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		Lapsa on May 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wireless is a trap (2020) Reminds me of my dad who connected to ISP through antenna made out of Pringles can. Surely he found a recipe somewhere but everybody was in awe regardless.

ceejayoz on May 13, 2022 | [–]

Those were all the rage in the early 2000s. We siphoned off a coffee shop about 1/4 mile down the street from our apartment with one.

neilv on May 13, 2022 | [–]

They have a name now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna

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