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0 pointsdevmor4y ago0 comments

That's the one detail of the story that leads me to believe it may have been some rich idiot that didn't know the legality of what they were doing.

Also entirely possible they used some stock parts and just didn't realize the LED was there.

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tablespoon4y ago

> Also entirely possible they used some stock parts and just didn't realize the LED was there.

I only think an amateur would make that kind of mistake. If it was from a hostile power with any kind of competence, I think they would have extensively tested it in simulated operational conditions. If they didn't notice the light when they initially built it, they would have probably noticed it during testing.

devmorOP4y ago

You overestimate the human ability to account for all conditions. For example, perhaps they did all of their testing in the middle of bright sunlight and simply did not see it?

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tablespoon4y ago

> Also entirely possible they used some stock parts and just didn't realize the LED was there.

devmorOP4y ago

You overestimate the human ability to account for all conditions. For example, perhaps they did all of their testing in the middle of bright sunlight and simply did not see it?

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