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Except this was an actual real accomplishment, whose out of patent idea was used later by the Navy: https://physicsworld.com/a/a-tale-of-two-lives/ https://phys
by jwkpiano1 3y ago
Except this was an actual real accomplishment, whose out of patent idea was used later by the Navy: https://physicsworld.com/a/a-tale-of-two-lives/ https://physicsworld.com/a/a-tale-of-two-lives/. The application was indeed original, as evidenced by the receipt of a patent for it. You can argue with how the work is described here, but trying to claim it wasn’t a real accomplishment or is somehow comparable to someone adding a bunch of consts is absurd.
- HL33tibCe7 3y agoIt was a real accomplishment, no doubt, but it's not an accomplishment of the order that the article claims.
- jwkpiano1 3y agoAgreed. The reply I was responding to went way too far in the other direction, though, which is why I took issue with it.
- w7b7s7 3y agoMuch better write-up: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/random-paths-to-frequency-hopping https://www.americanscientist.org/article/random-paths-to-fr... There is no proof that the Patent Office ever issued a secrecy order regarding her patent during WW2. One small detail, but there are large numbers of 'small' details with her story that add up to Lamarr's frequency hopping patent not being remotely what is being claimed it is now (foundation or inspiration of many future inventions), nor having wide ranging effects. Independently thinking up her scheme was very impressive in itself. She was a very talented person. But most coverage of Lamarr is modern propaganda.
- nmz 3y agoI used to acknowledge, but, I've gotten bitter, I've been hearing about Hedy since I joined reddit. which was years ago, and I don't even care about frequency hopping, I can only be forcefully swallowed propaganda for so long until I start actively working against the subject no matter what it is.