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Not sure if this is a real thing or a provocation piece but the concept would be much more interesting to me if it was a "no connectivity cafe", perhaps impleme
by caconym_ 3y ago
Not sure if this is a real thing or a provocation piece but the concept would be much more interesting to me if it was a "no connectivity cafe", perhaps implemented with some sort of Faraday cage setup. My primary creative output is written fiction, and short of writing longhand (no thanks) or toting around some kind of vintage typewriter, which I would consider a waste of money and generally an insufferable affectation, it looks like this isn't a place for me to go and spend money and be creative. Sorry!
- chrismartin 3y agoI struggled with this one, caconym_. A few minutes before I had this idea, I wrote down "Faraday Cafe. No wifi. No cell signal." But then I thought about how hard it might be to build one that blocked modern 5G/wifi networks. (Can any RF/electrical engineers weigh in?) I scribbled these ideas with pen and paper while getting breakfast this morning (phone and laptop put away). Then I went to a park to write the post on my laptop (without a network connection). Then I turned on my phone and hotspot in order to post it. (An hour later, I'm still gazing at the internet.) I'm super open to other ideas.
- caconym_ 3y ago> But then I thought about how hard it might be to build one that blocked modern 5G/wifi networks. (Can any RF/electrical engineers weigh in?) It's a good question. I would love it if a place like that existed near me, but I have no idea how possible/practical it is. I _think_ a fine enough mesh will block pretty much everything, but it might be expensive to set up in a real business space.
- drewcoo 3y agoMeh. I'd rather see some kind if anti-literate cafe (called X maybe) that banned reading, ban on Braille, too, to be inclusive. The point is toe be defiantly cutesy/cringey, right?