I think these are still relevant.

- IEEE 802.3: Ethernet

- IEEE 802.11: Wi-Fi

- IEEE 802.15.1: Bluetooth

- IEEE 802.1Q: VLANs

- IEEE 1588: Precision Time Protocol

- IEEE 802.3af/at/bt: Power over Ethernet

Also:

- IEEE 754: floating-point arithmetic

IEEE Std 1003 (POSIX) is pretty relevant to many people here.

There is also IEEE 802.1AS, a specific PTP profile for 802.x networks.

Arxiv is pre-publishing, not publishing. Much as I wish the death of Elsevier, this is an important distinction for us to maintain, as we all found out during the LK-99 superconductor craze.

There is plenty of fake crap that’s published too. Publishing is really not that big of an improvement over Arxiv. Ask working scientists.

It's a question of volume of crap. Just because garbage makes it through the filter doesn't mean the filter isn't doing anything.

As for asking working scientists, working scientists were warning caution during the LK-99 debacle partially by reminding people that it hadn't even been published yet.

The IEEE is the professional society of electrical engineers, and designs many important standards.

As a standards body at least, very much relevant.