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The number of coworkers who had no idea this was happening today is really strange to me. It's been publicized quite a bit!

baumy 3y ago
For what it's worth I'd consider myself to be a moderately above-average news reader (Reuters and WSJ most days with misc other sources irregularly), and the first I've heard of this is just now
- ghaff 3y ago
  The driver I had from the airport mentioned this last night and I didn't immediately know what he was talking about. Then I vaguely remembered having previously heard something.
runarberg 3y ago
I watch the news daily, and am active on social media (including following some government agencies and politicians), I only heard about this from a friend of mine who is deep into conspiracy theories. That was the only time I heard about it until now when it made it to the front page on HN (which is also the first time I see it on social media). Whichever publicity they did, didn’t reach me at least.
- lawlessone 3y ago
  Yeah all the conspiracy people are going nuts about it. I have a family member thought an amber alert like system being introduced to the uk would bug her smartphone... my response "why would they need to, you already have the smartphone lol"
  - runarberg 3y ago
    The way I understand it, this will send a signal across the 5G network which will somehow cause a storm of covid (or worse) raining from the sky. It is definitely one of the more out there theories, but does seem to affect quite a number of people. My friend actually believes the signal today is a test, but the real signal will be sent on the 11th of October, and that will be the beginning of the end of the world.
thsksbd 3y ago
I just learned now
dunham 3y ago
I've never heard this, and I occasionally read the news. How did you hear about it?
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  I heard about it from my kids' school; they sent an email to tell parents to give them a heads-up.
- bloopernova 3y ago
  News, Mastodon, and Lemmy.

baumy 3y ago

For what it's worth I'd consider myself to be a moderately above-average news reader (Reuters and WSJ most days with misc other sources irregularly), and the first I've heard of this is just now

ghaff 3y ago
The driver I had from the airport mentioned this last night and I didn't immediately know what he was talking about. Then I vaguely remembered having previously heard something.

runarberg 3y ago

I watch the news daily, and am active on social media (including following some government agencies and politicians), I only heard about this from a friend of mine who is deep into conspiracy theories. That was the only time I heard about it until now when it made it to the front page on HN (which is also the first time I see it on social media). Whichever publicity they did, didn’t reach me at least.

lawlessone 3y ago
Yeah all the conspiracy people are going nuts about it. I have a family member thought an amber alert like system being introduced to the uk would bug her smartphone... my response "why would they need to, you already have the smartphone lol"
- runarberg 3y ago
  The way I understand it, this will send a signal across the 5G network which will somehow cause a storm of covid (or worse) raining from the sky. It is definitely one of the more out there theories, but does seem to affect quite a number of people. My friend actually believes the signal today is a test, but the real signal will be sent on the 11th of October, and that will be the beginning of the end of the world.

thsksbd 3y ago

I just learned now

dunham 3y ago

I've never heard this, and I occasionally read the news. How did you hear about it?

ceejayoz 3y ago
I heard about it from my kids' school; they sent an email to tell parents to give them a heads-up.
bloopernova 3y ago
News, Mastodon, and Lemmy.