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Recognize the mother of Wifi (i.imgflip.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What's your evidence, Richard Easton??!?

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I guess my point is that it isn't a particularly important part of the design of Wi-Fi - they included it in the very first iteration in 1997 and realised by 1999 they didn't need it. Therefore Wi-Fi would likely have been born regardless of the invention; Bluetooth would not.