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Re:Tunneling Wikipedia through WhatsApp to (maybe?) get arou... by pokeymcsnatch on Sunday May 22, 2022 @12:05AM (#31464799)
Electrical/embedded guy here. My similar law is "if you can blink an led, you can do anything".
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Re:Tunneling Wikipedia through WhatsApp to (maybe?) get arou... by Cerium on Sunday May 22, 2022 @01:41AM (#31465183)
My take has always been: If you can't blink an LED, you can't do anything.

My first priority is to get an LED blinking, and keep it blinking. Every other feature is less important.

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Re:Tunneling Wikipedia through WhatsApp to (maybe?) get arou... by goldenkey on Sunday May 22, 2022 @02:28AM (#31465433)
I blinked an LED in my cell but I'm still behind bars. Guess these dumb adages don't really hold a candle to reality.
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Re:Tunneling Wikipedia through WhatsApp to (maybe?) get arou... by moron4hire on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:46AM (#31468137)
If you can blink an LED, you have DC current and can electrochemically dissolve those bars.
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Re:Tunneling Wikipedia through WhatsApp to (maybe?) get arou... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday May 22, 2022 @07:24AM (#31466966)
An LED on what? If you were McGuyver you'd have converted that into a laser, or used some sort of welding tool to melt through the bars!
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