No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122-year-old record

Re:No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122... by jgilias on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:00AM (#29576104)

My gramps didn't get that far. Passed away when he was 92. However. He'd always bug me (not that I was actually bugged) with questions about how computers and the internet work.

The guy also built a radio receiver as a teenager purely from getting a grasp on the underlying physics from school physics books. According to him the hardest part was actually getting his hands on a suitable oscillator. Eventually he got into a little bit of trouble with that, as he was 'receiving radio broadcasts without a license'.

So, yeah, a legend and an inspiration. I miss him.

Make it a sample size of 2 then.

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Re:No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122... by WalterBright on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:18AM (#29576187)

I discovered I could make a radio receiver by simply attaching a long wire to the phono input on the record player.

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Re:No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122... by mhh__ on Thursday December 16, 2021 @06:15PM (#29585350)

I discovered that the cable to a boom mic seemed to be picking up a radio station mid-production when I used to do AudioVisual stuff when I was in school.

Muted it so fast I almost broke the slider.

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