt effect me much. But I do understand if people like them and others on the fedi (like POA) attacking you for liberal lean might be very painful.

I guess ill just ask, is there anything I can do to help you whether that means you leaving or staying, if I can help I'd be happy to do so.

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@Lainyboy

Oh just seeing now this was a reply to a thread... catching up...

@pernia @redneonglow @georgia @lnxw37a2

@Lainyboy

yes?

@pernia @redneonglow @georgia @lnxw37a2

Interesting fact of the day: The same effect that cuased light in a prism to split up into different colors is what ultimately caused the first transatlantic telegraphic wire in 1858 to fail.

Morse code is transmitted as on-off signals, effectively square waves. Square waves are in fact made up of many different frequencies. Like in a prism different frequencies move at different speeds through a wire. Therefore as the on-off pulses traveled through the transatlantic telegraph wire the signal spread out like it does in a prism and ultimately the pulses would overlap and be indistinguishable.

The effect was so extreme that it took a message of only 98 words (the first message sent) over 67 minutes to send one way and a whopping 16 hours to confirm the message.

Whitehouse, a doctor with little mathematical understanding, thought he could solve the problem by increasing voltage, which we now know was a futile effort. He increased the voltage to the point he managed to short out the cable entirely and made it useless. However Lord Kelvin had already warned of the problem as was ignored and he came up with the law of squares to describe the problem which later was refined to give us the telegraphers equation. The telegraphers equation is still used today to model feedlines in radio transmitters and receivers.

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@Pat

haha I'm flattered :)

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@Pat

Indeed it is, which is why I said it :)

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@cee

One of us, one of us.

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@Chrisleon27

Correct, but the term "deep sea" is very different in a submarine context then it would be in a SCUBA context is the point here. Generally deep sea just means depths beyond the norm for the context. In SCUBA that is anything below 100ft (basically depths beyond rec training). For a submarine its obviously much deeper.

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